West India merchant? (Colonial - Caribbean)
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James Hammond identified his partners as John Banister and William Manning in his will of 1771. Banister & Hammond appear in correspondence with Samuel Martin in 1767.
BL, Add. Mss 41350, Samuel Martin to [Banister & Hammond], 30 Jun. 1767, in Spike Sweeting, 'Capitalism, the State and Things: the Port of London, circa 1730-1800', unpublished PhD thesis University of Warwick 2014.
1781 - 1830
Member of the Baillie of Dochfour family who had numerous mercantile connections in the West Indies. The compensation for Baillie's Bacolet in Grenada was awarded to the trustees of her marriage settlement. Grand-daughter of Colin Roy Campbell of Glenmure. Apparently a victim of the quack doctor John St John Lang of Harley Street in 1830.
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.
