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[Letter fragment addressed to Gardner & Dean]
Fragment of a letter of two leaves addressed to Gardner & Dean of Newport, Rhode Island. Only the leaf with the address remains.
New-York Historical Society, Manuscript Collections Relating to Slavery

[Employment contract for the Sloop Louisa]
Contract Labor--Rhode Island--Newport; Merchant ships--United States; Slave ships
Contract for employment on the Sloop Louisa, "bound from the Port of Newport, Rhode Island to Africa & from thence to Charleston and then back to said Newport." Includes the name of ship Master Samuel Taggart, first mate Benjamin Weaver, second...
New-York Historical Society, Manuscript Collections Relating to Slavery

[Custom house receipt for Mr. Charles Yates]
Merchant ships--United States
Receipt for custom house expenses of Captain John Hanton in Williamsburg [probably Virginia], paid by Charles Yates. Signed by Geo. [George] Lorimer and Jas. [James] Gregorie.
New-York Historical Society, Manuscript Collections Relating to Slavery

Messrs. Gardner & Dean owners of the Sloop Louisa in Account Current With Benjamin Weaver Master
Merchant ships--United States; Slave ships--Rhode Island--Newport; Guinea--Commerce
Expense record of Benjamin Weaver aboard the Sloop Louisa, giving sums for "the amount of the cargo homeward as per invoice," disbursements, "neat proceeds" and balance due. Includes note at bottom, "Errers [sic] Excepted Riopongo" [probably Rio...
New-York Historical Society, Manuscript Collections Relating to Slavery

Sloop Louisa Disbursmts. Charleston May 6th, 1806.
Merchant ships--United States; Slave ships--Rhode Island--Newport; Slave trade--Rhode Island--Newport; Slave trade--South Carolina--Charleston
Disbursement record for the Sloop Louisa listing purchases of food provisions, costs associated with selling slaves, and wages for ship crewmembers Peter Lewis, William Tayer, Richard Everith and William Weeden. Signed by Phillips & Gardner for...
New-York Historical Society, Manuscript Collections Relating to Slavery

Account of Disbursements on Board the Sloop Louisa on a Voige to Affrica kept by Benjamin Weaver Master
Merchant ships--United States; Slave trade--Guinea; Guinea--Commerce
Expense record of Captain Benjamin Weaver aboard the Sloop Louisa in Riopongo [probably Rio Pongo, Guinea], listing purchases of provisions and slaves dated December 22, 1805 through February 26, 1806.
New-York Historical Society, Manuscript Collections Relating to Slavery

Mess. Gardner & Dean to Phillips & Gardner
Merchant ships--United States; Slave trade--South Carolina--Charleston
Expense record of Gardner & Dean relating to the shipping of commodities and slave trade between August, 1805, and January, 1806. Includes mention of the Sloop Louisa, Brig Brandywine, and Schooner Flora.
New-York Historical Society, Manuscript Collections Relating to Slavery

[Gardner & Dean receipt for payment]
Rhode Island--Commerce
Receipt for payment by Gardner & Dean of Newport [Rhode Island] to William Ellery for gunpowder. Signed by William Ellery, Jr., for William Ellery, Coll. [Collector?].
New-York Historical Society, Manuscript Collections Relating to Slavery

[Letter from Samuel C. Taggart to Messrs. Gardner & Deane]
Rhode Island--Commerce; Slave trade--Rhode Island--Newport
Letter from Captain Samuel C. Taggart, at sea, to Gardner & Deane [Dean] of Newport, Rhode Island, regarding the status of their cargo of slaves and Taggart's poor health.
New-York Historical Society, Manuscript Collections Relating to Slavery

[Letter from Samuel C. Taggart to Messrs. Gardner & Deane]
Rhode Island--Commerce; Slave trade--Rhode Island--Newport
Letter from Captain Samuel C. Taggart, at Charleston [South Carolina], to Gardner & Deane [Dean] of Newport, Rhode Island, regarding a shipment of cargo and Taggart's quarantine in Charleston harbor.
New-York Historical Society, Manuscript Collections Relating to Slavery

[Letter from Thomas White to Messrs. Gardner & Dean]
Rhode Island--Commerce; Slave trade--Rhode Island--Newport; Slave trade--Mozambique; Slave trade--Guinea
Letter from Thomas White in Rio Pungos [probably Rio Pongo, Guinea], to Gardner & Dean of Newport, Rhode Island, regarding a shipment of slaves.
New-York Historical Society, Manuscript Collections Relating to Slavery

[Letter from Thomas White to Messrs. Gardner & Dean]
Rhode Island--Commerce; Slave trade--Rhode Island--Newport; Uruguay--Commerce
Letter from Thomas White in Mountevedeo [Montevideo, Uruguay] to Gardner & Dean [of Newport, Rhode Island] regarding his voyage and the trading of goods.
New-York Historical Society, Manuscript Collections Relating to Slavery

[Letter from J. Wood to Messrs. Gardner & Dean]
Rhode Island--Commerce; Slave trade--Rhode Island--Newport; Uruguay--Commerce; Rum industry
Letter from J. Wood [Captain Joseph Wood] in Malagua Bor [?] to Gardner & Dean [of Newport, Rhode Island] regarding his voyage and the trading of goods.
New-York Historical Society, Manuscript Collections Relating to Slavery

[Letter from Phillips & Gardner to Mess. Gardner & Dean]
Rhode Island--Commerce; South Carolina--Commerce
Letter from Phillips & Gardner of Charleston [South Carolina] to Mess. Gardner & Dean [of Newport, Rhode Island] giving notice of invoice for a shipment of goods delivered by Captain James Phillips.
New-York Historical Society, Manuscript Collections Relating to Slavery

[Letter from Phillips & Gardner to Mess. Gardner & Dean]
Rhode Island--Commerce; South Carolina--Commerce
Letter from Phillips & Gardner of Charleston [South Carolina] to Mess. Gardner & Dean of Newport, Rhode Island, regarding two bills of exchange by Jno [John] Strobel and Capt. Tho [Thomas] Webb.
New-York Historical Society, Manuscript Collections Relating to Slavery

[Letter from Phillips & Gardner to Mess. Gardner & Dean]
Rhode Island--Commerce; South Carolina--Commerce
Letter from Phillips & Gardner of Charleston [South Carolina] to Mess. Gardner & Dean [of Newport, Rhode Island] regarding various payments for shipped cargo.
New-York Historical Society, Manuscript Collections Relating to Slavery

[Letter from Phillips & Gardner to Mess. Gardner & Dean]
Rhode Island--Commerce; South Carolina--Commerce
Letter dated May 11 [?], 1806, from Phillips & Gardner of Charleston [South Carolina] to Mess. Gardner & Dean [of Newport, Rhode Island] regarding cargo on the Sloop Louisa and the Brig Hope.
New-York Historical Society, Manuscript Collections Relating to Slavery

[Letter from Phillips & Gardner to Mess. Gardner & Dean]
Rhode Island--Commerce; South Carolina--Commerce
Letter from Phillips & Gardner of Charleston [South Carolina] to Mess. Gardner & Dean [of Newport, Rhode Island] regarding shipments on the Schooner Hannah Barlley [Barley?] and the [Sloop] Louisa.
New-York Historical Society, Manuscript Collections Relating to Slavery

[Letter from Phillips & Gardner to Mess. Gardner & Dean]
Rhode Island--Commerce; South Carolina--Commerce
Letter from Phillips & Gardner of Charleston [South Carolina] to Mess. Gardner & Dean [of Newport, Rhode Island] regarding news of the Ship Mary and the Brig [Sloop] Louisa.
New-York Historical Society, Manuscript Collections Relating to Slavery

[Letter from Phillips & Gardner to Mess. Gardner & Dean]
Rhode Island--Commerce; South Carolina--Commerce; Havana (Cuba)--Commerce
Letter from Phillips & Gardner of Charleston [South Carolina] to Mess. Gardner & Dean [of Newport, Rhode Island] regarding cargo shipments on the [Sloop] Louisa and the Ship Rose in Bloom.
New-York Historical Society, Manuscript Collections Relating to Slavery

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