Manuscript copy of a letter dated July 17, 1756, from Austin & Laurens of Charleston, South Carolina, to William and Samuel Vernon of Newport, Rhode Island regarding the sale of a slave shipment delivered by Captain Caleb Godfrey on the Sloop Hare....
Manuscript copy of a letter dated June 24, 1756, from Austen & Laurens of Charleston [South Carolina] to William and Samuel Vernon of Newport, Rhode Island regarding a shipment of slaves delivered by Captain [Caleb] Godfrey for sale on the Vernon's...
Letter from Austin & Laurens of Charleston [South Carolina] to William and Samuel Vernon of Newport, Rhode Island regarding the sale of a slave shipment delivered by Captain Caleb Godfrey. Includes mention of an ongoing dispute with Benjamin...
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...
Rhode Island--Commerce--Virginia; Virginia--Commerce--Rhode Island
Receipt of pilotage wages for John Stanton, received by this mother Hannah Sadlar [Sadler], from Samuel & William Vernon [of Newport, Rhode Island] and delivered by Messrs. Thornton & Yates [of Fredericksburg, Virginia].
Account record for David Cooper and Samuel Mairez [of Jamaica] from Samuel and William Vernon [of Newport, Rhode Island], delivered by Nicholas Cooper. Includes the supply of provisions like Jamaica Rum, coffee and sugar, as well as services like...
Letter from Phillips & Gardner of Charleston [South Carolina] to Mess. Gardner & Dean [of Newport, Rhode Island] giving notice of invoice for a shipment of goods delivered by Captain James Phillips.
Rhode Island--Commerce; South Carolina--Commerce; Slave trade--South Carolina--Charleston
Letter from Phillips & Gardner of Charleston [South Carolina] to Mess. Gardner & Dean of Newport, Rhode Island regarding the sale of "negroes" delivered by the [Sloop] Louisa. Includes mention of specific sales to James & Dordin and Tisdale & Dean.
Fugitive slaves--Martinique; Fugitive slaves--Rhode Island
One-page petition submitted by Remy Thiboult regarding the discovery of a runaway slave belonging to Samuel Johnson of Rhode Island, on the Schooner Corsaire docked in the harbor of St. Pierre, Martinique.
Unsinged manuscript list of ca. 115 "military actors" in the trial of Anthony Burns, copied from the Boston Courier. Includes names, military title, and occupation with some addresses.
Charles Sumner (1811-1874) was a United States senator from Massachusetts and a campaigner against slavery. This is a draft, ca. 1855, of a version of the speech delivered in New York on May 9, 1855, and published that year under the title "The...
Slave trade--New York (State)--New York; Slave trade--Africa, West; Slave traders--New York (State)--New York; Slavery--New York (State)--New York; Africa, West--Commerce--New York (State)--New York; New York (N.Y.)--Commerce--Africa, West; New...
Account book, 1748 Dec.-1749 Jul., kept aboard the sloop Rhode Island while on a voyage to Africa to procure slaves for her owners, Philip Livingston and sons, New York City. Peter James was shipmaster. Included are accounts for the purchase of...
New-York African Free-School; American Convention for Promoting the Abolition of Slavery and Improving the Condition of the African Race; Abolitionists--New York (State)--New York--Societies, etc.; African Americans--Education--New York...
New-York Society for Promoting the Manumission of Slaves, commonly known as the New-York Manumission Society, was established 1785 to publicly promote the abolition of slavery and manumission of slaves in New York State. The society, which was...
Sloan, John, 1871-1951; Art patrons--United States--Correspondence.; Art patronage;
Letter written by Fusfeld to Mr. Sears, American Letter Company, dated October 20, 1927. A check of $36.95 was enclosed for 800 mailed letters, plus 100 additional copies. Photocopy of original.
Art, American--20th century--Inventories; Art--Prices; Whitney Studio Galleries--Paperwork (Office practice);
Loan receipt between the Newark Museum Association and the Whitney Studio Galleries, dated December 19, 1929. On loan: "Lamp of Sleep" by Oscar Bluemner; "Pink Villa" by Rohland; "White Horses" by Karl Free. These watercolors are on loan for the...
Art, American--20th century--Inventories; Art--Prices; Whitney Studio Galleries--Paperwork (Office practice);
Loan receipt between Whitney Studio Galleries and The Newark Museum Assocation, dated December 27, 1929. On loan: "The Plaza Taos" by Lockwood and "Dyckman St. Environs" by D'Agostino. For related business correspondence, see also: Registrar's...
Art, American--20th century--Inventories; Whitney Studio Galleries--Paperwork (Office practice);
Two pages of inventory lists and loan receipts between Whitney Studio Galleries and Glenn O. Coleman, dated March 5, 1929. [Page 1] states the works on loan: Six (6) Glenn O. Coleman lithograph sets in stock room (two of which are sold to Gertrude...
Bradstreet, Martha, b. 1780--Trials, litigation, etc.; Bradstreet, John, 1711-1774--Estate; Livius, Elizabeth, d. ca. 1794--Estate; Schuyler, Peter; Morgan, Charles, fl. 1795; Bradstreet family; Real property--New York (State)--New York; Utica...
Papers, 1774-1868, mainly consisting of correspondence and legal documents relating to Martha Bradsteets attempts to regain title to land in Utica (N.Y.), which was originally part of the property of General John Bradstreet, the stepfather of...
