Receipt for 121 ells of ticklenberg September 10, 1764 Green, Thomas creator Green, John creator Nicholas Brown & Co. recipient riu Providence, RI 1764-09-10 eng 1 p. This document, dated September 10, 1764, is a receipt for 121 ells of ticklenberg from Thomas and John Greene. A coarse linen cloth named for the German city in which it was first manufactured, ticklenberg was often marketed in the West Indies to make clothing for slaves, but it was also sometimes traded on the West African coast. An ell was a unit of length, usually about 45 inches. University Steering Committee on Slavery and Justice 17 http://dl.lib.brown.edu/slaveryandjustice BFBR 643-5, item 16 1157641645530916receipts (financial records)No Copyright - United StatesCollection is open for research.