Manuscript copy of a letter dated June 27, 1770, from Adams & Griffin of Richmond [Virginia] to William and Samuel Vernon of Newport, Rhode Island regarding remittance of payment to London merchant Thomas Adams. Followed by a letter that includes...
Slave trade--Jamaica--Montego Bay; Merchant ships--United States
Brief inventory of slaves aboard the Brig Othello in Montego Bay, Jamaica, and brief log of voyage between January to March 24, 1770, August 5 to September 19, 1768 and May to July 1771.
Account record of John Duncan for payments remittted to Samuel and William Vernon by Edward Clennon for 10 gallons of rum, sugar, and 2 1/2 gallons molasses.
Merchant ships--United States; Merchant mariners--Salaries, etc.
Receipt for money received by James Rogers, Jr. from Samuel Scranton. On back, "Rec'd Newport 21 March 1770 fourteen pounds 5 for cont'g service of writ Thos. Bayley."
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,...
Art, American--20th century--Exhibitions; Whitney Studio Club--Paperwork (Office practice);
Service invoice dated May 29, 1928, for insurance, shipping, packing, and correspondence for works of art exhibited in the Traveling Exhibition from 1927 to 1928. Two (2) pages. Artists mentioned: Nan Watson, Henry Schnakenberg, Yasuo Kuniyoshi,...
Letter from Susan A. Hutchinson, Curator of Prints at the Brooklyn Museum, to Van Vleet Tompkins, dated March 16, 1929. Regarding the sales of lithographs by Glenn Coleman: "The Bowery" and "Coney Island". Includes handwritten notes dated March 20,...
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...
Painting, American; Finance, Personal; Real property; American poetry
Notebook of John Watson, the painter, containing miscellaneous notes and personal account information written by Watsonin1726 and by Watsons nephew, Alexander Watsonin1775-1778. There are accounts of things bought, real estate transactions, poetry,...
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...
