'The principal donor of ethnographical objects to the Ulster Museum in Belfast.'
Winifred Glover, In the wake of Captain Cook: the travels of Gordon Augustus Thomson (1799-1886) http://www.booksireland.org.uk/store/all-departments/wake-captain-cook-travels-gordon-augustus-thomson-1799-1886 [accessed 09/06/2015].
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Collector?
Yes
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Current Location
Belfast
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Current Owner
Ulster Museum
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1805 - 22nd Apr 1887
Born into slavery in Carriacou, Grenada, Malvina Wells became a lady's maid in Edinburgh and a trusted family friend to her employers.
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.
