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Manuscript: Monthly return of the plantation "Hope and experiment," Berbice, Guyana
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- 1832 (Production)
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"The merchant and plantation owner Campbell Faloon (d. 1841) writes from Berbice in British Guiana 3 April 1832 in his capacity as overseer of the plantation Hope & Experiment, updating the wealthy owner Hugh McCalmont (1765-1838) of Abbey Lands Belfast (see: ODNB) with this monthly return for March 1832. Completed in manuscript, the printed sections include the heading: “Sugar account … rum & molasses account… cane cultivation account … negro labourers … live stock account … distribution of the gang.” Following this is a lengthy letter with much detail on sugar production, the state of the plantation, and extensive discussion in particular concerning possible construction designs for new housing for the enslaved labourers: “For some time I have thought of addressing you on the subject of 16 negro houses which require to be renewed in the course of 1833 ..." ----description from Samuel Gedge Ltd.