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Senate House Library, University of London

Barbados plantation legal papers


IDENTITY STATEMENT

Reference code(s): GB 0096 MS1134

Held at: Senate House Library, University of London

Title: Barbados plantation legal papers

Date(s): 1741-1773

Level of description: Collection

Extent: 1 file

Name of creator(s): Hay | Edward | 1722-1779 Dotin | James | fl 1733-1742

CONTEXT

Administrative/Biographical history:

Edward Hay (1722-1779) was Governor of Barbados , 1773-1779; James Dotin was Acting Governor of Barbados three times, 1733, 1735-1737, 1740-2

CONTENT

Scope and content/abstract:

Will of James Dotin, 1745; inventory of Mount Edge plantation, Barbados; indenture regarding sale of Baxter Valley by John and Elizabeth Dotin to William Duke, 1749; disposition by Edward Hay regarding authenticity of these documents, 1773.

ACCESS AND USE

Language/scripts of material: English

System of arrangement:

1 file only

Conditions governing access:

Open for research

Conditions governing reproduction:

Copies may be made, subject to the condition of the original. Copying must be undertaken by Palaeography Room staff, who will need a minimum of 24 hours to process requests.

Physical characteristics:

Finding aids:

Collection-level description

Detailed catalogue

ARCHIVAL INFORMATION

Accruals:

Archival history:

Transferred from Senate House Library

Immediate source of acquisition:

Senate House Library

ALLIED MATERIALS

Related material:

Publication note:

DESCRIPTION NOTES

Archivist's note: Entry compiled by Geoff Browell.

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.

Date(s) of descriptions: 2007-01-17, Richard Temple


INDEX ENTRIES
Subjects
Plantations | Agricultural land

Personal names
Dotin | James | fl 1733-1742
Hay | Edward | 1722-1779

Corporate names

Places
Barbados | Caribbean