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SEATON, Parnel (fl 1766-1838)


IDENTITY STATEMENT

Reference code(s): GB 0074 ACC/1366

Held at: London Metropolitan Archives

Title: SEATON, Parnel (fl 1766-1838)

Date(s): 1766-1838

Level of description: Collection

Extent: 0.01 linear metres.

Name of creator(s): Seaton | Parnell | fl 1766-1838 | plantation owner

CONTEXT

Administrative/Biographical history:

Mrs Parnel Seaton was a widow at the time these papers were made, and lived for a time on the island of St Christopher, West Indies before returning to England. One of the letters concerns the winding up of her affairs in St Christopher, including the selling of her slaves.

CONTENT

Scope and content/abstract:

Papers of Parnel Seaton, including letters, receipts for payments, assessments for tax on houses, servants, carriages, horses, dogs, hair powder and armorial bearnings, and certificates of assessments for property in Twickenham.

ACCESS AND USE

Language/scripts of material: English

System of arrangement:

ACC/1366/001-026.

Conditions governing access:

Available for general access.

Conditions governing reproduction:

Copyright to this collection rests with the depositor.

Physical characteristics:

Fit

Finding aids:

Please see online catalogues at: http://search.lma.gov.uk/opac_lma/index.htm

ARCHIVAL INFORMATION

Archival history:

Immediate source of acquisition:

Records deposited in February 1977.

ALLIED MATERIALS

DESCRIPTION NOTES

Archivist's note:

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: Records prepared May to September 2011.


INDEX ENTRIES
Subjects
Hairpowder tax | Taxation | Fiscal policy | Finance
Personal archives | Archives
Personal papers | Primary documents | Documents | Information sources
Plantation records | Documents | Information sources
Plantation workers | Agricultural personnel | Personnel | People by occupation | People
Receipts (acknowledgments) | Legal documents | Law
Slaves | People by roles | People
Tax assessment | Taxation | Fiscal policy | Finance

Personal names

Corporate names

Places
Saint Christopher and Nevis | Caribbean
Twickenham | Middlesex | England | UK | Western Europe | Europe
Richmond upon Thames