North American merchant
Ambrose Moore, Melvil Wilson and Fletcher Wilson are identified as the partners of Thomas Wilson & Co. (one of the '3 Ws' in the crisis of the late 1830s), Dorfman p. 140
Joseph Dorfman 'A note on the interpenetration of Anglo-American finance, 1837-1841', Journal of Economic History Vol. 11 No. 2 (Spring 1951), pp. 140-147.
1787 - 1861
Enslaved boy on Unity Valley Pen, Jamaica. Manumitted in 1795 by David Barclay and removed to Philadelphia, with 29 other freed persons from the estate, where he was placed under the care of Society for Improving the Condition of Free Blacks.
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.
