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.
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...
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?].
Rhode Island--Commerce; South Carolina--Commerce; New York--Commerce
Letter and Bill of Exchange from Phillips & Gardner of Charleston [South Carolina] to Mr. E. [Ebenezer] Burrill of New York, to be paid to the order of Mess. Gardner & Dean [of Newport, Rhode Island].
Slave trade--South Carolina--Charleston; Slave trade--Rhode Island--Newport; Merchant ships--United States
Letter from Gardner & Dean of Newport [Rhode Island] to Mess. Phillips & Gardner [of Charleston, South Carolina] giving instruction for the sale of cargo aboard the Ship Mary, and then the sale of the ship itself.
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.
Letter from Phillips & Gardner of Charleston [South Carolina] to Mess. Gardner & Dean, merchants in Newport, Rhode Island, regarding the sale of cargo from the Sloop Louisa, followed by itemized receipt for the "sales of Sixty Seven African...
Letter from Phillips & Gardner of Charleston [South Carolina] to Mess. Gardner & Dean, merchants in Newport, Rhode Island, regarding slave trade in the Leeward [Islands, West Indies] on the Brig [Sloop] Louisa.
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.
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.
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.
Letter from Phillips & Gardner of Charleston [South Carolina] to Mess. Gardner & Dean [of Newport, Rhode Island] regarding news of Captain Weaver and a cargo of "negroes" headed to the market [in Newport, Rhode Island].
Letter from Phillips & Gardner of Charleston [South Carolina] to Mess. Gardner & Dean [of Newport, Rhode Island] regarding various payments for shipped cargo.
Letter from Phillips & Gardner of Charleston [South Carolina] to Mess. Gardner & Dean [of Newport, Rhode Island] regarding payment to Captain Edward Tayer and state taxes on "negroes held in posession [sic] on the first day of October 1805."
Rhode Island--Commerce; South Carolina--Commerce; Slave trade--South Carolina--Charleston; Slave trade--Rhode Island--Newport
Letter from Phillips & Gardner of Charleston [South Carolina] to Mess. Gardner & Dean [of Newport, Rhode Island] regarding various payments for shipped cargo.
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.
Letter from Phillips & Gardner of Charleston [South Carolina] to Mess. Gardner & Dean [of Newport, Rhode Island] regarding a shipment of tobacco on the Brig Hiram and the market for slaves in Charleston.
Rhode Island--Commerce; South Carolina--Commerce; Slave trade--South Carolina--Charleston
Letter from Phillips & Gardner of Charleston [South Carolina] to Mess. Gardner & Dean [of Newport, Rhode Island] regarding payments to Pat. [Patrick] Cassin [?] and Baylis & Howard of Boston [Massachusetts]. Includes note on the state of the...