Identity area
Reference code
Slavery/Box 8/73
Unique identifier
GB 275 Slavery/Box 8/73
Title
Protheroes & Claxton. Letter to Perrin.
Date(s)
- 2 July 1801 (Creation)
Level of description
Item
Extent and medium
4 pages; paper
Context area
Name of creator
(fl 1797-1808)
Administrative history
Firm of Bristol merchants made up of partners Philip Protheroe, his son Edward, and Robert Claxton.
Repository
Archival history
Formerly D239/M/E/20261, Derbyshire Record Office.
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Offers updates on insurance, shipping and sales. Mentions their unhappiness with some captains having possibly rejected Perrin’s sugars, and notes that several ships from the recently arrived fleet were captured en route. Manuscript.