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[Letter from Geo. D. Sweet to Messieurs Saml. & Wm. Vernon]
Slave trade--Barbados; Slave trade--Sierra Leone; Slave trade--Rhode Island--Newport; Slave trade--Gambia; Slave trade--Rhode Island--Newport
Letter from Captain George D. Sweet from the Islands of Deloss [Isle De Los, Sierra Leone] to William and Samuel Vernon of Rhode Island.
New-York Historical Society, Manuscript Collections Relating to Slavery

[Letter from Nath. Tweedy to Mr. Wm. Vernon]
Slave trade--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia; Slave trade--Barbados; Slave trade--Rhode Island--Newport
Letter from Nathaniel Tweedy of Philadelphia [Pennsylvania] to William Vernon of Newport [Rhode Island].
New-York Historical Society, Manuscript Collections Relating to Slavery

[Unsigned letter to Messrs. Mairez & Cooper]
Slave trade--Rhode Island--Newport; Slave trade--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia; Slave trade--Barbados; Slave trade--Jamaica--Montego Bay
Unsigned manuscript copy of letter from Newport [Rhode Island] dated April 15, 1775, followed by letter addressed to Messrs. Mairez & Cooper dated May 6, 1775 [in William Vernon's hand].
New-York Historical Society, Manuscript Collections Relating to Slavery

[Depositions of Robert Stoddard and Peter Dordin]
Depositions--Rhode Island--Newport; Slave trade--Rhode Island--Newport; Slave trade--Barbados; Slave trade--Georgia; Slavery--Georgia; Slaves--Georgia
Deposition of Robert Stoddard given in Newport, Rhode Island, stating that Valentine Jones, a Barbados merchant, had advised Captain Thomas Rogers of the Brig Othello to sell his slaves in Barbados instead of carrying them somewhere else to be...
New-York Historical Society, Manuscript Collections Relating to Slavery

No. 11, Remarks
Depositions--Rhode Island--Newport; Slave trade--Rhode Island--Newport; Slave trade--Barbados; Slave trade--Sierra Leone; Slave trade--Cape Verde; Slave trade--Saint Kitts
Remarks given [probably by Samuel or William Vernon] regarding a case against Captain Thomas Rogers, who is accused of producing falsified trade books and trading to his own benefit in Barbados, Cape de Verdes, St. Christopher, and Isle de Los....
New-York Historical Society, Manuscript Collections Relating to Slavery

No. 10, Remarks
Depositions--Rhode Island--Newport; Slave trade--Rhode Island--Newport; Slave trade--Barbados; Slave trade--Antigua; Slave trade--Saint Kitts
Remarks given [probably by Samuel or William Vernon] regarding a case against Captain Thomas Rogers, who is accused of producing falsified trade books and trading to his own benefit in Barbados, Cape de Verdes, St. Christopher, and Isle de Los....
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

[Account record of Francis Mountain]
Slave trade--Barbados
Account record by Francis Mountain for expenses related to slave trade in Barbados.
New-York Historical Society, Manuscript Collections Relating to Slavery

Schonner Active Trading Booke 1769, Jany 25th 1769
Slave trade--Ghana; Slave trade--Barbados; Ghana--Commerce; Barbados--Commerce
24-page trading book of the Schonner [Schooner] Active in Annamaboe [Anomabu, Ghana]. Provides detailed account of day-to-day trading of provisions and goods. Includes several mentions of slave purchases from Richard Brew and a balance summary of...
New-York Historical Society, Manuscript Collections Relating to Slavery

[Letter from Sam. & Wm. Vernon to Capt. Thos. Rogers]
Cape Verde--Commerce--United States; Africa, West--Commerce--United States; Slave trade--Georgia; Slave trade--South Carolina--Charleston; Slave trade--Barbados
Letter from Samuel and William Vernon of Newport [Rhode Island] to Captain Thomas Rogers on the Brig Othello.
New-York Historical Society, Manuscript Collections Relating to Slavery

[Letter from S. & Wm. Vernon to Capt. George D. Sweet]
Slave trade--Africa, West; Africa, West--Commerce--United States; Senegal--Commerce--United States; Gambia--Commerce--United States; Slave trade--Barbados
Letter from Samuel and William Vernon of Newport [Rhode Island] to Captain George D. Sweet on the Brig Othello.
New-York Historical Society, Manuscript Collections Relating to Slavery

[Letter to Mr. John Anderson]
Slave trade--Ghana; Slave trade--Barbados
One leaf with manuscript on both sides. On front, letter to Mr. John Anderson of Bristol regarding international slave trade, market prices of 'young & likely' negros, and clothing for slaves being shipped. Includes mention of Brig Alert and Ship...
New-York Historical Society, Manuscript Collections Relating to Slavery

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