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Invoice of One Trunk of Merchandise Ship'd by Gardner & Dean on board the Brig Friendship

Invoice for a trunk of merchandise shipped from Newport [Rhode Island] by Samuel C. Taggart for Gardner & Dean on the Brig Friendship. Includes instruction to sell the goods on the coast of Africa and use those funds to purchase "Negroes" for sale in Charleston [South Carolina]. Dated March 12th, no year given.

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Invoice for a trunk of merchandise shipped from Newport [Rhode Island] by Samuel C. Taggart for Gardner & Dean on the Brig Friendship. Includes instruction to sell the goods on the coast of Africa and use those funds to purchase "Negroes" for sale in Charleston [South Carolina]. Dated March 12th, no year given.
PID
islandora:142191
NYHS Identifier
nyhs_sc_b-03_f-03_008
Mss Collection - Slavery Collection
Member of
Slavery Collection| 1709-1864. Series II| Gardner and Dean. Subseries 2| Business papers| 1771| 1805-1807 and undated
Genre
accounts
receipts (financial records)
Owning Institution
New-York Historical Society
Type
Text
Subject (Topical)
Slave trade--South Carolina--Charleston
Slave trade--Rhode Island--Newport
Subject (Name)
Taggart, Samuel C.
Subject (Geographic)
South Carolina--Commerce
Rhode Island--Commerce
Full Title
Invoice of One Trunk of Merchandise Ship'd by Gardner & Dean on board the Brig Friendship
Contributor
Friendship (Brig)
Gardner & Dean
Creator
Taggart, Samuel C.
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