Holograph manuscript containing copies of letters sent by Codrington to his agents in Antigua and Barbuda from 1779 to 1782 concerning the management of his estates and accounts, the employment of servants and slaves, the sugar trade, and the effects of war on contact with the West Indies.
Description:
Binding: original vellum inscribed "Letter Book 1779"; contemporary metal clasp, largely intact., For information on the source of acquisition, consult the appropriate curator., and p. [107-110] excised.
Subject (Geographic):
Antigua and Barbuda--History
Subject (Topic):
Administration of estates, Plantation life--Caribbean Area, and Sugar trade--Antigua
