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Gardner, Benjamin to Nicholas Brown & Co.: May 15, 1765

Description

Abstract:
Letter from Benjamin Gardner, a Newport merchant, to Nicholas Brown and Company, May 15, 1765. Gardner relayed information from Captain Gardner - probably his brother Caleb, a slave ship captain - who had encountered Esek Hopkins and the Sally on the African coast the previous December. According to these reports, Hopkins was on the Gambia River with "All well on bord."

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No Copyright - United States
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Collection is open for research.

Citation

Gardner, Benjamin, "Gardner, Benjamin to Nicholas Brown & Co.: May 15, 1765 " (1765). Steering Committee on Slavery and Justice, Voyage of the Sally. Brown Digital Repository. Brown University Library. https://repository.library.brown.edu/studio/item/bdr:303513/

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