Taggart, Samuel C.

Expense record of Gardner & Dean relating to the shipping of commodities and slave trade between August, 1805, and January, 1806. Includes mention of the Sloop Louisa, Brig Brandywine, and Schooner Flora.

Expense record for the Sloop Louisa submitted to owners Phillips & Gardner of Charleston [South Carolina], including purchases of provisions and "Negroes." Lists names of vendors Stephen Buckley and Paul Brownell, and Captains Barker and Taggart.

Record for the sale of sixty-one slaves received by ship Master Samuel C. Taggart of the Sloop Louisa in Charleston [South Carolina]. Includes names of purchasers John L. Engle, C. Fitzsimons [Fitzsimmons], Thomas Mitchell, and ten others.

Invoice to Gardner & Dean for purchase of sixty-one slaves by Samuel C. Taggart aboard the Sloop Louisa bound for Charleston, South Carolina.

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.

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.

Letter from Captain Samuel C. Taggart, at Charleston [South Carolina], to Gardner & Deane [Dean] of Newport, Rhode Island, regarding a shipment of cargo and Taggart's quarantine in Charleston harbor.

Letter from Captain Samuel C. Taggart, at sea, to Gardner & Deane [Dean] of Newport, Rhode Island, regarding the status of their cargo of slaves and Taggart's poor health.