West India merchant
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Withdrawal of T.C. H. Moore from partnership with Robert Semple, George Laing and James Laing of Robert Semple & Co. At New Amsterdam Berbice c. 1831.
Dissolution of partnership subsisting at Liverpool and Berbice between Robert Semple, George Laing and James Laing by effluxion of time 31/12/1840
I, the undersigned, Administrator-General of Berbice, do
hereby give notice, that I have taken possession of all the
property in this county belonging to Robert Semple, of
Liverpool, in the county of Lancaster, Merchant, eldest son
and heir-at-law, and also administrator, with the will and
codicil of his late father, Robert Semple, of Liverpool aforesaid,
Merchant, deceased, he, the said Robert Semple, being
absent from the colony, without having an Attorney or
Agent to represent him.
Berbice, this 2-lih day of September, 1855.
L. HOUSTON, Administrator-General of Berbice.
London Gazette 18896 24/1/1832 p. 160
London Gazette 19941 15/1/1841 p. 147
London Gazette 21804 26/10/1855 p. 3973
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.
