Ghana--Commerce; Slave trade--Ghana; Rum industry--Ghana
Account record by Richard Brew in Annamaboe [Anomabu, Ghana] for Captain William Taylor. Includes purchases of multiple slaves, "iron bars", rum, wine, and soap.
The collection includes three volumes, correspondence, and documents, 1768-1803, related to English abolitionist and reformer Granville Sharp. The first volume contains copies of letters and related documents, 1768-1773, sent to Granville Sharp,...
Letter from Robert B. Harshe, Director of the Art Institute of Chicago, to Juliana Force, dated February 28, 1929. Regarding the sales of lithographs by Glenn Coleman and possible exibition at the Art Institute of Chicago. See also: JRF to Robert...
Crooke, Charles, Jr. -- Estate; Crooke, John, of Rhinebeck, N.Y.; Crooke, John, Jr., d. 1759; Crooke, William; Crooke, Rebecca Wickham, 1771-1846; Elmendorf, Peter Edmund, 1764-1835; Livingston, Henry, 1714-1794; Wilkins, Martin S; Bleecker,...
Twenty-four letters and financial accounts created by members of the Crooke family, originally of Ulster County, N.Y. Collection includes six documents pertaining to the disposal of the estate of Charles Crooke, Jr., dated 1753-1767; one autograph...
Watson, John,1685-1768; Watson, Abigail, 1746 or 1747-1774; Watson family; Real property--New Jersey; Real property--New York (State)--New York; Agriculture--New Jersey; Agriculture--New York (State)
Notebook, 1772-1774, of Alexander Watson. Contains receipts, lists of deeds and properties, and a note of a lease assigned to him in New York to build a church; notes on taxes; excerpts from A new system of agriculture, by a Country Gentleman, with...
London (Ship); Voyages and travels--Early works to 1800; Braddock's Campaign, 1755--Personal narratives; Albany (N.Y.)--Description and travel--Early works to 1800; Alexandria (Va.)--Description and travel--Early works to 1800; Fort Cumberland...
Diary, 1754-1757, describes a voyage from London to Virginia on board the ship London laden with hospital supplies as part of an expedition of thirteen transports, three ordnance ships, and two convoys carrying the 44th and 48th regiments to...