Milham Hartley

Commercial Legacy Details

Partnership Role

William Stitt and Company
Other partner

Shipbuilder

No notes

Firm Notes

Partnership between Thomas Hartley and Milham Hartley of Whitehaven, merchants, Thomas Birly of Law Mill merchant, Henry Birley and Alexander Hammond of Whitehaven merchants and William Wilson of Whitehaven shipbuilder, lately carried on by us at Whitehaven as shipbuilders under the firm of William Stitt and Company was dissolved 2/10/1813, signed 9/9/1814.

Firm Sources

London Gazette 16943 8/10/1814 p. 2011

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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