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London solicitor. Correspondent with the Compensation Commission concerning the enslaved people on Upper Diamond estate in St Vincent. Probably acting as agent or trustee for one of the contending beneficiaries.
71/1594 letter dated 20/3/1837 to Francis Reynard 9 Davies St, Berkeley Square, London and 22/3/1837 to Richard Nation Esq., 23 Somerset Street, Portman Square, London, saying there was no basis for an award into Chancery on this claim, they should go to Privy Council witin 14 days.
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Absentee?
British/Irish
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£996 3s 4d
Other association
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23 Somerset Street, Portman Square, London, Middlesex, London, England
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1787 - 1835
Daughter of "free Mulatto" lodging-house-keeper Jane Charlotte Beckford (c. 1759-1825); possibly the daughter of George Ffrench, Clerk to the Jamaica Assembly. Spinster; independently wealthy slave-owner.
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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CITING THIS RECORD:
'Richard Nation', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/-1328825380 [accessed 23rd November 2024].
