Identity area
Reference code
Slavery/Box 8/27
Unique identifier
GB 275 Slavery/Box 8/27
Title
William Sutherland. Letter to Perrin.
Date(s)
- 13 July 1796 (Creation)
Level of description
Item
Extent and medium
5 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/17821 and D239/M/E/17822, Derbyshire Record Office.
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Describes receiving possession of Dr Affleck’s land and slaves, alleging that the latter ‘were highly pleased & well satisfied at being purchased for you’. Encloses two newspaper cuttings: one describes Otaheite canes, which Sutherland notes are now thriving at Blue Mountain; the other describes the Banghan plant, which Sutherland notes has been planted at Blue Mountain and Grange. Manuscript and typescript.