Canada Land Company

Firm Details

People & Investments (1)

Director

Charles Franks

Firm Evolutions (1)

1831 →

[Montreal Almanack]

Notes

Chairman Charles Bosanquet and Deputy Chairman Edward Ellice 1831
Charles Franks was elected Chairman of the Canada Company (possibly the same firm) in November 1838, and held the same position until 1863.

Sources

The Montreal Almanack or Lower Canada register for 1831
London Gazette19682 4/1/21838 p. 2825; 22793 1/12/1863 p. 6339

Further Information

People of Interest

October alias Robert Barclay

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.

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Documents of Interest

Windsor and Williamsfield Inventory of Slaves 1814 p8

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.

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