Mairez, Francis

Record of receipts left with Francis Mairez [of Jamaica] by John Knowles, Captain of the Brig Royal Charlotte, for outstanding bills requiring payment to several named vendors.

Account record by Jonathan Niel for services and provisions for the Brig Othello, including silk handkercheifs, stockings, and knives for Captain [George Sweet] Dunbar, submitted to Messrs. Francis Mairez and David Cooper [of Jamaica] for remittance.

Account record for the sale of 75 slaves from the cargo of the Brig Othello, sold by Captain George Dunbar Sweet for Samuel and William Vernon of [Newport], Rhode Island. Includes names of purchasers. Followed by account record for the Brig Othello to Francis Mairez and David Cooper [of Jamaica] for provisions taken on board between July 18, 1775 and August 22, 1775.

Bill to Francis Mairez and David Cooper [of Jamaica] for services and provisions provided by William Purchase to Samuel & William Vernon [probably for the Brig Othello], including rum, tobacco, and Ticklenburgh.

Receipt for 5 gallons of rum purchased by Captain George Sweet [probably on the Brig Othello] from George Shore. Includes note, "Rec'd at same time [as] the above from Francis Mairez & David Cooper [of Jamaica]"

Account record for David Cooper and Samuel Mairez [of Jamaica] from Samuel and William Vernon [of Newport, Rhode Island], delivered by Nicholas Cooper. Includes the supply of provisions like Jamaica Rum, coffee and sugar, as well as services like "hospital money" and "freight of a slave."

Manuscript copy of letter from Francis Mairez and David Cooper of Montego Bay, Jamaica, [to Samuel and William Vernon], sent via Captain George Sweet on the Brig Othello, regarding profits from slaves sold on the Vernon's behalf and other trade business. Followed by a second letter dated August 22, 1775, from Mairez and Cooper [to the Vernons] regarding their accounts current.

Receipt for clothing, including shirts, stockings, and trousers, by Ephraim Wiles, paid by Francis Mairez and David Cooper [of Jamaica] for the Brig Othello.

Receipt for wages paid to Abiatha [Abiathar] Wilson for clothing and services provided by George Shore and Mary Wallace, paid by Francis Mairez and David Cooper [of Jamaica] for the Brig Othello.

Bill to Francis Mairez and David Cooper [of Jamaica] for services and provisions provided by Edward Wright to the Brig Othello, including sugar, coffee, rum, and a "cash advance at Barbados."

Account record for the sale of 75 slaves from the cargo of the Brig Othello, sold by Francis Mairez and David Cooper of Montego Bay, Jamaica, on behalf of Samuel and William Vernon [of Newport, Rhode Island]. Includes names of purchasers, price paid, and gender and age of slaves bought.

Receipt for wages paid to Paul McGhie [Magee] for services by George Shore and Mary Wallace, paid by Francis Mairez and David Cooper [of Jamaica] for the Brig Othello.

Account record by G. D. Sweet for "the owners of the Brig Othello" [Samuel and William Vernon of Newport, Rhode Island] to be paid to Francis Mairez and David Cooper [of Jamaica] for services and supplies provided to the Brig. Includes lists of vendors by name.

Unsigned and undated accounts current.

Letter from G. D. Sweet to Mr. [David] Cooper requesting that funds be given to the bearer of the letter, and that it be charged to the account of "John Niel, sailor on board the Brig Othello."

Letter from John Knowles in Montego Bay [Jamaica] to William and Samuel Vernon of Newport, Rhode Island.

Unsigned manuscript copy of letter from Newport [Rhode Island] dated April 15, 1775, followed by letter addressed to Messrs. Mairez & Cooper dated May 6, 1775 [in William Vernon's hand].

Unsigned letter from Newport [Rhode Island] addressed to Capt. George Sweet [in William Vernon's hand].

Letter from David Cooper and Francis Mairez in Montego Bay to William and Samuel Vernon of Newport, Rhode Island.

Unsigned manuscript copy of letter from Newport [Rhode Island] dated July 17 177[6], followed by letter dated October 1, 1776 [addressed to Francis Mairez, in William Vernon's hand].

Unsigned manuscript copy of letters from Newport [Rhode Island] addressed to Messrs. Francis Mairez and David Cooper dated November 9, 1774 and March 6, 1775 [in William Vernon's hand]