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[Letter from Sam Brown to William Vernon, Esq.]
Slaves--Rhode Island--Newport; Slavery--Rhode Island--Newport; Slave trade--Rhode Island--Newport; Slaves--Massachusetts--Boston; Slavery--Massachusetts--Boston; Slave trade--Massachusetts--Boston
Letter from Sam Brown of Boston [Massachusetts] to William Vernon of Newport [Rhode Island].
New-York Historical Society, Manuscript Collections Relating to Slavery

[Letter from Sam Brown to William Vernon, Esq.]
Slaves--Rhode Island--Newport; Slavery--Rhode Island--Newport; Slave trade--Rhode Island--Newport; Slaves--Massachusetts--Boston; Slavery--Massachusetts--Boston; Slave trade--Massachusetts--Boston
Letter from Sam Brown of Boston [Massachusetts] to William Vernon of Newport [Rhode Island].
New-York Historical Society, Manuscript Collections Relating to Slavery

[Letter from S & W Vernon to Capt. John Brown]
Santo Domingo (Dominican Republic)--Commerce--United States
Letter from Samuel and William Vernon of Newport [Rhode Island] to Captain John Brown on the Sloop Retrieve.
New-York Historical Society, Manuscript Collections Relating to Slavery

[Letter from Augustus Brown to Captain Thos. Roger]
Slave Trade--United States
Four-page letter to Captain Benjamin Almy of Newport from Augustus Brown, dated Annamaboo [?] Jan 17, 1774, regarding a shipment of sixty slaves and the death of Captain Thos. Roger.
New-York Historical Society, Manuscript Collections Relating to Slavery

[Manifest of the Schooner Brandy Wine]
Slaves--Transportation; Slave ships; Slave trade
Ship "manifest of the cargo on board" the Schooner Brandy Wine of Snow Hill from the port of Snow Hill to Alexandria [D.C.]. Includes names of ship's Master Samuel J. Smith, shippers John Sanders and James Carsen, and collector Edward Green. Lists...
New-York Historical Society, Manuscript Collections Relating to Slavery

[Signed petition for the Senate and House of Representatives]
Slavery--Massachusetts--Boston; Petitions--Massachusetts--Boston; Slavery--United States; Slaves--United States
Undated petition signed by c.150 Boston citizens arguring against the removal of Judge [Edward Greely] Loring in 1850 from his appointment as judge for forcing Anthony Burns to return back to slavery in the South.
New-York Historical Society, Manuscript Collections Relating to Slavery

Letter from C.L. Wray to President Paul Klapper Queens College, New York Accession # 2001-01
Exhibitions; World records
Queens College GSLIS, Queens College Archives

Diary in America, with remarks on its institutions. In three volumes.
Erie Canal; New York (State); New York; Marryat, Frederick, 1792-1848; Utica (N.Y.); Oswego (N.Y.); Rome (N.Y.); Syracuse (N.Y.); Trenton Falls (N.Y.); Ontario, Lake (N.Y. and Ont.); Horses; Packet boats; Canal-boats; Travel and description;...
Title page of Volume One of Marryat's Diary in America. Included in this 321 page volume is Marryat's description of his journey to Oswego along the Erie Canal aboard a packet boat.
CUNY Graduate Center Collection, The Erie Canal

The Crisis of the Revolution
Books;
Full text searchable PDF of William Abbat's "The Crisis of the Revolution"
Greenburgh Public Library, The Land and People of Greenburgh

[Letter and envelope from K. Rayner to Lysander Spooner]
One-page letter and envelope from K. [Kenneth] Rayner of Raleigh, North Carolina, to Lysander Spooner dated May 4, 1867, thanking him for sending publications and giving post office locations for Hon. A. G. [Albert Gallatin] Brown and Hon. Thos. L....
New-York Historical Society, Manuscript Collections Relating to Slavery

[Manuscript draft of a letter from L. Spooner to Gerrit Smith]
Libel and slander--New York (State)--New York
Manuscript draft of a four-page letter from Lysander Spooner in Boston [Massachusetts] to Gerrit Smith dated October 28, 1860, giving legal advice.
New-York Historical Society, Manuscript Collections Relating to Slavery

[Letter from Adams & Griffin to Messrs. Saml. & Wm. Vernon]
Slaves--Rhode Island--Newport; Slavery--Rhode Island--Newport; Slave trade--Rhode Island--Newport; Slaves--Virginia--Richmond; Slavery--Virginia--Richmond; Slave trade--Virginia--Richmond; Slave trade--England--London
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...
New-York Historical Society, Manuscript Collections Relating to Slavery

[Six letters from Charles Bolton to Captain Caleb Godfrey, Captain John Brown, and Samuel and William Vernon]
Slaves--Rhode Island--Newport; Slavery--Rhode Island--Newport; Slave trade--Rhode Island--Newport; Slaves--Barbados; Slavery--Barbados; Slave trade--Barbados
Six letters dating from February 14 to May 22, 1755, from Charles Bolton of Barbados to Samuel and William Vernon of [Newport] Rhode Island.
New-York Historical Society, Manuscript Collections Relating to Slavery

[Letter from S. B. and C. H. to Winthrop Todd & Winthrop]
Slaves--South Carolina--Charleston; Slavery--South Carolina--Charleston; Slave trade--South Carolina--Charleston; Slaves--Massachusetts--Boston; Slavery--Massachusetts--Boston; Slave trade--Massachusetts--Boston
Letter from S. B. [Sam Brown] and C. H. of Boston [Massachusetts] to Messrs. Winthrop Todd & Winthrop [of Charleston, South Carolina].
New-York Historical Society, Manuscript Collections Relating to Slavery

[Letter from Phillips & Gardner to Mess. Gardner & Dean]
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 the Charleston slave market and payments to Mess. Tisdale & Dean, Captain Burdick, and Captain John Brown. On back, list of...
New-York Historical Society, Manuscript Collections Relating to Slavery

The estate of Capt. Daniel Gardner in acct. with owner of the Ship Pacific
Merchant ships--United States
Account current of the estate of Captain David Gardner for the owners of the Ship Pacific [William Vernon], prepared by Sam Brown of Boston [Massachusetts].
New-York Historical Society, Manuscript Collections Relating to Slavery

[Bill of taxation for the import of a slave to Philadelphia]
Slaves--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia; Slavery--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia
Bill of taxation for the import of slaves for merchant Samuel Mifflin and mariner Joseph Brown of Philadelphia [Pennsylvania].
New-York Historical Society, Manuscript Collections Relating to Slavery

[Bill for remittance of funds for the Gambria Contract]
Gambia--Commerce;
Bill for funds to Mr. George D. Sweet to be placed "to the Gambia Contract" from Robert Brown, Esq., of Abingdon Strait, Westminster, London.
New-York Historical Society, Manuscript Collections Relating to Slavery

[Bill of exchange from Matthew McNamara]
England--Commerce--Gambia; Gambia--Commerce--England
Bill of exchange for Robert Brown of London [England] from Matthew McNamara of Fort James [Gambia], for remittance of payment to William Stevenson.
New-York Historical Society, Manuscript Collections Relating to Slavery

[Letter from J. M. M'Kim to S. H. Gay]
Slaves--Emancipation--United States; Slavery--Virginia; Slaves--Virginia
Four-page letter from J. M. M'Kim to S. H. Gay detailing the escape of slave [Henry 'Box' Brown] from Richmond [Virginia] to Philadelphia [Pennsylvania] via overland express in a box. M'Kim requests that Gay refrain from publishing the story, and...
New-York Historical Society, Manuscript Collections Relating to Slavery

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