[Papers relating to Mr Charles Desbonner 1756-1764, 1766]
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[The following note about this file was kindly provided by a researcher. We have left the original surname spelling provided so that both spellings can be found: Charles Desbonnes was born in Saint-François, Guadeloupe, in about 1724, as he was baptized there on 12 April 1724. He came to Carri...
Indenture by which John Bourryau of Blightborough in the county of Lincoln at present residing in the island of Saint Christopher leases to Culling Smith of Red Lyon Square in the Parish of Saint George the Martyr in the county of Middlesex, England, various plantations in the island of Saint Chr...
Indenture, dated 3rd April 1766, between His Excellence George Thomas, Governor or His Majesty's Leeward Caribbean islands in America, and others concerning the marriage of his son and heir William to Margaret Sydserte and involving the transfer of Old North Sound Estate in Antigua, commonly call...
Indenture of a Sale of Plantation in the Great River Division of Tobago [1796]
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John Graham of Grenada to John Beardwell Barnard of Grenada. Indenture of a sale of a plantation in the Great River Division of Tobago, with its stores, slaves, etc. Executed at Tobago, 28th March, 1769. (5Ѕ sheets paper signed and sealed by the contracting parties and folded and endorsed by the ...
Deed of Feoffment of a Plantation in Parish of St. David, Dominica [1771]
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Robert George Bruce, Esq., and Mary, his wife, and William Ward, Esq. of Roseau, Dominica to (2) Major James Bruce of Dominica. Recorded at Dominica on October 17, 1771.
Note to the Rt. Hon. Henry Dundas transmitting letters from the West Indies stating the alarm which has been taken in consequence of Mr. Pitt's suggestion relative to the emancipation of the slaves. and extract of a letter from the Earl of Baleavres to the Duke of Portland. It is slightly unclear...