Caribbean Area
Found in 1 Collection or Record:
Parham Plantation of Antigua Collection
The Parham Plantation of Antigua Collection contains letters sent from the sugar plantation to members of the Tudway family in Somerset, England between the years 1763 and 1854. Most of the letter authors include managers and attorneys for the plantation, like Samuel Eliot, Main Swete Walrond, Thomas D. Foote, and George Weatherill Ottley, while the remaining letters were written by clerks and Antiguans linked to the Tudway estate.
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