West India merchant (Colonial - Caribbean)
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Notice of dissolution of partnership of Jacob Ridley and Robert Dodson of Lancaster [Lancashire], and Wm Dodgson (sic) of Stabroek, Merchants as Ridley, Dodson & Co.']
The partnership subsisting and carried on at Liverpool and in Lancaster under the firm of Ridley and Dodson dissolved by mutual consent 31/12/1808; signed by Jacob Ridley and Robert Dodson
Both Jacob Ridley and Robert Dodson were bankrupt in 1811.
Essequibo & Demerara Gazette 15/12/1804.
London Gazette 16216 7/1/1809 p. 38.
London Gazette 16651 29/09/1812 p. 1999; 17034 04/07/1815 p. 1331.
1805 - 22nd Apr 1887
Born into slavery in Carriacou, Grenada, Malvina Wells became a lady's maid in Edinburgh and a trusted family friend to her employers.
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.
