Identity area
Reference code
Slavery/Box 7/1/4
Unique identifier
GB 275 Slavery/Box 7/1/4
Title
Autograph letter signed to William Philp Perrin from Jamaica.
Date(s)
- 8 July 1782–18 July 1782 (Letter is dated 18 July, bill of lading is dated 8 July.) (Creation)
Level of description
Item
Extent and medium
1 p. + 2 p. paper
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Name of creator
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Content and structure area
Scope and content
Encloses bill of lading for 50 hogsheads of Blue Mountain sugar to Bristol. 17 hogheads remain from this estate's crop; details of the Adventure, Master John Dallas, have been sent to Messrs Davidsons and Graham. She sails with the convoy on 1 August. Includes separate printed bill of lading signed by Timothy Major, Master of the Thatis. Individual weights of each hogshead are written in manuscript on the reverse.