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Manifest of the brig Sally: September 11, 1764

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Year:
1764
Contributor:
Hopkins, Esek, 1718-1802 (creator)
Genre:
manifests (shipping records)
Local ID:
BFBR 707-9-1/11/64
Extent:
1 p.

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Abstract:
Manifest of the Sally on its departure for Africa. The document, dated September 11, 1764, includes the name of the ship's captain (Esek Hopkins), owner (Nicholas Brown and Company, the name under which the four Brown brothers then did business), and a brief description of the ship's cargo. The primary commodity on the ship was New England rum, some 17, 274 gallons, but the cargo also included thirty boxes of spermaceti candles, 1800 bunches of onions, forty barrels of flour, 51 loaves of sugar, and various other trade goods and supplies.

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No Copyright - United States
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Collection is open for research.

Citation

Hopkins, Esek, "Manifest of the brig Sally: September 11, 1764 " (1764). Steering Committee on Slavery and Justice, Voyage of the Sally. Brown Digital Repository. Brown University Library. https://repository.library.brown.edu/studio/item/bdr:303420/

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