[Letter from Austin & Laurens to Messrs. Samuel & William Vernon]

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Title: [Letter from Austin & Laurens to Messrs. Samuel & William Vernon]
Collection Title: Slavery Collection, 1709-1864
Creator / Contributor: Austin & Laurens
Vernon, William, 1719-1806
Vernon, Samuel, 1711-1792
Godfrey, Caleb, Captain
Yarnold, Benajmin, d. 1787
Thomlinson and Trecothick & Co.
Identifier: nyhs_sc_b-01_f-01_a07
Mss Collection - Slavery Collection
Date: 1757-01-22
Description: Letter from Austin & Laurens of Charleston [South Carolina] to William and Samuel Vernon of Newport, Rhode Island regarding the sale of a slave shipment delivered by Captain Caleb Godfrey. Includes mention of an ongoing dispute with Benjamin Yarnold about a purchased slave died after several months of medical care.
Subject: Slaves--Rhode Island--Newport
Slavery--Rhode Island--Newport
Slave trade--Rhode Island--Newport
Slaves--South Carolina--Charleston
Slavery--South Carolina--Charleston
Slave trade--South Carolina--Charleston
Material type or medium of original: Commercial correspondence
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