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Manchester, Gideon to Nicholas Brown & Co.: April 22, 1764

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
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Collection is open for research.

Citation

Manchester, Gideon, "Manchester, Gideon to Nicholas Brown & Co.: April 22, 1764 " (1764). Steering Committee on Slavery and Justice. Brown Digital Repository. Brown University Library. https://repository.library.brown.edu/studio/item/bdr:303163/

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Collection:

  • Steering Committee on Slavery and Justice

    An archive of a wide array of historical documents, from the records of slaving voyages to student commencement orations, digitized in support of the work of the University Steering Committee on Slavery and Justice. The collection contains over one hundred …
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