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Boston merchant, then in London, where he entered into an arrangement with Lane, Son and Fraser, American merchants, under which he invested £40,000 in exchange for a share of the profits. When the firm failed in 1793 he denied he was a partner, saying he was merely a lender (at a usurious rate of interest). He was held to be a partner but preferred to remain in prison rather than give up to creditors his assets (which were largely in America).
Francis Vesey, Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the High Court of Chancery 1789-1817 (1845), Volume 17 pp. 405-408.
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Absentee?
USA
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Partner (although he denied this)
Lane, Son & Fraser
North American merchant notes → Thomas Boylston entered into an arrangement with Lane, Son and Fraser, American merchants, c. 1781 under which he invested £40,000 in exchange for a share of the profits. When the firm failed in...
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Business associates
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1785 - 1854
Jamaican-born widow of a prominent slave-owner; resident in Britain following the death of her husband in 1818. Accused - and acquitted - of the cruel treatment of some enslaved people whom she brought to Britain with her.
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 Boylston', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/2146666797 [accessed 19th April 2024].
