Identity area
Reference code
Slavery/Box 8/152
Unique identifier
GB 275 Slavery/Box 8/152
Title
J. Laing. Letter to Henry Fitzherbert.
Date(s)
- 13 November 1820 (Creation)
Level of description
Item
Extent and medium
4 pages; paper
Context area
Name of creator
Repository
Archival history
Formerly D239/M/E/20797, Derbyshire Record Office.
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Incorporates a duplicate of Laing's letter of 4 November 1820.
Offers updates on weather, on the survey of the estates, on the suicide of ‘the Negro chief, Christophe’ and resultant diplomatic issues, and on legislation respecting Jamaica’s colonial status. Manuscript.