Object Number: TD7170

Collection: Social History

Object Name: archive document

Description: Folded piece of cream paper with handwritten inscription. 'E Colston Esqu/ died 11 Oct 1721/ This hair taken from his disintered body September 2. 1843'/ Sum: '1843/1721/122' Inside 'EC'. Enclosed inside is a lock of hair, purported to be from Edward Colston- though this is questionable. Removed from a body September 2nd 1843 (when investigations into the exact whereabouts of Colston's body took place at All Saints Church and bodies were examined).