Receipt

Receipt dated 9 May 1804 for 26 Africans from the ship ANN from Cape Mount, Kingston, Jamaica, bought by HM Government from George Kinghorn as recruits for HM's Second West India Regiment at Fort Augusta for £2,340 (at £90 per head). Also on the same sheet, a receipt of monies from Matthew Atkinson Esq, Agent General, by George Kinghorn for the same date.

Object Details

ID: MGS/8
Type: Manuscript
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Michael Graham-Stewart Slavery Collection; Kingston Naval Yard
Date made: 1804-05-09 - 1804-05-09; 1804-05-09
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Michael Graham-Stewart Slavery Collection. Acquired with the assistance of the Heritage Lottery Fund
Measurements: 1 item
Parts: Michael Graham-Stewart Slavery Collection (Manuscript)