UF,University of Florida PreQC Application, 4.8.30 Laurientaylor Online edit by Matthew Mariner ( 9/8/2010 ) Online edit by Laurie N. Taylor ( 12/31/2012 ) Manuscript letterbook (covers missing), dated 1765 to 1772, written by Samuel Cary for the Simon Estate plantation on St. Kitts (St. Christopher) in the West Indies. The book includes detailed business transactions concerning sugar, rum, and coffee, as well as numerous copies of letters describing the activities of the plantation to the owners in London, Charles Spooner, Joseph Sill, and William Manning. Several letters pertaining to family or business matters also are addressed to Boston. Throughout the letterbook, Cary provides information about the African slaves owned by the plantation, listing about 300 at one point. He describes the shipping of slaves, the purchase of slaves, their labor and health, and the escape and death of slaves. In addition, he records information about the products of the plantation, goods shipped, itemized expenses, account payments received, and his trips to nearby islands in the Caribbean, including Nevis and Grenada. Cary also describes his purchase of an estate on Grenada, a coffee plantation, and lists the 75 slaves included as property of the estate. 55617481 English eng University of Florida UF Cary, Samuel Samuel Cary 1742-1812 Main Entity Samuel Cary, Jr., was born in 1742 in the Boston suburb of Chelsea. Following his graduation from Harvard, he moved to the West Indies where he managed plantations for various individuals before purchasing a Grenada sugar plantation. In 1772, after the death of his father, Cary left the West Indies and returned to live in the Chelsea family home. Charles Spooner was a British planter who owned several plantations in the Caribbean, specifically the Leeward Islands of the West Indies. William Manning (1763-1835), a British merchant with property and business interests in the West Indies, was a member of Parliament and served as a director and governor of the Bank of England. flu 1772 1765 1772 UF00101464_00001 040609 Imported from (OCLC)55617481 University of Florida FUG OCLCQ English eng 1 box (1 linear ft.) : ; Saint Kitts and Nevis Grenada Slavery Grenada Slavery Saint Kitts Plantations History Saint Kitts Sugar growing History Saint Kitts Plantation life Saint Kitts History Saint Kitts History Grenada Commerce Saint Kitts and Nevis Letterbook for the Simon Plantation, St. Kitts mixed material UF00101464 00001 I University of Florida 646844