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Slavery in Jamaica, Records from a Family of Slave Owners, 1686–1860 Search
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Valuation relating to Margaret Williams Samson (1816, 1818)
Valuation of the slave Margaret Williams Samson and her seven children, property of Amity Hall Estate, 16 May 1816. Thomas Samson agreed to pay £5 p.a. to Margaret and her...
Date:1816-1818Contributor:Surrey History Centre
Identifier:J-BOX7-06
Miscellaneous letters and papers (1793-1826)
Letter from Munbee Goulburn [to ?attorney, James Craggs] discussing poor state of Amity Hall Estate following death of previous attorney, 6 Nov 1793; letters to Henry Goulburn from his cousin...
Date:1793-1826Contributor:Surrey History Centre
Identifier:J-BOX7-05
Miscellaneous letters and papers (1839-1855)
Miscellaneous papers, including circulars from H.O. & A. Robinson, 1843, and Messrs. Cruikshank Melville & Co. re methods of improving sugar manufacture; letter from Louis MacKinnon offering his services as...
Date:1839-1855Contributor:Surrey History Centre
Identifier:J-BOX7-07
Undated registry copies, etc. relating to Jamaica estates
Undated registry copies of: patent to John Scott of 300 acres of woodland in Clarendon in Little Carpenter's Mountains, 15 Jan 1734; conveyance by Robert Lamport to Henry Goulburn of...
Date:1686-1856Contributor:Surrey History Centre
Identifier:J-BOX1-01
Papers relating to dispute over division of estate and Chancery case
Papers concerning the division of the estate of Thomasin Read, wife of Ennis Read, between her son Munbee Goulburn, and her daughter Sarah Goulburn, including copy will of Thomasin Read,...
Date:1779-1806Contributor:Surrey History Centre
Identifier:J-BOX1-02
Copy statements of account
Two copy statements of account concerning the residuary legatees of the late Mrs. Sarah Goulburn with the executors, Dr. Samuel Holland and the Rev. John Mitchel, 1806, 1808. Item ref....
Date:1806-1808Contributor:Surrey History Centre
Identifier:J-BOX1-05
Estate plan
Plan showing: 598a in Clarendon, belonging to Amity Hall, Vere, copied from original surveyed by Joseph Bryant in 1836; Beauchamp Cottage Pen (665a), copied from original surveyed by Joseph Bryant...
Date:1838-1838Contributor:Surrey History Centre
Identifier:J-BOX1-06
Correspondence concerning proposed sale of Amity Hall Estate
Correspondence between Henry Goulburn and George Estridge, Apr-Jul 1852, including grant of power of attorney to Estridge who contrasts profitability of Porto Rico with that of Jamaica. Also includes notes...
Date:1793-1852Contributor:Surrey History Centre
Identifier:J-BOX1-07
Letters concerning purchase of Amity Hall Estate
Letters from James Mitchell, Ballenure Grange, Athy, Co. Kildare, Ireland, to Edward Goulburn, Aug-Nov 1856, concerning the purchase by his son of Amity Hall Estate. Item ref. 304/J/Box 1/8.
Date:1856-1856Contributor:Surrey History Centre
Identifier:J-BOX1-08
Letters concerning sale of remaining parts of Amity Hall Estate
Letters from Louis MacKinnon, Halse Hall, Jamaica, to Col. E. Goulburn, May 1860-Jul 1861, chiefly concerning the sale of the remaining parts of Amity Hall Estate, 22 Jun 1861: 'you...
Date:1860-1861Contributor:Surrey History Centre
Identifier:J-BOX1-09
Papers relating to Henry Goulburn
Letters to Henry Goulburn from William Nethersole, solicitor, 1811-12; schedule of deeds relating to the marriage settlement of Henry Goulburn, 1811; abstracts of settlements [in Goulburn's hand] of personal and...
Date:1811-1839Contributor:Surrey History Centre
Identifier:J-BOX1-10
Letter book (1790-1791 and 1805-1811)
Bound letter book containing copy letters from Munbee Goulburn, at Prinknash Park, near Gloucester, chiefly to his attorney in Jamaica, Thomas Gairdner, 5 Jan 1790-1 Mar 1791. Also, copy letters...
Date:1790-1811Contributor:Surrey History Centre
Identifier:J-1-01
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