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

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."

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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."
PID
islandora:148001
NYHS Identifier
nyhs_sc_b-01_f-01_a02
Mss Collection - Slavery Collection
Member of
Slavery Collection| 1709-1864. Series I| Samuel and William Vernon. Subseries 1| Correspondence| 1756-1796
Genre
Commercial correspondence
Owning Institution
New-York Historical Society
Type
Text
Subject (Topical)
Slaves--Rhode Island--Newport
Slavery--Rhode Island--Newport
Slave trade--Rhode Island--Newport
Slaves--Virginia--Richmond
Slavery--Virginia--Richmond
Slave trade--Virginia--Richmond
Subject (Name)
Vernon, William, 1719-1806
Vernon, Samuel, 1711-1792
Duncan, John, Captain
Winthrop, Adam
Swan, Captain
Coutts, Patrick
Adams, Richard
Griffin, William
Full Title
[Letter from Adams & Griffin to Messrs. Saml. & Wm. Vernon]
Contributor
Othello (Brig)
Vernon, William, 1719-1806
Vernon, Samuel, 1711-1792
Duncan, John, Captain
Winthrop, Adam
Swan, Captain
Coutts, Patrick
Adams, Richard
Griffin, William
Creator
Adams & Griffin
Date Created
1769-July-31
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