Founded as the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals in 1824; granted royal status by Queen Victoria in 1840 and became the RSPCA.
Mackinnon chairman of the SPCA [dates?]; in 1837 said: 'I cannot but think that benevolence to our species, and humanity to the brute creation, go hand in hand, and that it is impossible for an individual to possess the one virtue without also possessing the other.' At the 1837 Annual Meeting of the Society; cited in Chien-hui Li, 'The animal cause and its greater traditions', History & Policy paper: http://www.historyandpolicy.org/papers/policy-paper-19.html; accessed 25 March 2010.
1801 - 25th Nov 1880
English clergyman, resident in Jamaica from 1827 but returning to England with his Jamaican-born wife and children six years later.
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.
