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 Index of Indigo Planters - Behar 1908 - C

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Date transcribed2011-00-00
Transcribed byAlison Kilpatrick
CommentIndex of Indigo Planters in Bihar taken from "History of Behar Indigo Factories; Reminiscences of Bihar; Tirhoot
and its inhabitants of the past.". by Minden Wilson 1908.

Surname  Brown    
Forename  Alexander    
Chapter  Tirhoot and Its Inhabitants of the Past    
Sub-title  Biographical sketch: Alexander Brown    
Page nos.  280    
Description  Began life in [India, as an indigo planter, at] Champarun. The author, Minden Wilson, knew him first when Brown was at Hattowrie Factory. Brown got the management of Hattowrie from Bob Taylor, who owned Hattowrie, and also Nawadah Factory, where Tom Slade managed. Brown and Slade both “had the promise of a four anna share to be paid for out of profits.” Taylor dying not long after making this arrangement, the properties were sold, providing Brown and Slade handsome bonuses in exchange for giving up their shares in the factories. Brown and Slade purchased Doulutpore Factory. Not long afterward, while on his way to Peepra Factory and stopping to rest at Mozufferpore, Brown took ill with Bright’s disease: he died a day or two later c.1853; buried at Mozufferpore. “He was a right good fellow and a great favourite with everyone.”    
Indexer Notes  An anna was a one-sixteenth part, for example, of a rupee or a parcel of land.    
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Index of Indigo Planters in Bihar taken from "History of Behar Indigo Factories; Reminiscences of Bihar; Tirhoot
and its inhabitants of the past. History of Behar Light Horse
Volunteers". by Minden Wilson 1908.
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