West India merchant (Colonial - Caribbean)
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Of Great St Helens. London in 1857.
A letter from John Imray to Sir William Jackson Hooker (in the archives of Royal Botanical Gardens Kew) from Dominica 27/07/1857 shows Messrs James Matthews & Co. at 35 Great St Helens. https://plants.jstor.org/stable/10.5555/al.ap.visual.kmdc1345
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.
