West India merchant
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Beckford & Ranken of London arrange with Commissioner Barclay to send four vessels from London to Sierra Leone to bring immigrant labour.
William Beckford & John Ranken give notice of dissolution of partnership 30/7/1843 at No. 36 Finsbury Circus.
Papers relative to immigration, report to Governor by John Ewart, agent-general of immigrants, laid before House in Jamaica 10/11/1841 [from Jamaica Almanac 1842]
London Gazette 20276 7/11/1843 p. 14
1729 - 1809
Quaker merchant and banker, abolitionist who manumitted enslaved people in Jamaica
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.
