Identity area
Reference code
Slavery/Box 8/114
Unique identifier
GB 275 Slavery/Box 8/114
Title
Francis Graham. Letter to Perrin.
Date(s)
- 10 July 1806 (Creation)
Level of description
Item
Extent and medium
4 pages; paper
Context area
Name of creator
(fl 1804-15)
Biographical history
Graham took over from William Sutherland as Perrin's planting attorney in 1804.
Repository
Archival history
Formerly D239/M/E/17990(i), Derbyshire Record Office.
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Incorporates a duplicate of Graham’s letter of 6 June 1806.
Incomplete. Discusses the current dangers of transporting produce in Jamaica owing to conflict, advises against the use of ploughs on the estates, and regrets the lack of demand for sugar in the Kingston market. Manuscript.