Identity area
Reference code
Slavery/Box 8/23
Unique identifier
GB 275 Slavery/Box 8/23
Title
William Sutherland. Letter to Perrin.
Date(s)
- 23 February 1794 (Creation)
Level of description
Item
Extent and medium
3 pages; paper
Context area
Name of creator
(fl 1780-1804)
Biographical history
Perrin's planting attorney from 1780 to 1804.
Repository
Archival history
Formerly D239/M/E/17808, Derbyshire Record Office.
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Expresses gratitude that he is to be granted power of attorney and hence remain in Perrin’s service for some years. Mentions Perrin’s ‘earnest desire’ that his slaves ‘be always treated with humanity & attention’, before noting that the increased population of slaves on the estates owing to the birth-death ratio will mean that further purchases will, eventually, not be required.