Glasgow - 1806 - ????
No description
John Leith c.1806 left £5000 for the foundation of an Asylum for the blind, which opened in 1828 after additional funding.
Statements of the education, employments, and internal arrangements, adopted at the Glasgow Asylum for the Blind (1838)
1729 - 1809
Quaker merchant and banker, abolitionist who manumitted enslaved people in Jamaica
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.
