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Description: | This is an illustration of the Government Penn in Jamaica taken from Lady Maria Nugent's journal ('penn' was used at that time to describe a farm or other property with livestock). The house was three miles south east of Spanish Town and was built in 1777, together with a villa, for use by the governors of the island. In 1797 the properties were sold at auction at the request of Lord Balcarres, the Governor at the time, in exchange for a ��2,000 increase in his salary. Balcarres later acquired the Penn for himself and rented the property to succeeding governors. | License: | http://www.bl.uk/services/copy/permission.html | Rights holder: | British Library | Source: | Collect Britain | Creator: | Nugent, Maria | Identifier: | http://www.collectbritain.co.uk/personal... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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