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Manuscript register of expenses for the Backhouse household in Cuba, April 8, 1853 - February 12, 1955

 Item — Box: 1
Scope and Contents From the Collection: This collection contains a manuscript register of expenses for the household of Judge George Canning Backhouse. The register includes the names of Backhouse's indentured servants and was recorded during his time in Cuba while serving as a judge under Queen Victoria in the Havana Mixed Commission for the Suppression of the Slave Trade. Entries are made by Backhouse and his wife, Grace. There are also separate pages tallying household expenses and travel expenses from a trip to Hanover in...
Dates: April 8, 1853 - February 12, 1955
Found in: Vanderbilt University Special Collections and University Archives / George Canning Backhouse Collection

Peacock & Mansfield's Interleaved Almanack containing manuscript diary entries, 1840

 Item — Box: 1
Scope and Contents From the Collection: This collection contains a manuscript register of expenses for the household of Judge George Canning Backhouse. The register includes the names of Backhouse's indentured servants and was recorded during his time in Cuba while serving as a judge under Queen Victoria in the Havana Mixed Commission for the Suppression of the Slave Trade. Entries are made by Backhouse and his wife, Grace. There are also separate pages tallying household expenses and travel expenses from a trip to Hanover in...
Dates: 1840
Found in: Vanderbilt University Special Collections and University Archives / George Canning Backhouse Collection

Manuscript list of furnishings purchased for home in Cuba, c. 1853

 Item — Box: 1
Scope and Contents From the Collection: This collection contains a manuscript register of expenses for the household of Judge George Canning Backhouse. The register includes the names of Backhouse's indentured servants and was recorded during his time in Cuba while serving as a judge under Queen Victoria in the Havana Mixed Commission for the Suppression of the Slave Trade. Entries are made by Backhouse and his wife, Grace. There are also separate pages tallying household expenses and travel expenses from a trip to Hanover in...
Dates: c. 1853
Found in: Vanderbilt University Special Collections and University Archives / George Canning Backhouse Collection

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