Manuscript copy of two letters dated March 20 and April 14, 1764, from Richard Adams of Richmond, Virginia, to William and Samuel Vernon of Newport, Rhode Island, regarding slave and agricultural trade. Includes price list of commodities. Followed...
Manuscript copy of a letter dated March 20, 1764, from Richard Adams of Richmond, Virginia, to William and Samuel Vernon of Newport, Rhode Island, regarding slave and agricultural trade. Followed by a letter that provides further market details.
Slave trade--Africa; Slave trade--Virgin Islands of the United States; Sugar trade--Virgin Islands of the United States; Rum industry--Virgin Islands of the United States; Slave trade--Rhode Island--Newport
Letter from Cornelius Durant in St. Croix [Virgin Islands] to William and Samuel Vernon of Newport, Rhode Island.
Account record of Samuel & William Vernon for the proceeds from the sale of "54 negroes reced. of the Sloop Hare, Caleb Godfrey Masr." Includes names of London merchants William Thompson, Charles Mayne, George Seaman, John Bristow, William Mayne,...
Rum industry--Saint Kitts and Nevis; Molasses industry--Saint Kitts and Nevis; Cotton industry--Saint Kitts and Nevis
Letter from Walter Pringle of St. Christopher's [Saint Kitts] to William and Samuel Vernon of Newport, Rhode Island. Includes list of current market prices for trade commodities.
Rum industry--Rhode Island--Newport; Slave trade--Ghana; Slave trade--Rhode Island--Newport
Letter from Thomas Teakle Taylor in Annamaboe [Anomabu, Ghana] to Mr. Vernon [either Samuel or William Vernon] and Mr. Readwood [probably Jonas or William Redwood] of Newport, Rhode Island.
