Nicholas Brown & Co. to Hopkins, Esek November 9, 1765 Nicholas Brown & Co. creator Hopkins, Esek 1718-1802 recipient letters (correspondence) riu Providence, RI 1765-11-09 eng 3 p. Esek Hopkins and the Sally finally reached the West Indies in October, 1765, thirteen months after departing from Rhode Island. Of some two hundred enslaved Africans purchased by Hopkins, fewer than ninety ultimately survived, and most of them were in extremely poor health. Still unaware of the scope of the disaster, the Brown brothers drafted this letter, which was carried to the Caribbean by Nicholas Power, captain of another Brown-owned ship. The letter offered elaborate instructions on the disposal of the Sally's enslaved cargo and what Hopkins might purchase with the proceeds. University Steering Committee on Slavery and Justice 17 http://dl.lib.brown.edu/slaveryandjustice BFBR 643-2, item 8 1157643357255921No Copyright - United StatesCollection is open for research.