Coal, iron and marble (Coal, Iron, Minerals)
Colliery in the Gorbals, leased in the last 1790s to Lt Col. Andrew Houstoun and 'Houston Rae'. 'In the last three years of the century the partners' profits were 拢10,166 9s and the lease was valued at 拢30,000, Peter L. Payne 'The Govan Collieries 1804-1805', Business History Vol. III (1960) pp. 75-96.
Colliery in the Gorbals, leased in the last 1790s to Lt Col. Andrew Houstoun and 'Houston Rae'. 'In the last three years of the century the partners' profits were 拢10,166 9s and the lease was valued at 拢30,000.
Peter L. Payne 'The Govan Collieries 1804-1805', Business History Vol. III (1960) pp. 75-96.
1789 - 14th Mar 1860
Possibly the first 'ethnic minority' MP to be elected (in 1832) to the House of Commons.
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.
