Stowe (Buckinghamshire)
Hence over 40 days of August–September 1848, the ‘great Stowe sale’ took place: the entire contents of the house were auctioned. The Times (14 August 1848) wrote that he ‘has flung all away by extravagance and folly, and reduced his honours to the tinsel of a pauper and the bauble of a fool’.
9th Oct 1760 - 1801
Prominent Liverpool merchant and slave-trader
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.
