Clifton (Somerset)
Built 1st Jan 1830
'In 1829 Daniel was on the bridge committee which sought designs for an iron suspension bridge from Clifton Down over the River Avon and was named as one of the Clifton suspension bridge's first three trustees in 1830.' ODNB
Madge Dresser, ‘Daniel, Thomas (1762–1854)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, Sept 2016 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/107411, accessed 16 June 2017]
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Current owner
Not known
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1785 - 1854
Jamaican-born widow of a prominent slave-owner; resident in Britain following the death of her husband in 1818. Accused - and acquitted - of the cruel treatment of some enslaved people whom she brought to Britain with her.
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.
