Alt Ref NoPFA/5/203
TitleBundle of Letters Addressed to G H D Pennant Esq., Relating to His Estates in Jamaica
DescriptionThis includes the following correspondents; Francis Graham, J Strand and Davidsons and Graham & Co. The letters give Lord Penrhyn various updates on the progress of the estate as an absentee landlord. This including discussions surrounding weather conditions and the production of sugar and rum on the estates. Shipping, the rum market in Jamaica and reasons for any disappointing harvests are also discussed. Additionally the letters discuss the health of the negroes, the lack of slaves and lack of provisions for them.
Date01 April 1801-16 October 1813
Extent24 letters
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