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[Bill of exchange for Phillips & Gardner]
South Carolina--Commerce; Massachusetts--Commerce
Bill of exchange for Phillips & Gardner of Charleston [South Carolina] from Messrs. Baylis & Howard, merchants of Boston [Massachusetts].
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

[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

[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 and Bill of Exchange from Phillip & Gardner to Mr. E. Burrill]
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].
New-York Historical Society, Manuscript Collections Relating to Slavery

[Letter dated Havanna, 16th March 1793]
Molasses industry; Slave trade--Jamaica; Slave trade--Cuba--Havana; Slave trade--Rhode Island--Newport
Four-pages of a letter, lacking the signature and addressee.
New-York Historical Society, Manuscript Collections Relating to Slavery

[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

[Letter from A. J. Rux to E. H. Stokes]
Slave trade--Alabama--Demopolis; Slave trade--Virginia--Richmond
Two-page letter from A. J. Rux of Demopolis, Alabama, to E. H. Stokes of Richmond [Virginia] discussing financial difficulties and the poor slave trade market.
New-York Historical Society, Manuscript Collections Relating to Slavery

[Letter from A. J. Rux to E. H. Stokes]
Slave trade--Alabama--Demopolis; Slave trade--Virginia--Richmond
Two-page letter from A. J. Rux of Demopolis, Alabama, to E. H. Stokes of Richmond [Virginia], discussing the poor slave trade market.
New-York Historical Society, Manuscript Collections Relating to Slavery

[Letter from A. J. Rux to E. H. Stokes]
Slave trade--Alabama--McKinley; Slave trade--Virginia--Richmond
Two-page letter from A. J. Rux in McKinley, Alabama, to E. H. Stokes [of Richmond Virginia], reporting on the poor slave trade market and writing that "it is the darkest looking prospect to do anything that I ever saw."
New-York Historical Society, Manuscript Collections Relating to Slavery

[Letter from Caleb Godfrey to Messrs. Saml. & Wm. Vernon & Company]
Slave trade--Sierra Leone; Slave trade--Jamaica; Slave trade--Rhode Island--Newport
Letter from Caleb Godfrey in Serelion [Sierra Leone] to William and Samuel Vernon of [Newport] Rhode Island.
New-York Historical Society, Manuscript Collections Relating to Slavery

[Letter from Caleb Godfrey to Messrs. Saml. & Wm. Vernon & Company]
Slave trade--Sierra Leone; Slave trade--Rhode Island--Newport
Letter from Caleb Godfrey in Serelion [Sierra Leone] to William and Samuel Vernon of [Newport] Rhode Island.
New-York Historical Society, Manuscript Collections Relating to Slavery

[Letter from Gardner & Dean to Mess. Phillips & Gardner]
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.
New-York Historical Society, Manuscript Collections Relating to Slavery

[Letter from Geo. Bradburn to Spooner]
Antislavery movements--United States; Abolitionists--Massachusetts--Nantucket
Five-page letter dated April 23, 1846, from Geo. [George] Bradburn in Nantucket [Massachusetts] to [Lysander] Spooner discussing general news of the abolitionist movement.
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 John Duncan to Messrs. Saml. & Wm. Vernon]
Slave trade--Charleston--South Carolina; Slave trade--Jamaica; Slave trade--Virginia--Fredericksburg; Slave trade--Rhode Island--Newport
Letter from John Duncan in Fredericksburg, Virginia, to William and Samuel Vernon of Newport, Rhode Island.
New-York Historical Society, Manuscript Collections Relating to Slavery

[Letter from John Duncan to Messrs. Saml. & Wm. Vernon]
Slave trade--Virginia--Fredericksburg; Slaves--Virginia--Fredericksburg; Slavery--Virginia--Fredericksburg; Slave trade--Rhode Island--Newport
Letter from John Duncan in Fredericksburg, Virginia, to William and Samuel Vernon of Newport, Rhode Island.
New-York Historical Society, Manuscript Collections Relating to Slavery

[Letter from Phillips & Gardner to Mess. Gardner & Dean]
Slave trade--South Carolina--Charleston; Slave trade--Rhode Island--Newport
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...
New-York Historical Society, Manuscript Collections Relating to Slavery

[Letter from Phillips & Gardner to Mess. Gardner & Dean]
Slave trade--South Carolina--Charleston; Slave trade--Rhode Island--Newport; Slave trade--West Indies--Leeward Islands
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.
New-York Historical Society, Manuscript Collections Relating to Slavery

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