West India merchant (Colonial - Caribbean)
No notes
Partnership between Lowbridge Bright, Evan Baillie and Richard Bright, active as mortgagees in St Vincent in 1775. Correspondence in the Bright papers at University of Melbourne appears to place the establishment of the new firm of Bright, Baillie & Bright in 1776.
Deed Book 1770-1776, British Library, EAP688/1/1/25, https://eap.bl.uk/archive-file/EAP688-1-1-25 pp. 282-290; 'Previous Control Number BFP19/B2F2/32. Letter to Henry Bright, Bristol, from Evan Baillie, Nevis, Jamaica. Re: Setting up of the new House, Bright, Baillie and Bright, and procedure to obtain the payment of debts', https://digitised-collections.unimelb.edu.au/handle/11343/112205?show=full
1789 - 14th Mar 1860
Possibly the first 'ethnic minority' MP to be elected (in 1832) to the House of Commons.
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.
