No Dates
Given as J. Mathews but identifiable from the London Gazette as James Matthews. Merchant in Georgetown Demerara.
London Gazette 19272 22/05/1835 p. 991.
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Name in compensation records
J. Mathews
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£306 10s 2d
Awardee
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£131 8s 1d
Awardee
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£10,354 19s 9d
Awardee (Judgement creditor)
Awarded as curator
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1781 - 14th Jun 1863
Member of the Baillie of Dochfour family. London and Bristol merchant and banker (Baillie, Ames & Baillie), major recipient of slave compensation across the Caribbean.
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:
'James Matthews', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/41743 [accessed 22nd November 2024].
