Description
- Abstract:
- Letter, dated July 19, 1765, from Nicholas Brown and Company to the Joseph and William Wanton, merchants in Newport. Two days before, the Browns had finally received a letter from Esek Hopkins, contradicting earlier reports that he and the Sally had been lost on the African coast. It appears that the news moved the brothers to take out additional insurance on the voyage. In this letter, they ask the Wantons to advance two hogsheads of sugar to a James Burney on their account, apparently as part of that insurance arrangement. The Browns also asked the Wantons to forward letters of instructions to Hopkins on ships departing from Newport for Jamaica and Barbados.
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Citation
Nicholas Brown & Co.,
"Nicholas Brown & Co. to Wanton, Joseph and William:
July 19, 1765
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(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:303660/
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Nicholas Brown & Co. to Wanton, Joseph and William: July 19, 1765
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Nicholas Brown & Co. to Wanton, Joseph and William: July 19, 1765
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