Erie Canal; New York (State); New York; Marryat, Frederick, 1792-1848; Rome (N.Y.); Packet boats; Travel and description.
Page 152 found in Chapter twelve in Volume one of Marryat's A Diary in America. It is here that Marryat describes the captain of the packet boat as one who was, " in his own opinion, no small affair; he puffed and swelled until he looked larger...
Sailors' Snug Harbor, Captain Robert Randall, will, by-laws
4"X7", 26 pages, 1907 edition hardbound book with transcripted text of Captain Randall's will and testament and text of the by-laws of Sailors' Snug Harbor.
Letter from Adams & Griffin of Richmond [Virginia] to William and Samuel Vernon of Newport, Rhode Island regarding payments to Captain William Tanner for shipments and discussing the slave market in Richmond in anticipation of a slave shipment from...
Manuscript copy of a letter from Adams & Griffin of Richmond [Virginia] to William and Samuel Vernon of Newport, Rhode Island dated February 8, 1771, regarding payments to Captain William Tanner for shipments and discussing the slave market in...
Slave trade--Saint Kitts and Nevis; Slave trade--Rhode Island--Newport
Letter from Walter Pringle of St. Christopher's [Saint Kitts] to William and Samuel Vernon of Newport, Rhode Island. Preceded by manuscript copy of letter dated May 10, 1751, signed by Capt. Newton.
Account record of expenses aboard the Sloop Hare on the Coast of Africa. Includes names of vendors King Peters, Captain Stephen's people, Francis Mountain, and George Dowdall.