Glasgow - 1825 - 1838
Founded on 5th January 1825 as a gentleman's club: a group of 33 including some prominent local businessmen and several MP’s, met in Walker’s Hotel in Buchanan Street to establish a Glasgow club similar to those they had seen in London and the recently established New Club in Edinburgh.
T. F. Donald, The Western Club 1825-1925 (Glasgow, Maclehose, Jackson & Co., 1924)
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1785 - 4th Jan 1846
Yorkshire-born wife of the Acting Governor of Dominica in the 1800s.
Document comprises 4 parts, written recto and verso across 5 folios: 1. An inventory and valuation of enslaved persons at Windsor Estate, St Elizabeth parish, Jamaica, 1814. 2. An inventory and valuation of enslaved persons at Williamsfield settlement, St Elisabeth parish, Jamaica, 1814. 3. An inventory of animals at Windsor Estate, St Elizabeth parish, Jamaica, 1814. 4. A cover note outlining the contents of the document.
