Casada Gardin (Ship)

Account record of the Ship Casada Gardin trading gold, rum, and slaves.

Invoice of cargo on board the Sloop Tittbitt, captained by Thomas Rogers, on a voyage from Newport [Rhode Island] to Affrica [Africa]. The voyage owned one-half by William Vernon, and one-quarter each William Redwood and Jonas L. Redwood.

Account record of the Ship Casada Gardin, owned by Wm. [William] Vernon, in St. Croix [Virgin Islands] trading slaves.

Letter from Thomas Teakle Taylor in St. Croix [Virgin Islands] to Samuel and William Vernon of Newport, Rhode Island.

Manuscript copy of letter dated March 2, 1760, Thomas Teakle Taylor in St. Croix [Virgin Islands] to Samuel and William Vernon of Newport, Rhode Island.

Letter from Thomas Teakle Taylor in Annamaboe [Anomabu, Ghana] to Mr. Vernon [either Samuel or William Vernon] and Mr. Readwood [probably Jonas or William Redwood] of Newport, Rhode Island.

Letter from Thomlinson Trecothick & Company in London to Samuel and William Vernon [of Newport, Rhode Island].

On front, letter to Messrs. Thomlinson and Trecothick & Company [probably in William Vernon's hand]. On back, letter to Messrs. Lane & Booth [in what appears to be William Vernon's hand].

Letter from William Vernon of Newport [Rhode Island] to Captain Thos. Roggers [Thomas Rogers] on the Sloop Tittbitt. Also signed by Jonas and William Redwood.

Letter from Patrick Gellatly [?] on the Ship Casada Gardin to Captain Thomas Teakle Taylor, including additional note signed by Nathan Bull [?].

The Slavery Collection contains correspondence and legal and financial documents related to the North American slave trade, slave ownership, abolition, and political issues pertinent to slavery. The Slavery Collection is called an "artificial" collection because unrelated items with different provenance have been grouped together according to subject matter.