Associated People (2) |
The dates listed below have different categories as denoted by the letters in the brackets following each date. Here is a key to explain those letter codes:
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1798 [EA] - 1805 [EY] → Owner
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1820 [EA] - → Mortgage Holder
The relationship with John Gladstone is not quite clear. The local press in 1820 showed a mortgage to John Gladstone by the heirs of Hamer. Checkland says that Gladstone had 'the entire management of the estates (Mon Repos and Endright [sic]) paying £8,000 annually to the various legatees).' |
Associated Claims (1) |
£22,846 1S 1D
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Estate Information (8) |
1798
[Name] De Eendragt
[Crop] Cotton De Eendragt, shown as plantation no.43 under the subheading 'De Mahaica a Demerarie', proprietaire J. Hamer, 500 carreaux, C[oton]
Carte Generale...Demerarie 'Liste des habitations...' [1798] University of Amsterdam Library 'Suriname 1599-1975' https://hdl.handle.net/11245/3.38621
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1798
[Name] Mon Repos
[Crop] Cotton Mon Repos, shown as plantation no. 44 under the subheading 'De Mahaica a Demerarie', proprietaire J. Hamer, 500 carreaux, C[oton]
Carte Generale...Demerarie 'Liste des habitations...' [1798] University of Amsterdam Library 'Suriname 1599-1975' https://hdl.handle.net/11245/3.38621
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1816
[Number of enslaved people] 244(Tot) 116(F) 128(M)
[Name] Plantation Mon Repos Document held at the National Maritime Museum, London, MGS/24: "Plantation slave inventory, entitled, 'Inventory of Plantation Mon Repos, the property of Joseph Hamer Esquire, deceased, situated on the east coast of Demerary, taken the 1st July 1816'. It details the plantation acreage and buildings, followed by a list of the names (under 'Negroes') of 85 men, 70 women, 43 male children and 46 female children slaves, totalling 244 individuals."
Douglas Hamilton and Robert J. Blyth (eds), Representing Slavery. Art, Artifacts and Archives in the Collections of the National Maritime Museum (2007), p. 186 no. 139
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1817
[Number of enslaved people] 261(Tot) 133(F) 128(M)
[Name] Endragt Registered by F. Cort exor to estate of J. Hamer.
T71/397 E3 2129
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1817
[Number of enslaved people] 242(Tot) 118(F) 124(M)
[Name] Mon Repos F. Cort atty to ex. to est. of Jos Hamer
T71/397 M5 2151
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1820
At the Commissary Court of of the 3rd July 1820 will be passed, the following Transports and Mortgages:-
The Guiana Chronicle and Demerara Gazette, 03/07/1820 at http://www.mathewfamilytree.com/custom.html
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1826
[Number of enslaved people] 468(Tot) 235(F) 233(M)
[Name] Endragt and Mon Repos In lawful possession of Fred. Cort, attorney of J. Wilson exon of Jos. Hamer
T71/418 2226-2237
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1832
[Number of enslaved people] 460(Tot) 236(F) 224(M)
[Name] Endragt & Mon Repos Belonging to Endragt and Mon Repos in the lawful possession of C. Spencer [signed by Jno McAllister]
T71/429 371-382
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