Bahamas Slave Owners (1838) Slavery was abolished throughout the British Empire by act of Parliament in 1833. This list, published in 1838, gives details of compensation paid to owners who had suffered by the emancipation of their slaves after abolition. The table gives the date of the award, the number of the claim, the full name of the party to whom payment was awarded, the number of slaves, and the sum paid. Few masters had owned more than 100 slaves; most of the claimants had only a few. The cost of the loss of a single slave was generally assessed here at £13-£17. There were 1100 claims from Bahamas, including some that were abandoned, disallowed, or still unsettled because of litigation.
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Bankrupts
(1838) Bankruptcy notices for England and Wales: bankruptcy often caused people to restart their lives elsewhere, so these are an important source for lost links
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Deaths, Marriages, News and Promotions
(1838) Death notices and obituaries, marriage and birth notices, civil and military promotions, clerical preferments and domestic occurrences, as reported in the Gentleman's Magazine. Mostly from England and Wales, but items from Ireland, Scotland and abroad.
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Dissolutions of Partnerships
(1838) Trade partnerships dissolved, or the removal of one partner from a partnership of several traders, in England and Wales
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Dividends of bankrupts' estates
(1838) Dividends from moneys raised from bankrupts' estates in England and WalesSIMS. Cost: £6.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Insolvents
(1838) Insolvency notices for England and Wales: insolvency often caused people to restart their lives elsewhere, so these are an important source for lost linksSIMS. Cost: £6.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Notices to creditors
(1838) Lists of sums of money due to creditors.SIMS. Cost: £6.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Proprietors of the Bank of England
(1838) M. A. Marchant of London published this alphabetical list of names and addresses of proprietors of the Bank of England holding £1000 stock and upwards. The number of votes possessed appears against each name; a holder of £4000 had four votes, and no one could have more. SIMS. Cost: £4.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Proprietors of the Bank of Stockport
(1838) The provincial banks of England and Wales made annual returns to the Stamp Office of their proprietors or shareholders. These returns, registered in March 1838, from the 103 banks then in existence, contain the full names and addresses of about 30,000 shareholders.SIMS. Cost: £6.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Shareholders of the Manchester and Liverpool District Banking Company
(1838) The provincial banks of England and Wales made annual returns to the Stamp Office of their proprietors or shareholders. These returns, registered in March 1838, from the 103 banks then in existence, contain the full names and addresses of nearly 30,000 shareholders.SIMS. Cost: £6.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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