Identity area
Reference code
Slavery/Box 8/120
Unique identifier
GB 275 Slavery/Box 8/120
Title
Francis Graham. Letter to Perrin.
Date(s)
- 10 October 1806 (Creation)
Level of description
Item
Extent and medium
7 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/17993, Derbyshire Record Office.
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Incorporates a duplicate of Graham’s letter of 4 September 1806.
Offers updates on Perrin’s estates, discusses the likely advantages of a dung supply, apologises for the quality of recent sugars, and explains why a recent sale of slaves fell through. Manuscript.