Family Papers of Slater family of Uppingham, 1661-1897

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Reference code(s): DE2837

Title: Family Papers of Slater family of Uppingham, 1661-1897

Date(s): 1661 - 1897

Level of description: Fonds

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Administrative/Biographical history: Deposited by Mrs. B. Lowe, 21 February 1985.

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Scope and content: Family papers of Slater family of Uppingham, 1661-1897. Include documents relating to the following families: Warren, Twigg, Brown, Bird, Spright, Meares, Trevor and Valentine. The records cover wills and associated documents, correspondence and miscellaneous items such as an inventory of clothes and household items, doctor's invoices, and notes on births and deaths of Slater family members.

Of note is the inventory of clothes, household items, and other effects of Captain John Trevor, sold at Jamaica, with the names of the purchasers in 1742 (14).

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Conditions governing access: Open access

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Language/scripts of material: English

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Finding aids: Printed catalogues

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Rules or conventions: 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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Interest: Caribbean

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Sugar plantations

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Leicester, United Kingdom

Caribbean

Jamaica