Account record for the sale of 95 slaves from the cargo of the Royall [Royal] Charlotte, sold by Cornelius Durant of St. Croix [Virgin Islands] on behalf of Samuel and William Vernon [of Newport, Rhode Island]. Includes names of purchasers, price...
Receipt for expenses related to a court case regarding the Brig Royal Charlotte during a voyage to Africa with Captain William Taylor in 1767, and a voyage to Amsterdam with Captain William Pinniger, in 1768 [possibly with Samuel Vernon, Junior].
Slave trade--Africa; Slave trade--Virgin Islands of the United States; Sugar trade--Virgin Islands of the United States; Rum industry--Virgin Islands of the United States; Slave trade--Rhode Island--Newport
Letter from Cornelius Durant in St. Croix [Virgin Islands] to William and Samuel Vernon of Newport, Rhode Island.
Rum industry--Rhode Island--Newport; Slave trade--Ghana; Slave trade--Rhode Island--Newport
Letter from Thomas Teakle Taylor in Annamaboe [Anomabu, Ghana] to Mr. Vernon [either Samuel or William Vernon] and Mr. Readwood [probably Jonas or William Redwood] of Newport, Rhode Island.
Account record of disbursements by Captain William Pinniger of the Brig Charlotte in St. Croix [Virgin Islands], including wages for crew members and purchases of provisions.
On front, letter to Messrs. Thomlinson and Trecothick & Company [probably in William Vernon's hand]. On back, letter to Messrs. Lane & Booth [in what appears to be William Vernon's hand].
Merchant ships--United States; Rhode Island--Commerce--Jamaica; Jamaica--Commerce--Rhode Island
Account record for sales of goods aboard the Brig Royal Charlotte at Bonivista [Jamaica?] by Captain William Pinniger on behalf of Messrs. Samuel and William Vernon and Thomas Teakle Taylor [of Newport, Rhode Island]. Includes purchases of brandy,...