Letters to Charles Tudway, London and Somerset, 1753-1769 : manuscript
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Description
- Title
- Letters to Charles Tudway, London and Somerset, 1753-1769 : manuscript
- Published / Created
- 1753-1769.
- Publication Place
- Antigua
- Abstract
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Thirty-seven letters addressed to Charles Tudway Esqr. from the managers and attorneys, mostly concerning the management of his sugar plantations in Antigua. Topics discussed include sugar production and planting, estate management, Caribbean weather conditions, the health of enslaved people and plantation employees, legal proceedings relating to land and tenants, the purchase of enslaved African laborers, disease outbreaks on the island, rum production, the shipping of sugar and rum, the arrival of provisions sent out to Tudway’s plantations from England, building works on the plantations, accounting and record keeping on the estates, news concerning arrivals and departures on the island, the operation of sugar boiling houses and mills, relationships with other estates, management of cattle and mules and supply of clothing, food and medicine for the enslaved population
- Description
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In English.
Collection title from dealer's description.
The majority of the letters are folio bifolia, numbering approximately unnumbered 60 pages of manuscript text; manuscript address panels intact; red wax seal residues. - Provenance
- Purchased from Samuel Gedge, June 2024.
- Extent
- 37 items (approximately 60 pages)
- Extent of Digitization
- This object has been completely digitized.
- Language
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English
Collection Information
- Repository
- Lewis Walpole Library
- Call Number
- LWL MSS 59
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Genre
-
Sources
Correspondence - Resource Type
- text
- Subject (Geographic)
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Antigua
Parham Hill (Antigua : Plantation) - Subject (Name)
- Tudway, Charles, 1713-1770.
- Subject (Topic)
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Slavery
History
Sugar trade
Economic conditions - Subjects
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Slavery > Antigua > History > Sources
Sugar trade > Antigua > History > Sources
Antigua > Economic conditions > History > Sources
Parham Hill (Antigua : Plantation) > History > Sources
Tudway, Charles, 1713-1770
Access And Usage Rights
- Access
- Public
- Citation
- Letters from Antigua to Charles Tudway. The Lewis Walpole Library, Yale University.
Identifiers
- Catalog Record
- 99171967843408651
- Object ID (OID)
- 33492150
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