This catalogue is in fair condition; the cover is heavily worn around the edges; discoloration on the colored pages appearing in the front and back of the catalogue; interior pages are yellowing. Information in pencil written on front cover....
Accounts current--Massachusetts--Hampden County; Poor--Massachusetts--Hampden County; Welfare recipients--Massachusetts--Hampden County
Two-page account detail from a "meeting of select men of Longmeadow & Springfield" regarding expenses for "keeping the poor that belong to Springfield and Longmeadow [Massachussets].
Accounts current--New York (State)--Columbia County
Loose fragments of account book in a single hand [possibly originating from Columbia County, New York], describing names of purchasers of various domestic goods.
Riverdale Children's Association; Colored Orphan Asylum (New York, N.Y.); Association for the Benefit of Colored Orphans (New York, N.Y.); Charities--New York (State)--New York; Children, Black--New York (State)--New York; African American...
The records of the Colored Orphan Asylum document the activities of the institution from 1836 to 1972, with the bulk of the records falling between 1850 and 1936. The records include minutes of general meetings, the Executive Committee, the...
Bill of exchange in the "free town" of Sierra Leone from R'd [Richard] Bright to "The Chairman and Court of Directors of the Sierra Leone Company, London," to be paid to the order of Michael Macmillan.
Reciept for cargo aboard the Brig Sally, including hogsheads and "gallons of rum the produce of America." Signed by William D. Wolf, master, and two witnesses, Thomas Biddall and W. Tower at the "Cape Coast Castle on the Coast of Africa."
Two-page account of "negro sales" taken from the Brig Marian, Captained by George Lawton from Africa. Includes names of purchasers, number of slaves purchased, and total cost. Many slaves listed as "dead."
Receipt for "one barrel of rum" from Stephen Deblois and Gordon Dickson of Newport [Rhode Island] to be taken on the Brig Bandywine by William Wiley for sale in Africa [possibly for slaves]. Signed by witness Henry Castoff.
Slave trade--North America; Slaves--Connecticut--New London; Slavery--Connecticut--New London
Document on one leaf in three hands. On top, a contract signed by Dudley Saltonstall promising to "carry to North American for sale" a "negroe girl named Mimba." On bottom, a reciept for the sale of the slave Mimba dated June 4, 1763. On back,...
Ledger of sales of "5 African negroes" on board the Ship Mary at Charleston [South Carolina], under the command of Master Joseph Wood and owned by Dean Deblois & Martin.
Slave trade--United States; Slave trade--South Carolina--Charleston; Slave trade--New York (State)--New York
Bill of exchange for amount of $707 between Mr. Frederick Beard of Charleston, South Carolina, and Capt. John Webb of New York [possibly for slave trade].
Slave trade--United States; Slave trade--South Carolina--Charleston; Slave trade--New York (State)--New York
Bill of exchange for amount of $350 between Mr. David Longbridge of Charleston, South Carolina, and Capt. John Webb of New York [possibly for slave trade].
One-page list of accounts of the Sloop Union at Savannah, Georgia, under the command of Caleb Cory. Includes the sale of "2 negroes." Additional note at bottom reads, "Savannah in Georgia May 28 1753 - Errors Encyned [?] Joseph Phillip."
