Pendant portraits of Rose Gardiner and Jeremiah Milles by George Romney c. 1780-1783 to commemorate their marriage, now in the Huntington Library, and restored in 2010. The catalogue describes Rose Gardiner as a 'wealthy young heiress'.
http://emuseum.huntington.org/objects/210/rose-gardiner-milles?ctx=ff27fbae-77ed-4a6d-9bcb-d47bee0c0ac4&idx=1 [for Rose Gardiner Milles]; http://emuseum.huntington.org/objects/209/jeremiah-milles?ctx=ff27fbae-77ed-4a6d-9bcb-d47bee0c0ac4&idx=0 [for Jeremiah Milles];
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Current Location
Huntington Library
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1787 - 1861
Enslaved boy on Unity Valley Pen, Jamaica. Manumitted in 1795 by David Barclay and removed to Philadelphia, with 29 other freed persons from the estate, where he was placed under the care of Society for Improving the Condition of Free Blacks.
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.
