1832 - ????
John Murray was a co-founder of the City of the Falls project in 1832, aiming to develop a town on the Canadian side of the border at Niagara. The project was undercut by the arrival of a direct railroad to the Niagara Falls from the US and collapsed c. 1836.
http://www.niagarafrontier.com/cityfalls.html [accessed 30/05/2014]. [This website includes inaccurate information about the compensation money which Murray received.]
28th Mar 1802 - 6th May 1874
Daughter of a wealthy planter and wife of the rector of St Elizabeth, Jamaica. Bigamous convicted forger.
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.
