Banker (Banking)
Eric Williams noted that William Miles 'bought a leading partnership in the old banking house of Vaughan and Barker', later the Miles Bank.
Capitalism & Slavery p. 101
Dissolution of partnership between P.J. Miles, John S[candrett] Harford, A[braham] G[ray] Harford Battersby, [Sir] Rich[ar]d. Vaughan, Wm Miles, Thos K[ington] Bayly in the business of bankers at Bristol
The London Gazette in 1844 showed the firm trading as the Bristol Bank and the partners as Philip John Miles, John Scandrett Harford, Abraham Gray, Harford Battersby, Thos Kington Bayly and John William Miles
London Gazette 18527 28/11/1828 p. 2212
London Gazette 20381 10/09/1844 p. 3127
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.
