People & Investments (3) |
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Senior partner
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Investment in Firm
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Major slave factors in Kingston Jamaica. There was a legal dispute between partners Alexander Lindo and Richard Lake over African slave trading which reached the Privy Council in 1805. |
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Eli Faber, Jews, slaves and the slave trade: setting the record straight p. 317. National Archives PCAP 13/85/9: "Printed appeal to an Appeals Committee of the Privy Council from JAMAICA, Court of Chancery [colonial, Caribbean]. Appellant: Richard Lake merchant of Kingston, Jamaica. Respondent: Alexander Lindo merchant of Kingston, Jamaica". |
1781 - 1830
Member of the Baillie of Dochfour family who had numerous mercantile connections in the West Indies. The compensation for Baillie's Bacolet in Grenada was awarded to the trustees of her marriage settlement. Grand-daughter of Colin Roy Campbell of Glenmure. Apparently a victim of the quack doctor John St John Lang of Harley Street in 1830.
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.
