Two-page memorandum signed by John Faxor and Robert N. Anchmuty, joint owners of the Schooner General Greene, addressed to their subscribers regarding "outstanding bills and notes unpaid for the purchases & against said schooner and cargo."
Request for payment by "the owners of the Brig Royal Charlotte" for twenty-two day's work provided by the "Missis [Ruth] Thurston's Negro Hammet" in Newport [Rhode Island]. Signed by Benjamin Sanford.
Slave trade--Sierra Leone; Merchant ships--United States
Expense record of Benjamin Weaver aboard the Sloop Louisa in Islands Deloss [Isle De Los, Sierra Leone], giving sums for the purchase of 70 slaves "on the coast of Africa" and other expenses.
14-page book of trade by the Brig Othello on a voyage to the Coast of Africa, commencing at Annamaboe [Anomabu, Ghana] "for account of the owners" [Samuel and William Vernon].
Postal data: posted, postmarked [indiscernible], stamp; Postcard type: divided back (This space for message [left side]; This space for address only [right side]); Logo (POST CARD); Written message (I am having a fine time and am going fishing...
Slave trade--Rhode Island--Newport; Merchant ships--United States
Bill to John Bent and the owners of the Brig Othello [Samuel and William Vernon of Newport, Rhode Island] from J. R. Lillibridge [Sillibridge?] for expenses related to slave trade.
Expense record of Benjamin Weaver aboard the Sloop Louisa, giving sums for "the amount of the cargo homeward as per invoice," disbursements, "neat proceeds" and balance due. Includes note at bottom, "Errers [sic] Excepted Riopongo" [probably Rio...
Account record for the Ship Ascension, owned by Messrs. Vernon Gardner & Co. [William Vernon and Caleb Gardner]. Names vendors located in Mozambique, Ile de France [Mauritius], Montevideo, and the Cape of Good Hope.
Clippings; Street cleaning; Quinn, Patrick H., 1852-1926
New York World article on Street Cleaning Deputy Commissioner Patrick H. Quinn issuing orders concerning obstructions by vehicles. Owners who disregard "the ordinance will find their vehicles in the city's possession."
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....
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....
Currency question--United States; Free banking--United States
Four-page letter from Jno. [John] A. Thomson in Summit Point, West Virginia, to Lysander Spooner dated December 17, 1877, discussing the topic of monetary systems.
Clippings; Street cleaning; Quinn, Patrick H., 1852-1926
Police received several reports of trucks obstructing streets in the borough. Their response: "Reasonable time had to be allowed owners to remove such vehicles."
Account record for the sale of 90 slaves from the cargo of the Royall [Royal] Charlotte, sold by Cornelius Durant [of St. Croix Virgin Islands] on behalf of Samuel and William Vernon [of Newport, Rhode Island]. Includes names of purchasers, price...
