21st Mar 1836 | 80 Enslaved | £4011 2s 1d
Parliamentary Papers p. 169.
T71/519 p. 2288: H. H. King registered enslaved persons on the Harmony Hall estate, as the attorney to Richard Purcell.
In 1814, Mr Purcell (at Harmony Hall estate as the owner) and Wm. Lushington junior (as the agent) bought an engine for the Harmony Hall estate.
Richard Purcell had two small awards in Grenada (see Grenada claim nos. 54 and 553).
Richard Purcell made a large claim in right of his wife for over 200 enslaved persons on the Telescope estate, which was counterclaimed successfully by the Hankeys (see Grenada claim no. 770).
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Colony
Trinidad
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Claim No.
1782
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Estate
Harmony Hall
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Collected by
Marryat, C.
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Uncontested
Yes
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Awardee
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1781 - 1830
Member of the Baillie of Dochfour family who had numerous mercantile connections in the West Indies. The compensation for Baillie's Bacolet in Grenada was awarded to the trustees of her marriage settlement. Grand-daughter of Colin Roy Campbell of Glenmure. Apparently a victim of the quack doctor John St John Lang of Harley Street in 1830.
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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CITING THIS RECORD:
'Trinidad 1782 (Harmony Hall)', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/claim/view/28907 [accessed 23rd November 2024].
