Description
- Abstract:
- The brigantine Sally, the ship that the Brown brothers dispatched to Africa in 1764, had previously been used on provisioning voyages to the plantation colonies of the West Indies, returning with cargos of sugar, molasses, cotton, and other local products. In this letter, dated April 22, 1764, the Sally's captain, Gideon Manchester, describes market conditions in Jamaica.
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- No Copyright - United States
- Restrictions on Use
- Collection is open for research.
Citation
Manchester, Gideon,
"Manchester, Gideon to Nicholas Brown & Co.:
April 22, 1764
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(1764).
Voyage of the Sally, Steering Committee on Slavery and Justice.
Brown Digital Repository. Brown University Library.
https://repository.library.brown.edu/studio/item/bdr:303160/
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Manchester, Gideon to Nicholas Brown & Co.: April 22, 1764
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Manchester, Gideon to Nicholas Brown & Co.: April 22, 1764
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