North American merchant (Colonial)
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American merchants, partnership between Thomas Lane d. 1784, John Lane and Thomas Fraser, bankrupt c. 1793 and involved in litigation as to whether Boylston was a partner or simply a lender of £40,000 at usurious rates of interest.
Francis Vesey, Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the High Court ...1789-1817 (1845), Volume 17 pp. 405-406.
1774 - 1832
Head driver on Great Valley estate in Hanover, Jamaica. Executed by hanging following Sam Sharpe's War.
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.
