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Seward and Davison

Firm Details

People & Investments (1)

Senior partner

Henry Osburne Seward

Firm Evolutions (1)

1835 →

[London Gazette]

Notes

Henry Osborn [sic] Seward and William Davison, carrying on business in this district under the firm of Seward and Davison, instigated the sale of plantation Fellowship belonging to Richard Watson by Deputy First Marshal of District of Demerary and Essequebo. William Davison was shown as an insolvent by June 1863 [amounts deposited 15/6/1860]

Sources

London Gazette 19231 20/1/1835 p. 107; 22741 2/6/1863 p. 2880

Further Information

People of Interest

Ann Harris

1791 - 1862

Free woman of colour; left Demerara in 1812 as a young woman and settled in Starthforth, Yorkshire, where she died in 1862.

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Documents of Interest

Windsor and Williamsfield Inventory of Slaves 1814 p8

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.

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