Portrait of Burch Hothersall, reportedly held by Emmanuel College Cambridge. The Book of Rarities in the University of Cambridge by Charles Henry Hartshorne (1829) p. 499 showed the portrait in the Library and dated it c. 1681.
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Collector?
Yes
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Current Location
Cambridge
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Dispersal Date
30th Nov -0001
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Current Owner
Emmanuel College
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1761 - ????
"Free quadroon woman" and mother of eleven children; independently wealthy, perhaps through legacies left her by her partners James Tierney (died 1784) and Ebenezer Robertson (died 1825).
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.
