Land speculation (Colonial - Canada)
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A List of the Proprietors in the British American Land Company, Incorporated and Established by Charter and Act of Parliament, 1834 (London, n.d.) via archive.org.
Incorporated by an act of Parliament in 1834, the company purchased 343 995 ha of crown land in the Eastern Townships of Canada for 拢120,000.
http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/british-american-land-company/; https://archive.org/stream/cihm_43010#page/n9/mode/2up
1781 - 14th Jun 1863
Member of the Baillie of Dochfour family. London and Bristol merchant and banker (Baillie, Ames & Baillie), major recipient of slave compensation across the Caribbean.
Document comprises 4 parts, written recto and verso across 5 folios: 1. An inventory and valuation of enslaved persons at Windsor Estate, St Elizabeth parish, Jamaica, 1814. 2. An inventory and valuation of enslaved persons at Williamsfield settlement, St Elisabeth parish, Jamaica, 1814. 3. An inventory of animals at Windsor Estate, St Elizabeth parish, Jamaica, 1814. 4. A cover note outlining the contents of the document.
