[Letter from Adams & Griffin to Messrs. Saml. & Wm. Vernon]

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Creator / Contributor: Adams & Griffin
Vernon, William, 1719-1806
Vernon, Samuel, 1711-1792
Duncan, John, Captain
Winthrop, Adam
Swan, Captain
Coutts, Patrick
Adams, Richard
Griffin, William
Othello (Brig)
Title: [Letter from Adams & Griffin to Messrs. Saml. & Wm. Vernon]
Collection Title: Slavery Collection, 1709-1864
Date: 1769-07-31
Description: Letter from Adams & Griffin of Richmond [Virginia] to William and Samuel Vernon of Newport, Rhode Island regarding shipments of corn and slaves on the Brig Othello, owned by the Vernons. Includes mention of the inferior quality of a recent slave shipment with "too great a proportion of children & the grown ones rather too old."
Identifier: nyhs_sc_b-01_f-01_a02
Mss Collection - Slavery Collection
Subject: Slaves--Rhode Island--Newport
Slavery--Rhode Island--Newport
Slave trade--Rhode Island--Newport
Slaves--Virginia--Richmond
Slavery--Virginia--Richmond
Slave trade--Virginia--Richmond
Material type or medium of original: Commercial correspondence
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