Merchant ships--United States; Rhode Island--Commerce; Contract Labor--Barbados; Merchant mariners--Salaries, etc.
Account record for George Lambert from Captain John Duncan on the Brig Othello in Barbados, listing hospital money, advance wages, and "7 gall. Rum missing out the cask he was caught stealing out off [sic]." On back, receipt signed by Boyle...
Merchant ships--United States; Merchant mariners--Salaries, etc.
Account record by Joseph Lester for expenditures while aboard the Brig Royal Charlotte between April, 1762, and January, 1763. Includes item, "2 gall. Rum to buy a Monkey."