| Description | A file of personal papers of Humphrey Morice, including (references in brackets denote previous museum/original references):
Letters from sundry persons applying for holdings in a new subscription for Bank stock, 1722 (D 0533);
Letters from Michel and Jeanne Dubor requesting payment from Humphrey Morice, 6th July 1731;
Letter from Richard Harris regarding ship insurance, 21st July 1721;
Copy of a report for the sale of Lord Stowell's estate, 16th July 1723;
Letter to Captain John Nalle from Joseph Martyn, Robt. Atkyns, Jno. Followes, and John Bourne, regarding the ship the John Friggatt, and its cargo, 2nd November 1714;
Extract of a letter from the Chief Merchants at Cape Coast Castle, 1st March 1730/31;
Letter to Nicholas Morice from his nephew, Jos. Moyle, 28th May 1700;
Anonymous letter to Mr R.B. regarding business, n.d.;
Letter from Humphrey Morice regarding the will of John Browne, 10th November 1720 (D 0541);
Balances of accounts between Humphrey Morice and Sir Thomas Lee, 1720-1721 (D 0541);
Letter from Humphrey Morice to Sir Thomas Lee, 16th June 1722 (D 0541);
Account regarding Anne and Grenado Piggott, 1717-1725 (D 0541);
Account of Sir Thomas Lee with Humphrey Morice, 1729-1730 (D 0541);
List of notes and receipts regarding Humphrey Morice deed, 4th February 1731 (D 0541);
Letter from John Heaton to Mr Perkins regarding Mrs Morice's assets, 1829 (D 0541);
Letter (and account) from Judith Morice to Mr Madockes, 22nd August 1737 (D 0541);
Document relating to court case between Katherine, widow of Humphrey, and her step daughter, 10th July 1741 (D 0541);
Drafts of letters written by Humphrey Morice, 1709-1731 (D 0542);
Letter to the Hon Commissioners of His Majesty’s Customs concerning a cargo of indico detained illegally, 3rd April 1721 (D 0542);
Letter to the Hon Nicholas Lechmore, Attorney General, re the Royal Mines and Battery Company, insurance of trading ships etc, 17th November 1719 (D 0542);
Letter to Captain William Boyle with instructions for a voyage to Africa, 26th June 1724 (D 0542);
Letter from unknown person on board the Diamond in Honduras Bay giving an account of pirates, 20th September 1724 (D 0542);
Letter to Captain Keate complaining of Keate’s behaviour in leaving his "Chief Mate ashore in an island beyond the Seas", 26th July 1731 (D 0542);
Letter to John Tymms with instructions for taking money to Sir Nicholas Morice, 6th May 1721 (D 0542);
Letter to Nathaniel Butler concerning the sale of 160 oz of gold dust, 7th April 1721 (D 0542);
Letter to Granado Pigott, senior, concerning a marriage settlement for Granado Pigott, junior and Anne Sandes, 1st December 1720 (D 0542);
Letter to Sir Nicholas Morice, sending two bags of money to him, 11th June 1715 (D 0542);
Recommendation of William Wood as the secretary of Jamaica, 16th November 1714 (D 0542);
Letter to Lady Copley, of sympathy on the death of Sir Godfrey Copley, 11th April 1709 (D 0542);
Letter to Captain William Snelgrave with instructions for his voyage and information about other ships, 27th November 1719 (D 0542);
Letter to his uncle Nicholas Morice defending certain business transactions, 29th January 1709 (D 0542);
Account of goods bought by John Smallwood and Captain Hogg of the Sarah galley, 29th July 1731 (D 0542);
Letter to Captain Bull on the Coast of Africa with instructions as to the disposal of his cargo. (States that war was declared against Spain on (17th December), 15th January 1718/19 (D 0542);
List of goods belonging to Captain Roberts n.d. (D 0542);
List of goods for a cargo n.d. (D 0542);
List of shrouds and cables for the West Indies or New England, addressed to Thomas Sandes, 3rd January 1704/05 (D 0542);
Note from Peter Hollander asking Morice to endorse a note for £2000, 31st March 1711 (D 0542);
Letter from John Symons re the late Robert Melhuish, 11th February 1714 (D 0542);
Abstract of several letters John Symons received from La Roche and Co from Lisbon 1714-1715 (D 0542);
Letter from John Symons re the late Robert Melhuish, 17th February 1715 (D 0542);
Letter from John Symons with an enclosure for Samuel Bury, 29th April 1715 (D 0542);
List of money owed to and by Wood, 13th October 1715 (D 0542);
Letter from Thomas Wood apologising for not enclosing a list of business debts in a previous letter, 25th February 1715/16 (D 0542);
Letter to William Nicholson and Major John Smith in Patuxant River, Maryland asking them to sell 200 negroes which Captain Stephen Bull will bring, 4th December 1718 (D 0542);
Letter from Joa Feliz Reiz to William Baillie who had just arrived in port, 16th January 1721 (D 0542);
Recommendation from Morice and Charles Long for Alexander Henderson, as Attorney General of Jamaica, 10th October 1721 (D 0542);
Note from Matthew Roycroft acting for Joseph Windham to Mr Timms asking what Morice has done in Henry Branthwait’s affair, 4th July 1722 (D 0542);
Item 542: From Charles Weekes of Dorchester concerning ships and cargo, 1st February and 13th February 1724 (D 0542);
Letter from Charles Small on board the Lyell near St Iago to Richard Mead telling of the death of a midshipman, 25th February 1730 (D 0542);
Letter from John Spencer asking for money for the ship London, 16th June 1731 (D 0542);
Letter from Thomas Hunt announcing his arrival of the ship Morice and asking for a berth at Deptford or Woolwich, 24th July 1731 (D 0542);
Letter to Messrs Withers and Harrison of Barbados concerning the sale of negroes, 29th June 1731 (D 0542);
Letter from Robert Law at Cork announcing that two of Morice’s ships are homeward bound from the Windward passage, 28th July 1731 (D 0542);
Letter from Charles Ross asking for his account to be settled, 3rd August 1731 (D 0542);
Item 542: From Pierre Locquett of Amsterdam asking Morice to remit money belonging to John Pranger, 14th September 1731 (D 0542);
Letter from Pierre Locquett asking for a reply to his earlier letter, 9th October 1731 (D 0542);
Letter from Jeanne Dubor, 19th October 1731 (D 0542);
Letter from Katherine Morice to Messrs Basnett Tymms and Hide in Jamaica with instructions for selling negroes n.d. (D 0542);
Poem on a scrap of paper addressed to Nicholas Morice at Warrington n.d. (D 0542); |