Letters between William le Blanc and Hutchinson Scott, esq. & David Richard: Greenfield Plantation, enslaved people, family matters

Reference No:
U DDLA/41/24
Dates:
1820-1878
Description:

(1) Copy letter from William Le Blanc, [solicitor], of New Bridge Street, London, to Hutchinson Scott Esq., 11 November 1820. Under Jarvis Gallimore's will, his three daughters (Eliza Scarlett, Juliana James Gordon, and Mary Wisdom Minto) were entitled to a moiety of Greenfield Plantation and enslaved people. The letter relates to a dispute between Walter Minto (formerly in possession of Greenfield) and his sisters-in-law, and rehearses the facts of the case.

(2) Letter from J Beaumont to an unknown recipient, 18 Apr 1878. The first instalment about Peru has just reached him; it informs him that the estate is no longer under cultivation for the production of sugar, but is now being used for grazing cows. He notes that he has requested a valuation of the property. He also notes that the property was at the time being managed by a Mr J R Scarlett.

(3) Letter from Mrs Catherine Riall [née Caldwell, mother of General Phineas Riall] to her nephew George Caldwell, 25 Oct 1821. Asking for family news; mentions a family debt which has been reduced by her sons to about £50,000.

(4) Partial letter from D Richards, n.d. [possibly 1802]. Report on the condition of an estate, but as the first page(s) of the letter are missing it is unclear which estate is referred to. Lists 55 cattle "in miserable condition", 11 cows, 14 mules, 2 calves, and 118 Negroes. Richards states "Get the estate off your hands if possible it is a Mill Stone round the neck of the owner. The Negroes are a poor gang he cannot work above 40 in his Field…"

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Repository:
Hull University Archives
Collection:
Papers of the Langdale Family (Incorporating Stourton and Harford) of Houghton Hall and Holme-on-Spalding-Moor