Silver salver of 1798, inscribed with the arms of Charles White Williams, donated by Charles White Williams' great grandson James Patrick Ronaldson Lyell (1871-1948) to New College Oxford. The catalogue of New College's silver collection identifies Williams 'whose fortune came from a number of sources, including two large Jamaica sugar plantations.’ Lyell also endowed the Lyell Readership in Bibliography at Oxford.
Michael Burden, with Helen Clifford, 'New College Silver: a financial and cultural patrimony', http://www.new.ox.ac.uk/sites/default/files/sites/all/files/Bulletin%20No.2.pdf [accessed 19/04/2018].
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Collector?
Yes
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Current Location
Oxford
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Dispersal Date
30th Nov -0001
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Current Owner
New College
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1787 - 1861
Enslaved boy on Unity Valley Pen, Jamaica. Manumitted in 1795 by David Barclay and removed to Philadelphia, with 29 other freed persons from the estate, where he was placed under the care of Society for Improving the Condition of Free Blacks.
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.
