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Invoice of the Cargo on board the brig't Othello George Sweet Master for the Coast of Africa on Account and resque of S & Wm. Vernon and goes consigned to s'd Master

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Title	Invoice of the Cargo on board the brig't Othello George Sweet Master for the Coast of Africa on Account and resque of S & Wm. Vernon and goes consigned to s'd Master
Collection title	Slavery Collection
Series Title	Series I: Samuel and William Vernon, 1756-1799
Subseries Title	Subseries 2. Business Papers, 1756-1799
Item ID	nyhs_sc_b-02_f-09_012
Date of original	1774-08-28
Creator	Vernon, Samuel, 1711-1792
Contributors	Vernon, William, 1719-1806 Sweet, George Dunbar Othello (Brig)
Institution	New-York Historical Society
Description	Inventory of goods consigned to Captain George D. Sweet aboard the Brig Othello, owned by Samuel and William Vernon of Newport, Rhode Island, departing Rhode Island to the Coast of Africa. Includes instructions that read, "To insurance in London, from thence to Affrica [Africa] at and from thence to market with slaves at 8 guineas." On back, "Invoice of slops [?] sent on board" such as frocks, hats, shoes, and rum.
Subject	Merchant ships--United States Slave trade--Africa Africa--Commerce--Rhode Island Rhode Island--Commerce--Africa
Material type of original	Merchandise inventories Receipts (financial records)
Publisher of digital	New-York Historical Society 170 Central Park West New York, NY 10024 212-873-3400
Rights management	This digital image may be used for educational or scholarly purposes without restriction. Commercial and other uses of the item are prohibited without prior written permission from the New-York Historical Society. Please visit the New-York Historical Society's Rights and Reproductions Department web page at http://www.nyhistory.org/about/rights-reproductions for more information.

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