[Employment contract for the Brig Othello]

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Creator / Contributor: Sweet, George Dunbar
Weaver, Nicholas
Willock, Robert
Wright, Edward
Purchase, William
Coggeshall, Boston
Wellcome, Abitha
Crowley, Ephraim
Magee, Paul
Niel, John
Othello (Brig)
Title: [Employment contract for the Brig Othello]
Collection Title: Slavery Collection, 1709-1864
Date: 1774-08-26
Description: 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."
Identifier: nyhs_sc_b-02_f-09_034
Mss Collection - Slavery Collection
Subject: Merchant ships--United States
Contract Labor--Rhode Island--Newport
Merchant mariners--Salaries, etc.
Subject geographic name: Rhode Island--Commerce
Material type or medium of original: Portage bills
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