Merchant ships--United States; Merchant mariners--Salaries, etc.
Contract for employment on the Brig Royal Charlotte for a voyage from Rhode Island to Africa and back. Includes names of crew, wages, and terms. On back, multiple notations dated June 11, 1763, through August 22, 1763, detailing payments to crew.
Receipt for expenses related to a court case regarding the Brig Royal Charlotte during a voyage to Africa with Captain William Taylor in 1767, and a voyage to Amsterdam with Captain William Pinniger, in 1768 [possibly with Samuel Vernon, Junior].
Merchant ships--United States; Rhode Island--Commerce--Africa; Africa--Commerce--Rhode Island
Invoice of cargo on board the Sloop Tittbitt, captained by Thomas Rogers, on a voyage from Newport [Rhode Island] to Affrica [Africa]. The voyage owned one-half by William Vernon, and one-quarter each William Redwood and Jonas L. Redwood.
Postal data: posted, postmarked [striped oval postmark] (KINGSTON, N.Y. NOV 7 1230PM 1922; KINGSTON NOV 7 1230PM N.Y. [and] 1922 [stamped outside round postmark]); Postcard type: divided back (Message May Be Written On This Side; Address Only On...
Account record for the sale of slaves aboard the Sloop Hare by Captain Caleb Godfrey on behalf of Robert Stevens and Saml. [Samuel] and Wm. [William] Vernon [of Newport, Rhode Island]. Includes expenses of medical costs and coffins for slaves that...
Merchant ships--United States; Africa--Commerce--South Carolina; Slave trade--South Carolina--Charleston; South Carolina--Commerce--Africa
Account record of slaves and goods purchased from Caleb Godfrey on the Sloop Hare after a voyage to the coast of Africa. Includes names of 25 purchasers, most notably, "Pistue [?] a Black." On back, tally of "Sundy. [Sundry] Expended and Wastage...
Account record by Freeman Mayberry of the Brig Orange, in Newport [Rhode Island], addrressed to the underwriters of the voyage. Includes value of the Brig and of 110 slaves on board.
Slave trade--Jamaica--Montego Bay; Merchant ships--United States
Brief inventory of slaves aboard the Brig Othello in Montego Bay, Jamaica, and brief log of voyage between January to March 24, 1770, August 5 to September 19, 1768 and May to July 1771.
Merchant ships--United States; Merchant mariners--Salaries, etc.
Portage bill for the Brig Othello, listing crew names, wages, and term of employment on a passage to the coast of Africa. Notes four men, George Harvey, Michael Keable, John Chace, and Ezekiel Mitchell [Mitchel] that "left the vessel at Virginia."...
Insurance claim for the loss of slaves aboard the Brig Othello during a trading voyage to Leeward [Islands, West Indies], due to the "carelessness" and "neglect" of crew members Nathaniel Shearman, Ezekiel Mitchell, and John Bent. Claim submitted...
Contract for employment on the Brig Othello for a voyage from Newport [Rhode Island] to Africa, to the West Indies and back to Newport. Includes names of crew, wages, and terms. On back, multiple notations dated August 1, 1774, through October 3,...
Contract for employment on the Brig Othello for a voyage from Newport [Rhode Island] to Africa, to the West Indies and back to Newport. Includes names of crew, wages, and terms. On back, note, "To Nicholas Weaver."
Rhode Island--Commerce; South Carolina--Commerce; Slave trade--South Carolina--Charleston; Slave trade--Sierra Leone; Sierra Leone--Commerce
Manuscript copy of letter dated January 25, 1807, from Joseph Wood in Islands Delos [Isle De Los, Sierra Leone] in to Mess. Gardner & Dean of Newport, Rhode Island regarding the voyage of the Ship Mary. Prepared by Phillips & Gardner of Charleston...
