Banker (Banking)
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The bank was established in Whitehaven in 1786 as Hartley, Littledale, Hartley and Potter: the partners were brothers John and Thomas Hartley merchants, Samuel Potter a draper, and Henry Littledale. Also known as Whitehaven Bank. 1837 (as Hartleys and Co.) converted into a joint stock bank, Bank of Whitehaven. Predecessor firm of RBS.
In 1830 the partners of Hartleys & Co. at Whitehaven and Wigton were given as Thomas Hartley, Thomas Hartley the younger, Milham Hartley and George Harrison.
http://heritagearchives.rbs.com/wiki/Hartleys_%26_Co%2C_Whitehaven%2C_1786-1837 accessed 21/12/2010.
Twigg's Corrected List of the Country Bankers (London, 1830) p. 78.
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.
