George Henry Ames

Commercial Legacy Details

Partnership Role

Baillie, Ames & Baillie
Name partner

West India merchant

No notes

Firm Notes

Dissolution by mutual consent of partnership between J.E. Baillie, Alexander Fraser, H.D. Baillie, George Henry Ames and John Fowler as West India and General Merchants trading under the firm of Baillie, Fraser & co. May 1820.

Dissolution of the partnership heretofore subsisting between the undersigned Hugh Duncan Baillie, James Evan Baillie and George Henry Ames as proprietors of West India estates and merchants 30/4/1861

Firm Sources

London Gazette 17703 5/5/1821 p. 986

London Gazette 22507 3 May 1861 p. 1920

Further Information

People of Interest

Anna Meighan

???? - 1848

Widow of prominent mahogany merchant and landowner

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Documents of Interest

Windsor and Williamsfield Inventory of Slaves 1814 p8

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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