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<mods:title>Wanton, Joseph Jr. to Brown, John</mods:title>
<mods:subTitle>June 20, 1766</mods:subTitle>
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<mods:namePart>Brown, John</mods:namePart> 
<mods:namePart type="date">1722-1787</mods:namePart>
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<mods:abstract>Letter from Joseph Wanton, Jr., a Newport merchant and slave trader, to John Brown, concerning some "paper hangings," dated June 20, 1766.  In a postscript, Wanton requests permission to inspect the account book from the recently completed voyage of the Sally, in hopes of gleaning information about trading conditions on the African coast.   </mods:abstract>

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