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...
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."
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.
Birth certificates--New York (State)--New York; Slavery--New York (State)--New York
Birth certificate of Peter, born September 11, 1805, to a 'Negro Woman Slave named Mary' belonging to New York City boarding house keeper Benajah Abrahams.
Birth certificates--New York (State)--New York; Slavery--New York (State)--New York
Birth certificate of John Meyer, born January 16, 1805, to a 'Mulatto Woman Servant named Sarah Meyer' belonging to New York City coal merchant William Dodge.
Birth certificates--New York (State)--New York; Slavery--New York (State)--New York
Birth certificate of William Carver, born February 28, 1805, to a 'Negro Woman Slave named Jude' belonging to New York City butcher Alexander Fink. Signed by John Minure.
Birth certificates--New York (State)--New York; Slavery--New York (State)--New York
Birth certificate of Betty, born February 14, 1805, to a 'Negro Woman Slave named Jane' belonging to farmer Andrew McGown of Harlaem [Harlem], New York City.
Brown, Mary Guion, 1782-1871; Brown, Samuel,b. 1781 or 2; Brown family; Haight family; Hobby family; Knapp family; Lounsbury family; Searle family; Smith family; Young women--United States--Diaries; North Castle (N.Y.)--Social life and...
Diary kept by Mary Guion Brown (1800-1852, bulk 1800-1808). Beginning when she was 17, she records, in considerable detail, the personal and social life of a young girl in Westchester County, N.Y., including daily activities, her efforts to...