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Title
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William Johnstone Esqre: and Messrs. John Inglis Edward Ellice and J. B. Inglis } Agreement (docket title)
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Place of Origin
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Grenada
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Date
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1807-06-16
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Series Heading
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M449. Johnstone, William, fl. 1807.
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Geography
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Grenada
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Subject
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Conveyancing -- Grenanda -- History -- 19th century, Bon Esperance Plantation (Grenada) -- History -- 19th century -- Sources, Writ of debt -- Grenada, Covenants -- Grenada, Plantation overseers, Plantation owners, Merchants, Slave records -- Grenada, West Indies -- History
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Notes
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"Grenada Articles of Agreement... Between William Johnstone of Annandale in the said Island of Grenada Planter of the one part And John Inglis of London Merchant surviving Partner of James Phyn and Alexander Ellice deceased heretofore of London Merchants and Copartners... And also Edward Ellice and John Bellingham Inglis both of London Merchants..."Conveyance for plantation Bon Esperance belonging to William Johnstone, against Johnstone's debt of £4,000, with about 35 slave names.Edward Ellice, merchant and politician, was the son of Alexander Ellice, managing director of the Hudson's Bay Company and founder of the firm of Inglis Ellice and Co. in Montreal. Edward Ellice managed the firm's London branch and was later connected with the Canadian competitors of the Hudson's Bay Company, the North West Company and the X. Y. Company, bringing about an amalgamation of the three companies in 1821., Original digital object name: bei-m449, This digital resource is provided by the Special Collections department, Hamilton College, Clinton, New York, United States.
