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Ironworking firm in Glasgow, founded c. 1732 [Smith & Mitchell give 1734], by 'colonial merchants', and shipping much of its output to Virginia in its early years. |
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Stuart Nisbet, The Slit Mill http://www.fork.org.uk/the-lost-mills-of-the-kelvin/the-slit-mill [accessed 14/09/2015]. |
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.
