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CWM/LMS/British Guiana. Demerara/Incoming correspondence/Box 5
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| Summary: |
Includes letters from:
Sidney Murkland, West Coast - report; 2 men offer to go to Africa after hearing about John Williams
Charles Rattray, George Town - report
James Scott, London and Aberdeen - Caria Caria site given, not bought; his views on how enslaved peoples have responded to emancipation
Joseph Ketley, George Town - death of Governor; ordination of Sidney Murkland
Charles Watt, George Town
Robert Taylor, Leguan
Emancipation Day
Death of Mrs Taylor [née Elizabeth Wilshere]
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| Extent: |
26 items
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| Access status: |
Open
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| Language: |
English
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| File number: |
Folder 4
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| Finding aids: |
A detailed list of Incoming Correspondence for Demerara, 1807-1894, (list C2), is available for consultation in the Special Collections Reading Room, SOAS Library.
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Archive
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