Image Text 3 Items [Manuscript copy of letter from Thornton & Yates to Messrs. Samuel & William Vernon] Manuscript copy of letter dated October 5, 1774, from Thornton & Yates of Fredericksburg, Virginia, to Samuel and William Vernon of Newport, Rhode Island. Followed by letter dated October 9. View Item
Image Text 2 Items [Letter from Rich'd Adams to Messrs. Saml. & Wm. Vernon] Letter from Richard Adams of Richmond [Virginia] to William and Samuel Vernon of Newport, Rhode Island, notifying of the arrival of the Brig Othello with a shipment of 90 slaves. View Item
Image Text 2 Items [Letter from Rich'd Adams to Messrs. Saml. & Wm. Vernon] Manuscript copy of a letter dated March 20, 1764, from Richard Adams of Richmond, Virginia, to William and Samuel Vernon of Newport, Rhode Island, regarding slave and agricultural trade. Followed by a letter that provides further market details. View Item
Image Text 4 Items [Letter from Rich'd Adams and Wm. Griffin to Messrs. Saml. & Wm. Vernon] Letter from Richard Adams and William Griffin of [Richmond] Virginia, to William and Samuel Vernon of Newport, Rhode Island, regarding slave and agricultural trade. View Item
Image Text 4 Items [Letter from Rd. Adams to Messrs. Samuel & Wm. Vernon] Manuscript copy of a letter from Adams & Griffin of Richmond [Virginia] to William and Samuel Vernon of Newport, Rhode Island dated February 8, 1771, regarding payments to Captain William Tanner for shipments and discussing the slave market in Richmond in anticipation of a slave shipment from "the Coast" delivered by Captain John Duncan. Followed by a letter in which Adams & Griffin further report on the state of the Richmond market, noting the great demand for slaves. In companion letter, Richard Adams mentions the marriage of William Griffin to Susan Chiswell, widow of John Robinson. View Item
Image Text 2 Items [Letter from Rich'd Adams to Messrs. Saml. & Wm. Vernon] Letter from Richard Adams of [Richmond] Virginia, to William and Samuel Vernon of Newport, Rhode Island, regarding slave and agricultural trade. View Item
Image Text 2 Items [Unsigned letter to Messrs. Adams & Griffin] Unsigned letter addressed to Adams & Griffin from Newport [Rhode Island, in William Vernon's hand]. View Item
Image Text 4 Items [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." View Item
Image Text 2 Items [Letter from Rich'd Adams to Messrs. Saml. & Wm. Vernon] Letter from Richard Adams of Richmond Virginia to William and Samuel Vernon of Newport, Rhode Island, introducing William Griffin. View Item
Image Text 4 Items [Letter from Rich'd. Adams to Messrs. Saml. & Wm. Vernon and Thos. Taylor] Manuscript copy of a letter from Richard Adams of Richmond [Virginia] to William and Samuel Vernon of Newport, Rhode Island and Thomas Teakle Taylor, captain of the Schooner Little Sally, dated July 4, 1763, to notify of the safe arrival of a "very likely" slave shipment, and the general state of the Richmond market. View Item
Image Text 4 Items [Letter from Adams & Griffin to Messrs. Saml. & Wm. Vernon] Manuscript copy of a letter dated June 27, 1770, from Adams & Griffin of Richmond [Virginia] to William and Samuel Vernon of Newport, Rhode Island regarding remittance of payment to London merchant Thomas Adams. Followed by a letter that includes further billing from Perkins Buchanan & Brown of London and a discussion of projected agricultural markets for the upcoming fall. Adams & Griffin note that slaves "are in the greatest demand, and the first that arrive will sell at a good price." View Item
Image Text 4 Items [Letter from Rich'd Adams to Messrs. Saml. & Wm. Vernon] Manuscript copy of two letters dated March 20 and April 14, 1764, from Richard Adams of Richmond, Virginia, to William and Samuel Vernon of Newport, Rhode Island, regarding slave and agricultural trade. Includes price list of commodities. Followed by a letter that provides further market details. View Item
Image Text 4 Items [Letter from Rich'd Adams to Messrs. Saml. & Wm. Vernon] Letter from Richard Adams of Richmond, Virginia, to William and Samuel Vernon of Newport, Rhode Island, regarding slave and agricultural trade. View Item
Image Text 4 Items [Letter from Rich'd. Adams to Messrs. Saml. & Wm. Vernon] Letter from Richard Adams of Richmond [Virginia] to William and Samuel Vernon of Newport, Rhode Island, regarding a dispute over remittance of sale profits. View Item
Image Text 4 Items [Letter from Rich'd Adams to Messrs. Saml. & Wm. Vernon] Manuscript copy of a letter from Richard Adams of Richmond [Virginia] to William and Samuel Vernon of Newport, Rhode Island, discussing Slave trade and sale profits. View Item
Image Text 4 Items [Letter from Rich'd Adams to Messrs. Saml. & Wm. Vernon] Manuscript copy of a letter from Richard Adams of Richmond, Virginia, to William and Samuel Vernon of Newport, Rhode Island, regarding slave and agricultural trade. View Item
Image Text 2 Items [Letter from William Taylor to Messrs. William Vernon & Company] Letter from William Taylor in Richmond Town, James River [Richmond, Virginia] to William Vernon & Company in Newport, Rhode Island. View Item
Image Text 2 Items [Letter from Rich'd Adams to Messrs. Saml. & Wm. Vernon] Letter from Richard Adams of Richmond, Virginia, to William and Samuel Vernon of Newport, Rhode Island, regarding slave and agricultural trade. View Item
Image Text 3 Items [Letter from Thornton & Yates to Messrs. Samuel & William Vernon] Letter from Thornton & Yates of Fredericksburg, Virginia, to Samuel and William Vernon of Newport, Rhode Island. View Item