Ironworks (Iron & Steel)
Although it is hard to track, it appears that Francis Henry Mitchell invested at least £15,000 in the Cordes business of which he was a partner 1841-1883.
http://www.gwentarchives.gov.uk/media/13651/d372cordes__dos__works__newport.html
Nail-making firm at the Dos Works, Newport. Firm first established c. 1840 by John James Cordes and Henry Ewbank with £10,000 funding from T.B Oldfield of London.
Partnership of J.J. Cordes & Co. as nail, rivet and spike merchants and manufacturers carried on at the Dos Works Newport dissolved 31/03/1883 as far as concerns Francis Henry Mitchell and Robert William Hamilton, and carried on as limited company. One of the continuing partners was Frank Johnstone Mitchell, the son of Francis Henry Mitchell.
Deeds relating to Cordes (Dos) Works, Newport Gwent Archives, GB 0218.D372 http://www.gwentarchives.gov.uk/media/13651/d372cordes__dos__works__newport.html
London Gazette 25289 20/11/1883 p. 5586.
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Partner Share
12.5 per cent initially
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Share Amount
£ 15000
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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.
