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Correspondant with the Slave Compensation Commission regarding Gunthorpe estate in Antigua.
T71/1609: Letter from Thomas Smith, 4 Upper Charles St., Westminster, stating: 'I deem it my duty to bring under your notice the very great irregularity and consequently possible injury to the interest of claimants and agents in attendance on Hearing days from the omission on the part of the clerk or Messenger to call the numbers as they come on, IN THE ROOM WHERE PARTIES ARE WAITING.' Thomas Smith, on behalf of Major Watts, missed his case.
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Absentee?
British/Irish
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£3,922 3s 0d
Not a claimant
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4 Upper Charles Street, London, Middlesex, London, England
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1789 - 14th Mar 1860
Possibly the first 'ethnic minority' MP to be elected (in 1832) to the House of Commons.
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:
'Thomas Smith', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/2146631079 [accessed 25th November 2024].
