People & Investments (1) |
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Lessee
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Colliery in the Gorbals, leased in the last 1790s to Lt Col. Andrew Houstoun and 'Houston Rae'. 'In the last three years of the century the partners' profits were £10,166 9s and the lease was valued at £30,000. |
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Peter L. Payne 'The Govan Collieries 1804-1805', Business History Vol. III (1960) pp. 75-96. |
???? - 29th Aug 1873
Free person of colour, slave-owner in Jamaica. Long-term partner and later wife of Thomas Legal Yates. Living in Britain from the mid-1830s until her death in 1873.
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.
