[Employment contract for the Sloop Louisa]

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Creator / Contributor: Taggart, Samuel C.
Weaver, Benjamin, Captain
Hathaway, Zephaniah
Adlen, Noell
Tayer, William
Brouwer, Abram
Pieters, Lenard
Hermany, John
Murry, James
Louisa (Sloop)
Title: [Employment contract for the Sloop Louisa]
Collection Title: Slavery Collection, 1709-1864
Date: 1805
Description: Contract for employment on the Sloop Louisa, "bound from the Port of Newport, Rhode Island to Africa & from thence to Charleston and then back to said Newport." Includes the name of ship Master Samuel Taggart, first mate Benjamin Weaver, second mate Zephaniah Hathaway, and seamen Noel Allen, William Tayer, Abram Brouwer, Lenard Pieters, John Hermany, and James Murry. On back, multiple notations dated March 1, 1805, through September 24, 1805, detailing payments to crew.
Identifier: nyhs_sc_b-03_f-02_001
Mss Collection - Slavery Collection
Subject: Contract Labor--Rhode Island--Newport
Merchant ships--United States
Slave ships
Material type or medium of original: Contracts
Payroll records
Blank forms
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