[Employment contract for the Brig Othello]

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Title: [Employment contract for the Brig Othello]
Collection Title: Slavery Collection, 1709-1864
Creator / Contributor: Sweet, George Dunbar
Weaver, Nicholas
Willock, Robert
Wilson, Abiathar
Purchase, William
Neil, Jonathan
Coggeshall, Boston
Wiles, Ephraim
Magee, Paul
Othello (Brig)
Identifier: nyhs_sc_b-02_f-09_035
Mss Collection - Slavery Collection
Date: 1774-08-25
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, multiple notations dated August 1, 1774, through October 3, 1775, detailing payments to crew.
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
Blank forms
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