[Unsigned letter to Messrs. Mairez & Cooper]

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Title: [Unsigned letter to Messrs. Mairez & Cooper]
Collection Title: Slavery Collection, 1709-1864
Creator / Contributor: Vernon, William, 1719-1806
Allen, Benjamin, Captain
Vernon, Samuel, Jr.
Brown, Captain
Johnson, Samuel
Mairez, Francis
Cooper, David
Venus (Brig)
Stevenson & Went
Mairez & Cooper
Identifier: nyhs_sc_b-01_f-14_u10
Mss Collection - Slavery Collection
Date: 1775-05-06
Description: Unsigned manuscript copy of letter from Newport [Rhode Island] dated April 15, 1775, followed by letter addressed to Messrs. Mairez & Cooper dated May 6, 1775 [in William Vernon's hand].
Subject: Slave trade--Rhode Island--Newport
Slave trade--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia
Slave trade--Barbados
Slave trade--Jamaica--Montego Bay
Material type or medium of original: Commercial correspondence
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