18th Jan 1836 | 27 Enslaved | £1275 8s 4d
Parliamentary Papers p. 132.
T71/887: awarded to the co-partners of the firm of Wm. & James Eccles & Co.
T.M. Devine, 'An eighteenth-century business élite: Glasgow-West India merchants, c. 1750-1815', Scottish Historical Review, 57 (1) (April, 1978), pp. 40-67: shows James, Robert and Thomas as the sons of William Eccles, a merchant of Ireland, and as shareholders in Robert Eccles & Co.
T71/433 p. 2364: 29 enslaved persons were registered by Alex Glen in 1832.
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British Guiana
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Claim No.
2362
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Collected by
Eccles, Wm
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1st claimant
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2nd claimant
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3rd claimant
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3rd claimant
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1785 - 4th Jan 1846
Yorkshire-born wife of the Acting Governor of Dominica in the 1800s.
Document comprises 4 parts, written recto and verso across 5 folios: 1. An inventory and valuation of enslaved persons at Windsor Estate, St Elizabeth parish, Jamaica, 1814. 2. An inventory and valuation of enslaved persons at Williamsfield settlement, St Elisabeth parish, Jamaica, 1814. 3. An inventory of animals at Windsor Estate, St Elizabeth parish, Jamaica, 1814. 4. A cover note outlining the contents of the document.
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