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- 1801 (Creation)
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0.01 linear metres.
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Name of creator
Biographical history
Wakenaam is an island at the mouth of the Essequibo River of Guyana, South America.
Parties named in the conveyance are: 1. John Turnbull, John Forbes, Broad St., City, merchants and co-partners; 2. Thomas Hussey, late of Demerary, now Manchester St, Manchester Sq., St. Marylebone, esq; 3. John McArthur, York Pl., Portman Sq., St. Marylebone, esq; 4. John McKirdy, F. Schovers, Demerary, esqs; 5. Tully Higgins, J. H. Horkel, Island of Wakenaam, esqs.
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GB 0074 O/428 1801 Collection 0.01 linear metres. Various.
Wakenaam is an island at the mouth of the Essequibo River of Guyana, South America.
Parties named in the conveyance are: 1. John Turnbull, John Forbes, Broad St., City, merchants and co-partners; 2. Thomas Hussey, late of Demerary, now Manchester St, Manchester Sq., St. Marylebone, esq; 3. John McArthur, York Pl., Portman Sq., St. Marylebone, esq; 4. John McKirdy, F. Schovers, Demerary, esqs; 5. Tully Higgins, J. H. Horkel, Island of Wakenaam, esqs.
Gifted to the Archive in December 1974.
Conveyance of the de Leifde coffee plantation on the Island of Wakenaam, Guyana.
One item.
Available for general access.
Copyright to this collection rests with the City of London.
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Please see online catalogues at: http://search.lma.gov.uk/opac_lma/index.htm
Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.
Records prepared May to September 2011. Documents Plantation records Industry Manufacturing industry Food industry Beverage industry Coffee industry People People by roles Property owners Information sources Property transfer Property Property ownership Civil law Plantations Agricultural land Right to property Property law Guyana South America Civil and political rights Legal systems Human rights Law
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Gifted to the Archive in December 1974.
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Conveyance of the de Leifde coffee plantation on the Island of Wakenaam, Guyana.
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Accruals
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One item.
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Available for general access.
Conditions governing reproduction
Copyright to this collection rests with the City of London.
Language of material
- English
Script of material
- Latin
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English
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Please see online catalogues at: http://search.lma.gov.uk/opac_lma/index.htm
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Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.
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- English