West India merchant (Colonial - Caribbean)
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Partnership between Robert Claxton and Butler Thompson Claxton. A notice of bankruptcy dated 11/12/1812 of Butler Thompson Claxton as surviving partner in Robert Claxton & Sons was superseded in January 1813.
London Gazette 16698 25/01/1813 p. 215
???? - 1848
Successful planter in British Guiana and Grenada; part of a close-knit mixed-race family with numerous business interests.
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.
