Skip to main content

Antigua marriage settlement, 1815

 Sub-Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 240/20

Scope and Contents

A settlement on the marriage of Henry Haynes with Harriet Watkins Oliver, including property on the island of Antigua and enslaved persons specifically noted as forming part of this.

Dates

  • Creation: 1815

Conditions Governing Access

From the Fonds:

Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).

Extent

1 folder(s) (1 folder) : paper

Language of Materials

English

Former / Other Reference

MSS 741

Other Finding Aids

Donald H. Simpson, ed., 'The manuscript catalogue of the library of the Royal Commonwealth Society' (London, 1975), p. 141.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Presented by Edmund Sidney Pollock Haynes, great-grandson of Henry Haynes, 1933.

Bibliography

Details of the families can be found in 'Notes by General Robert Haynes', made in circa 1835 and printed in 1911. E.M.W. Cracknell, ed., 'The Barbadian diary of General Robert Haynes' (1934) also contains family material.

General

This collection level description was created by RAS using information from Donald Simpson's R.C.S. catalogue.

Originator(s)

Haynes, Henry, 1776-1838; Oliver, Harriet Watkins, d 1826

Finding aid date

2004-01-14 14:50:32+00:00

Includes index.

Repository Details

Part of the Cambridge University Library Repository

Contact:
Cambridge University Library
West Road
Cambridge CB3 9DR United Kingdom