General overseas merchant? ()
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Originally a soap maker of East Smithfield but later apparently a general merchant, acting as a government contractor in the 1780s to supply troops in Dominica.
Bailey's Northern Directory 1781 p. 88; A letter of 1794 from George Gwilt the elder that valued the premises of Neave & Aislabie at East Smithfield at £2250 was offered on Abebooks https://www.abebooks.co.uk/servlet/SearchResults?an=george%20gwilt%20elder&tn=autograph%20letter%20valuation%20neave%20aislabie&cm_sp=mbc--ats--all; Neave and Aislabie shipped provisions to Dominica, Jamaica, etc., a matter of £26,493. House of Commons Journal, Vol. 41, p. 339, and Vol. 43. In July 1788, Neave and Aislabie sent provisions to the West Indies for £20,636.
1781 - 14th Jun 1863
Member of the Baillie of Dochfour family. London and Bristol merchant and banker (Baillie, Ames & Baillie), major recipient of slave compensation across the Caribbean.
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.
