Manuscripts Relating to Slavery

: Briggatine Royall Charlotte Portage Bills; Portage bill for the Brig Royall [Royal] Charlotte. Includes names of crew, wages, and terms. On back, list of wages paid to each crew member aboard the Brig Royal Charlotte, undated.

: Copy of Portage Bill for Sloop Titt Bitt, Thos. Roggers Mastr. For Affrica; Portage bill for the Sloop Tittbitt on a voyage to Affrica [Africa]. Includes names of crew, wages, and terms. On back, receipt of wages by William Heffeman from Jonas Lang. Redwood dated October 6, 1757.

: Brigg Othello Portage Bill for Her Voyage to Africa; 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." On back, additional detail about wage payments to crew members.

: [Affidavit for the Brig Orange]; Petition for insurance funds for the Brig Orange after wrecking upon a reef "about three mites to the Eastward of Man of War Kry near the Island of Abaca, one of the Bahama Islands" after leaving the port of Havana [Cuba] on March 6, 1799, carrying 120 slaves.

: [Brigatine Othello record fragment]; Fragment of account record for the Brig Othello. Only docket remains.

: [Unsigned letter to Sam]; Unsigned letter from Newport [Rhode Island] addressed to Sam [Samuel Vernon, Jr., in William Vernon's hand].

: [Bill of lading for the Sloop Wyndan]; Bill of lading for the Sloop Wyndan, belonging to William Vernon, on a voyage from Newport [Rhode Island] to the Coast of Africa carrying rum, wine, coffee, sugar, tobacco, turpentine, flour, tea, and other provisions. Signed by ship Master Thomas Rogers.

: [Bill of lading for the Brig Royal Charlotte]; Bill of lading for the Brig Royal Charlotte, owned by Wm. Vernon, Thos. T. Taylor and Sam. Johnson, departing from Newport harbor [Rhode Island] to Africa carrying rum, tobacco, flour, sugar, coffee for trade. Three copies, signed by Captain William Taylor.

: [Letter from Gardner & Dean to Mess. Phillips & Gardner]; Letter from Gardner & Dean of Newport [Rhode Island] to Mess. Phillips & Gardner [of Charleston, South Carolina] giving instruction for the sale of cargo aboard the Ship Mary, and then the sale of the ship itself.

: [Appraisal of the Sloop Sherbro]; Appraisal document for the Sloop Sherbro, signed by Evan Malbone and Ebenezer Flagg of Newport [Rhode Island].

: Portage Bill for the Brigatine Royal Charlotte bound on a voyage to the Coast of Africa & back to Rhode Island; 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.

: Invoice of a Cargo of Negroes laden on board the Ship Ascension at Mosambique; Account record for a cargo of 238 "Negroes" aboard the Ship Ascension at Mozambique, belonging to Messr. Vernon Gardner & Co. [William Vernon and Caleb Gardner].

: [Letter from Sam King to Mr. Samuel Vernon, Junior]; Letter from Sam King [?] in New York to Samuel Vernon, Junior, of Newport, Rhode Island.

: Invoice of cargo on board the Briggt. Charlotte, Wm. Taylor Mastr. for Africa, Ship't by, and on account and risque of, Wm. Vernon one half, one half Thos. Teakle Taylor & Sam'l Johnson & goes consigned to the said Master; Invoice of cargo on board the Brig Royal Charlotte, one half belonging to William Vernon and one half to Thomas Teakle Taylor and Samuel Johnson, departing on a voyage from Newport [Rhode Island] to Africa.

: [Insurance claim for the Brig Othello]; 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 in Barbados and created by notary public Thomas Workman.

: [Letter from Wm. Vernon to Capt. Thos. Roggers]; Letter from William Vernon of Newport [Rhode Island] to Captain Thos. Roggers [Thomas Rogers] on the Sloop Tittbitt. Also signed by Jonas and William Redwood.

: [Bill of lading for the Brig Royal Charlotte]; Bill of lading for the Brig Royal Charlotte, captained by John Knowles, departing from Montego Bay [Jamaica] carrying sugar, rum, and hogsheads for trade in Quebec [Canada]. Signed and sealed by Charles Hamilton, Zach. Allnutt, and R. Williams.

: [Employment contract for the Brig Othello]; 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."

: [Affidavit by John Duncan accounting damages sustained to the Brig Othello during passage to Charleston, South Carolina]; Affidavit submitted by John Duncan, giving account of damages sustained to the Brig Othello during passage to Charleston, South Carolina, with a shipment of slaves.

: A Portage Bill of mens names, quality, time of Entry, Wages per Month & when Discharged Belonging to Sloop Hare Caleb Godfrey Master from the Coast of Africa; Portage bill for the Sloop Hare, listing crew names, wages, and term of employment on a passage to the coast of Africa.

: [Employment contract for the Brig Othello]; 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, 1775, detailing payments to crew.

: Portage Bill for Brigg Othello's Voyage to Africa; Portage bill for the Brig Othello, listing crew names, wages, time on board, and terms of employment on a voyage to Africa.

: [Letter from G. D. Sweet to Mr. Cooper]; Letter from G. D. Sweet to Mr. [David] Cooper requesting that funds be given to the bearer of the letter, and that it be charged to the account of "John Niel, sailor on board the Brig Othello."