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Description:: Letter from John Brown to Welcome Arnold, June 15, 1797. Welcome Arnold was a Providence merchant and long-time business partner of John Brown. He was …
Year:: 1797
Contributor:: Brown, John (creator); Arnold, Welcome, 1744-1798 (recipient)
Genre:: letters (correspondence)
Local ID:: Peck Collection, MSS 9005 Vol. X, F62
Collection:: Brown University Library; Steering Committee on Slavery and Justice; Voyage of the Sally

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Description:: Letter from John Brown to Moses Brown, July 29, 1797. As his trial for illegal slave trading approached, John Brown vacillated between self-righteousness and self-pity. …
Year:: 1797
Contributor:: Brown, John (creator); Brown, Moses, 1738-1836 (recipient)
Genre:: letters (correspondence)
Local ID:: Moses Brown Papers, MSS 313, B7c, F149
Collection:: Brown University Library; Voyage of the Sally; Steering Committee on Slavery and Justice

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Description:: Letter from John Brown to Moses Brown, November 27, 1786. In 1785, John Brown returned to the African slave trade after a sixteen-year hiatus. His …
Year:: 1786
Contributor:: Brown, John (creator); Brown, Moses, 1738-1836 (recipient)
Genre:: letters (correspondence)
Local ID:: Moses Brown Papers, MSS 313, B4c, F84
Collection:: Brown University Library; Voyage of the Sally; Steering Committee on Slavery and Justice

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Description:: Letter from John Brown to Moses Brown, November 17, 1797. With his trial for illegal slave trading approaching, John Brown wrote to his brother Moses …
Year:: 1797
Contributor:: Brown, John (creator); Brown, Moses, 1738-1836 (recipient)
Genre:: letters (correspondence)
Local ID:: Moses Brown Papers, MSS 313, B7c, F151
Collection:: Brown University Library; Voyage of the Sally; Steering Committee on Slavery and Justice

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Description:: Letter published in the March 14, 1789 issue of the Providence Gazette by "A Citizen and True Federalist" -- alias John Brown. In the letter, …
Year:: 1789
Contributor:: Brown, John (creator)
Genre:: letters (correspondence)
Collection:: Brown University Library; Voyage of the Sally; Steering Committee on Slavery and Justice

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