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Receipt for a large iron pot: September 12, 1764

Description

Abstract:
This document is a receipt for a large iron pot purchased by the Browns from Jn. Vinable of Newport, September 12, 1764. Such pots were often used on slave ships to prepare the gruel that was fed to the captives confined below deck.

Access Conditions

Rights
No Copyright - United States
Restrictions on Use
Collection is open for research.

Citation

Vinable, Jn., "Receipt for a large iron pot: September 12, 1764 " (1764). Steering Committee on Slavery and Justice. Brown Digital Repository. Brown University Library. https://repository.library.brown.edu/studio/item/bdr:303205/

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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    An archive of a wide array of historical documents, from the records of slaving voyages to student commencement orations, digitized in support of the work of the University Steering Committee on Slavery and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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