Lyra Monteiro: text

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Possible docs to use:

Obadiah Brown’s insurance book http://dl.lib.brown.edu/repository2/repoman.php?verb=render&id=1160755800641616

Inventory of the Speedwell (voyage to New Orleans, including 10 slaves to sell) http://dl.lib.brown.edu/repository2/repoman.php?verb=render&id=1160785449625847

Manifest of the Wheel (brown fam’s first attempt at slave trading) (needs proper transcription) http://dl.lib.brown.edu/repository2/repoman.php?verb=render&id=1157644725312361

Letter about Surinam trading trip (transcribed) http://dl.lib.brown.edu/repository2/repoman.php?verb=render&id=116075543114406

Letter from southerner, wishing to do business with the Browns http://dl.lib.brown.edu/repository2/repoman.php?verb=render&id=1160784900562426

brown brother’s reply http://dl.lib.brown.edu/repository2/repoman.php?verb=render&id=1160785007986789

Another letter from southerner to Browns, also discussing price of Africans in Virginia http://dl.lib.brown.edu/slaveryandjustice/browse.php?verb=retrieve&class=date&date=1763-10-16

Official Manifest of the sally http://dl.lib.brown.edu/repository2/repoman.php?verb=render&id=1157645812109141

Also from the Wheel:

Providence January 2d 1759 received of John Brown five Small arms and one bbl Rum marked 1 B.No.1. Which am to Dispose of On the Cost of Afryca on account of the said John, for the Most I Can, and with the Neet proceds to purchess one . . . Likely Negrow Boy about 13 or 14 Years Old. if there be a Suffitiency, or if more then anough for that to Lay the Remaind out in What I Shall think will best answer the said John William Earle he is to have 20 percent Commition

Cargo for the slave ship Sally

Cargo for Affrica 80 hhd allo 90 hhd 90 ditto 40 Cask 80 ditto Rum, 4 Iron Hoops on each hogshead & full bounded with Wooden Ditto of White Oake 40 Turen Rice 10 m_ Merch Boards 20 bb Flour 15 bb Pitch 15 bb Tarr 15 bb Turpentine 35 bb IrishBeeff 15 bb Porke 3 m White Oake hhd Hoops White Oake thhdf shak g hhds for Water Casks —

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Sundry stores

Sundry stor abord Brgs Sally Swivel Guns Powder ball & a ? S Bullets Coreds Small Arms & pistols & Enguinnts x Gallon Pots x Lime x 50 QuartSpikes Deck Nailes x Sheathing Nails Horns x Log Rial x Cartrage Paper x Large Lade & Tormentor x 100 qt Coffee x 2 Bushels cole x 2 Bolts Ceeda x Small Funnels x Twine x Sawin Mallets x 1/2 Doz Knives & forks & 1/2 Doz Spoons x 2 pots for Long boats x Iron Tea Kettles x 3 Tar Brushes x 12 Cartridg paper x Bolts at Atwills Iron washboards x a Swivel Gun to be x Carried to Blacksmiths x for a munkey Tail x Hatch Barr Iron x 4 Bushel Corn x 1 1/4 inch Bords x 6 Blanketts x 1 Doz Jack knifes x Small Funels Horns x 2 Potts for Long Boat x 1 Runner x 2 Quils Ratling x Mainsheet 3 Inch x 24 Fathom Bullit Molds & Soop x 1 sheet of Tim, for Ladles 1 ? Blunderbusses

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Fitting out of Sally: brigantine Sally Esek Hopkins 1764. Master to Moses Brown Dr August 22nd To 1 pad Lock 55s. £ .. 2.4¼ To 259 Ct Tobacco of Joseph Brown a 5s64.15s 2.15.6 . . . 24 To paid for Oakham .. 4—. 27 To 12 Iron Hoops Da Sam Jackson 30 Ct a 6s. .. 7.8½. To 14 Bushels Salt a 3s 2.2.0 To 4 bbls — a 3s .. 12—. Sept. 7 To 1 Lock Da. on of the people .. 2.6¾. To 1 Ntd Nailes .. 14—. To 3 doz Mcrec Cod Hoops a 55s os .. 7.1. To 4 doz Flinks a 24s ⅌ Doz .. 4.2. To 3 Wooden Disks ass. Were 10 3.10. 3 doz Mackerel Hooks 20s 2.6¾. To 3 Smalle Arms a To 1 do Betters 100£os 4.5.8½. To 1 pr New pistols 1.10—. To 5 macrel Lead tr 20 lb a 5d .. 8.4. To 1 Copper funnel Nose .. 3—. To ½ Doz Gimblets .. 1.5. To paid Parker by Jackson Sllp. . 2.4. 21 To Cash paid Beleker for a Copper funnel etc ⅌ bill 1..2.3¼. 26 To 259 Meals Victuals Eat by the people a 8s ⅌ Week 4.18—. T. . .ing Stuff . 10.3¼ To paid Wm Chatte in a hold .16.9. . . . To 111¼ Ct Tallow of Smith & Sabin c8d 3.14.2. To Amos Atwells Bill 7.1—. To John Brown's Bill .. 12—. To Jonathan Ballory ditto 2.13.0. To 2 Gun &C of Thompson J Arnold 1.10.6¾. Omited 8 To Cash paid Amos Hopkins 38..4s2. To ditto James York 61..0.3. To ditto Underwood 59.16.9 6.16.4¼. To 3 hhd Tobacco of Wm Harris 1615 lb Nt a 5s. hhd a 5£ 17.17.11. To Cash paid Abram Borden 63.13.7 2..14..7. October 4 To paid Borden September 20. 11 14s .. 10..0¼. To paid John Ward Wages invoid voyages from Jemaica 326 10s8 13..19..10½. To paid Jacob Harris for Sloop & Lite brigantine when aground down the River .. 4.3½. 1765 To 1 doz pailes of E Thompson 1.0.6¾. February To Joseph Fields Bill 3.11.1¾. March 4 To 30 boxes Candles 831¾ lb a 2s3 J boxes 95.13..11¾ To 16 Gallons Oil 2.8—. To part of a Cask Sheathing Nailes of Henry Lloyd Esq 5.9.7¼. Carried Over £187.18.6¾ Contra Cr brought Over D £187.18.6¾ To Iron Hoops from Philadelphia 19.12.8. To 2 bbs Melasses 64½ Gn. 1s8 5.7.6. To Old Junk out of Sloop George 4.5.8½ 1 Cask powder of T Greene 4.5.8½ 24 bbs. Beef from New York a 60s 72—. 7 bbs pork from ditto a 110 33—. 1 ditto Sloop 4 Brothers 110 4-14.6. 1 bolt Ticklinburg of T Greene 121 Ells a 38s. ⅌ T 9.16.11—. 4 bbs. Vinegar 1.4—. 2 bbs. Lime .10—. To 1280 Hoops 3.5.1¾. £346.0.9 By half the Tobacco Chargd of Joseph Brown being Chargd by NJB 0— Dedut 129½ Tobacco NJB Charge ⅌ Joseph Brown 1.7.9 £344.14.0 1766 11 To 10 bbls Menhaden bot. of S. Brinton a £14 £6..—..— Feby. 10 To 4½ Days work of my Negros 0..15..5¼ To my Negros 2 Days ea Unloadg 0..13..8 £353..9..10¼ To Sper. Works Acct. os Brigg Sally 5..16— £359..5..10¼ Contra Cr By 129½ to Tobacco N&JB Charges of Joseph Brown £sd 1..7..9 By Over Charge in Powder and Ticklinburg of H: Green ⅌ Their Acct. 1..1..2½ By NJB for shatt ..16..9 £3..5..8½ Balance due to MB Carried to Acct. Currt. 356..0..1¾ £359..5..10¼

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Letter from Wanton offering to captain the sally to africa NewportAugust 4th 1764 Gentlemen I was this moment informed that you was inclined to fitt your Brigantine to the Coast of affrica and that Capt. Earl had the offer of her but Refused on account of his ingagement to Mr. Potter as I am at present out of Bussiness and you have a mind to fitt that Voyage I offer my Service to you and Fllatter my self that I can give you satisfaction in the execution of the same being well aquainted and well experienced in the Ginea Trade all Down the Coasts if you should Like me as a master please to Lett me Know and I will Come up to providence and fitt her with what Dispatch will sute you I am with Respect to you your Friend Joseph G Wanton To Mssrs. Nicholas Brown & Co

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Invoice from Blacksmith for Sally (this needs to be “interpreted!” August 9th 1761 Mr. John Brown Debtor To work for your Brig E. Hopkins Mastor D quarter To 2 hooks and thimbles 5 2 To a bolt 4 To 6 thimbles 3 D To bolts 5 1/4--- 8-1 — 10th To Decknals 1 D To a large thimble 1 1/4 - 2-1 To bolts 16 1/2 To bolts 3 1/2---------- 19 — To a larg thimble ------------- 1 — To a Swifele hook ------------ 5 — 15th To 6 Clamps and 36 brads -------- 40-2 To 2 Studingeal boom Irons--------- 10-3 — 20th To 4 thimbles and 2 hooks---------7-3 — To Decknals 5 D To Decknals 2 1/4----- 7-2 — 27th To bolts 10 1/4 D To bolts 3 1/2 D-------- 13-3 — To bolt 9---------9 — To 4 ankor hoop------------18-2— Sept 3rd To Speaks and Decknals---------50— To 2 hack bars 4 hoops 2 fastings----52-2 To 7 Rings and 10 thimbles -------- 9-3 D265-0- £ S d Sept 4th To 265D of Iron @ 7s -------- 92.15-- To 2 moopnals------- 0-10 — To 127 Ruffits for Iron hoops ------- 6-7 — 5th To a hoop for a pail ----- 0-12 — To 3 Swifel guns------- 120-0- To a Scraper--------------4-0 — To a moopnal -------------- 0-5 — To mending a marlin Speak ------- 0-10— To a hasp and 2 Steaples for a Chest - 1 - 4 To a pare of Joynt hings for a Chest --- 5-10— To mending strap for a Cat block ---- 1-10 — To 6 moon hings 12 hooks 45 brads ---- 13-10 — To 36 small brads ----------- 1-16— To 6 Rings and 6 Steaples for ports - 4-10 — To swifeling a gun --------- 12-0— To 2 monkey tayls ------------ 4 - 0 - To 4 Chains 71D @ 23s4-------- 82-16-4 To 2 scrapers -------- 8-0 — To a flechfork --------- 2-0 — To 3 Cold Chisels and 3 punches @ 30 s —9-0— To 30 Steaples @ 6s ---------- 9—0— To a goossnak gudging and Ring — 2-0 — To a Set for the Coper ------- 2-0- To Cols 40s To Steapling 2 pump boxis - 3-10 — To 2 Steaples 12s To 8 Squar Steaples 64s ---- 3-16 — To 2 olacor hooks -------- 8-0 — To 2 Malit Rings 50s To 2 Steaples 14s ----- 3-4 To a Kee ---------- 0-5 — Carried over £402:0-4 E: Eksepted ⅌ Thom Harding ________________________________________ Debtor brot over — £402-0-4 265 lb Iron or 2-1-13 lb @ 31s LMon £36.3.4 ⅌Ct — 85.11.6 Charged — £487.11.10 Brigs E. Hopkins Master Benja. Harding or Tho. Harding Bill Charged to Nichs & Jno to Brigg Sally Thos. Hardin Account ye Brigg Sally

Invoice for ironware and implements for the Sally

1764 Brigg Sally Debtor to Jonathan Ballore Augt 13 To 1 Thous. of Tacks 0.4.0. 27 1 Paddlock.... 0.1.8. 4 small files ..... .0.2.6. 2 Large Ditto ...... 0.3.6. Shuting 2 Joyns & 1 ordg .0.2.0 1 Crock Stock & Iron.. 0.3.0. 1 pair pinchers .. 0.1.4. handling a plaine .. .0.0.8. Sept 1 1 Broad Chisel ...... 0.2.3. 3 Chisels & 1 Gouge ... 0.7.0. 1 pump Hammer... 0.1.2. 3 Spicke Gimblets .... 0.3.3. 3 Deck Ditto..... 0.1.0. 2 Chalk lines 1 file... 0.3.0. 1 firmer 1 Smooth plain 0.3.6. 1 Iron Square .... 0.3.6. 1 Old Joynter .... 0.2.0. 71 file & Wheting Pan . 0.1.10. 2 Bl Lam Black ..... 0.4.4. To Bitts & Jams ..... 0.2.2. Rx E ? NB £ 2.13.8.

More ironware for sally

Providence Agust 7: 1764

John Brown to Samuel Ingraham Debtor to 875 large Boot nails at 4 1-15-0 to 38 rufs & clinches at 3 0-9-6 to ring Bolts wt 10 at 9 0-7-6 & rurder irons & Brads 6 0-13-6 to 8 Bolts 8 rings & 8 forelocks 0-4-0 to dock nails wt 2 at 9 0-1-6 to 2 Clasps wt 4¼ at 9 3-2 & 4 stapils 2 0-5-2 to a gwsnack & guging & hoop 0-1-6 to Bolts wt 20? at 9 0-15-6¼ to iron hors & 2 stapils & 4 receits & 4 forelocks 0-8-0 £4-13:8:3 September 9:1764 To iron worck for a small Boot £1-14-3½ received the Contents of the above account in full prne Samuel Ingraham

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Account of stores fro Sally

Account of Stores for the Brigg Saley logg Real & lines Doppy lad & line long & short mesures Lantorns & funels 3 hand pumps Hamer & Nales & lether granes & Harpons fishing hooks & lines pames Nedles & twine glases minuet and 1/2 Dozen Half our glases Spike Nales of Defront Sises gimblets lades & tormanters one or too hatchets a Sarwing malet woding Boles Knifes forkes & Spunes a Cabine table Candles & oyl Pots for the Long Bots Padlocks Scales & wates a pare of Small Stilards Corking iorns and Serapors hand Spikes Seedor Pales Lime for the Cumboos

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List of items to get for sally’s voyage

To Get Swivel Guns x Powder x Arms & pistols Lead or Bullets Hg Gallon & 770 potts x 26 bb Lime Timber for Caboose 50 Qt Spikes 50 qt Deck Nails 6 Horns x Tallow x 2 bbl Melases x Beam 100 qt Coffee Cole x you x Bucketts 2 bolts Ceeder pots for Long Boat

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things still needed for Sally Memo Sundry Stores &c Wanting for Brigt Sally Sept 3d 1 pair Swivel Guns ye Gun, in WBs store fitted 1/2 O Powder Ball, 4da Flints Small Arms, Pistols, Cutlases x Matchrope x handspeaks IR 4 Lanthorns IR 12 Padlocks x Copper pump & Wooden ditto x 3 doz Spare Blocks x Measures x Stone Lime 2 bbrs x 2 Ship plank MB&Co x 10 Dz fish hooks & Lines Timber for Caboos 200 foot Nails of all Sorts, 50 Spikes, 50 Deck Nails, HC 20d 10 M Sheathg, 2B x 1 bt Chalk, 10 no 8 2 B6d 2B pumps x 6 Horns x Gimblets Potts for Cooboose, 3 of 15 Gallons x Doctors Chest x 2 hogshead Hoops x2 pair New Compase & ye old ones Touchg x 60 Tallow Candles & 1 bb oil for Lamps x 2 bbl Melases x Lose Sugar x Beans 1/2 Doz Razers & Hones 2 pair Shears x Iron Stock 1/2 old Citch Anchor x Log Real & Lines IR 1 bbl or 100 wt Coffee IR 10 bbs Tarr Onyons IR 2 pair Bellows 2 bushels Chawcol x old Syder or Vinegar a Mediteranean pass x 2 sides Sole Leather x Ceeder Beaheld 1 or two both of Ceeder x 2 x 2 x Funnels x Fair Honey x Grains & Harpoon x Palms & Needles & Twine x half hour minets & half aminets G loss Ladles & Tormenters x 2 hatchets & 1 akx 1 Sawing Mallet Wooden Bowls Knives & Forks & Spoons pots I for the Long Boats 1 pair Stilged & Seals x Calking Iron x Scrapers

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Letter of instructions to Esek Hopkins before leaving

Capt. Esek Hopkins ProvidenceSeptember 10. 1764 Sir You being Master & factor of our Brig¬ gantine Sally having her Cargo on bord as ? invoice & Bills of Loading and ready fit for the Sea Bound for Africa & the West Indias — Our Orders to You are that you Imbrace the first & all suitable winds & weather to gain your Passage to the windward Coast of Africa & when arriv'd there or anywhere upon the Coast Dispose of your Cargo for Slaves, or any other thing that you may think may answer & Nett us as good a Proffect & after you have Compleated Your Buisness upon the Coast of Africa you are to proceed for Barba¬ does In the West Indias & there Dispose of your Cargo, of Slaves &c, if you can obtain a good Price for them or otherwise you may proceed to any other port or Place In the West Indias & if you should think it best for our Interest to proceed from the West Indias to Georgia Carolina, Virgini or Maryland & there dispose of the same for Hard Cash or good Bills of Exchange if you should sell in the West Indias, or Georgia or Carolina you are to take a Load of Salt & Come home without a full freight should offer that & would be more for our Interest — Our Though¬ rer acquaintance & Satisfaction with your Ability and Integrity makes us the more General & Consice in these our Orders nevertheless As we are desireouse of turning our Interest as soon as may be, & that these our orders Instructions may be fully understood to be ment, as large for your Conduct in every respect as though you was sole owner of our Brigg & Cargo yourself You have liberty to sell said Brigg & Cargo at any time after you leave this Port if you can obtain such a Price In good Bills of Exchange . . . or Gold as may Nett to us on these According to the Invoice of the Cargo now delivered you with the Nett Expence added untill we receive our pay . . . valuing the Brigg at sterling on the Coast & more or as much less from that as she is made renderd worse upon the Voyage — you are to upon your Passage or upon the Coast as you may think proper to draw up some more Particular & General orders for the well Conducting & Security of our Interest onboard your Brigg that is in Particular to appoint & Authorise any of your Officers onboard or Such other persons as you may think proper to take the Command of our Vessel & Cargo and to follow your orders In Case anything should happen to you as shold render you InCapable of doing the Buisness of the Voyage & in general to remove any officer onboard &appoint any other officer or officers to act in your sted during the voyage in which Case You'l order the Vessel to first touch at Barbadoes, from the Coast, where she may meet our more Particular Instructions for the better Government of the Voyage After her Arrival there, You are to bring four likely young slaves Home for Owners about 15 years old If you should Come on the Coast in a proper Season of the Year Your Priveledge from of the Coast is to be Ten Slaves & commission for doing the Buisness is to be four ?Cent for every Hundred & four for Sayles & Returns that is to say, for every Hundred & four Slaves (or any other artikle purchas't on the Coast & sold & delivered In the West Indias or where ever sold or delivered you are to have four, & in that Proportion & if you sell Vessel & Cargo together your commission is to be four for every Hundred & fourth's Out of the Nett Proceeds as Coast Commissions and for your selling the Slaves In the West Indias you are to have 5percent for the net proceeds . . . In Cash or good Bills of Exchange but in Case you Value upon a merchant there to sell for you to agree with him upon the Best Terms you Can & to be very Cautious to get good Interest to your bills or if you take Cash to see that it's full weight or a proper allowance made for whait may be short Your first mate is to have four slaves Privedge 2nd mate 2 & 3d mate 1 Boatswain 2 Boys Carpenter & Cooper one Boy each as Priveledge of the Coast You are to buy for your Owners & bring home two dozen, or more, Table matts, sorted, & any other thing of the Kind worthy our Curiosity, and nevertheless for the for writen Instructions you are hereby fully Authoris'd & Impower'd to Do act & transact any & all Buisness what ever that during the Course of the Voyage as you may think best for our Interest verso In General Wishing a good Voyage & safe return we are your friends & owners Nicholas Brown & Co A Copy of my orders & Text Esek Hopkins

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full inventory of Sally’s onboard merchandise, before leaving (long and dull, but that’s the point): Providence September 11 1764 Invoice of Sundry Merchandise Shipt on bord the brigantine Sally Esek Hopkins Master bound for the Coast of Africa by Nichs Brown & Co. which Goc on their account J Presque Consignd to the the said Master er hogshead of New England Rum No 1. 109 2. 111 3. 107 4. 110 5. 109 6. 113 7. 111 8. 108 9. 109 10. 111 11. 114 12. 89 13. 91 14. 91 15. 114 16. 84 17. 113 18. 111 19. 108 20. 112 2125 21. 114 22. 110 23. 117 24. 115 25. 114 26. 91 27. 91 28. 87 29. 112 Suppose 30 112 31. 112 32. 112 33. 112 34. 111 35. 110 36. 111 37. 112 38. 113 39. 111 40. 110 2177 Carried over No 41. 111 42. 114 43. 114 44. 87 45. 91 46. 89 47. 92 48. 115 49. 86 50. 91 1. 91 2. 86 3. 110 4. 111 5. 111 6. 112 7. 111 8. 83 9. 116 60. 94 2015 Supose 61. 104 2. 109 3. 104 4. 116 5. 70 6. 85 7. 93 8. 94 9. 85 70. 86 1. 94 2. 87 3. 92 4. 84 5. 90 6. 92 7. 117 8. 116 9. 112 80. 95 1933 2177 1858 3786 9754 6072 15826 No 81. 92 2. 117 3. 114 4. 91 5. 116 6. 116 7. 113 8. 90 9. 85 90. 94 1. 89 2. 96 3. 86 4. 90 5. 92 6. 90 7. 87 8. 90 9. 95 100. 89 1932 101. 92 2. 90 3. 95 4. 96 5. 92 6. 91 7. 90 8. 96 9. 99 110. 89 1. 93 2. 91 3. 91 4. 96 5. 97 6. 91 7. 92 8. 94 9. 92 120. 91 1858 No 121. 112 2. 112 3. 112 4. 103 5. 89 6. 89 7. 92 8. 103 9. 83 130. 91 1. 90 2. 96 3. 96 4. 99 5. 97 6. 96 7. 100 8. 94 9. 96 140. 112 1. 112 2. 116 3. 117 4. 97 5. 98 6. 99 7. 93 8. 95 9. 112 150. 94 1. 92 2. 94 3. 96 4. 92 5. 94 6. 96 7. 93 8. 134 3786 2125 2015 1932 6072 Invoice Continued 2 . . . 158 hhds. Rum brot. over Qt. 15826 Gn 6 Tierces Rum Tierces No. No. 1- 69 Gn. 2- 76 3. 69 4. 73½ 5. 74 6. 75 436½ 436½ 8 Gang Cask 318 20 bbls 593½ 158 hhds 6 Tierces 8 Gang Cask & 20 bbls 17174 1 hhd. not Numberd, we Suppose 100 Gn. 17274 Gn. 17274 Gn. at 50 s £43185—

159 hhds Cost £3. Each more then Comon hhds — which is 477— 300 Iron Hoops 500— 25 Cask Rice Stores No. 45. 614 18. 562 23. 556 49. 613 99. 580 16. 552 93. 554 32. 550 46. 588 5. 560 43. 575 79. 645 83. 650 24. 546 6. 596 88. 557 22. 536 94. 572 62. 621 64. 580 11607 the 5 Cask the Nos. not mentioned 2905 14512 teere 55 lb Each Cask 1375 13137 lb or 117C-1-5Nt. a £21 ?Ct 2463..5..0 40 bbls. flour wt. 67 C. Nt. a £22 1474— 1 hhd. & part of a hhd. of Lofe Sugar Qt. 51 Lofes wt. 579 lb a 23 s 665.17— the hhds a £12 24— 2 Tierces Brown Sugar wt. 9C.2.0 Nt. a £70 665— Cask and Cooperage 8— 96 lb Coffee in a Bagg a 25s 120— 1800 Bunches Onions a 9s 810— Carried over £50392.2— 3 Invoice Continued £50,392.2— this not to be Entd in the Invo to go 30 Boxes spermaceti candles No. 1. 33.1.7.2 2. 34...8 3. 34.1.8.2 4. 30...7.1 5. 26.1.6.3 6. 37...8. 7. 38.2.9.1 8. 33.2.7.2 9. 35...8.2 10. 44.1.8.3 11. 33.2.7.1 12. 37...7.2 13. 37.3.8.2 14. 34.2.8.1 15. 35.0.9.1 523.3.120.3 No. 16. 40.3.8.. 17. 34.1.8¼ 18. 30.3.7 19. 35...9 20. 43...8.2 21. 36.3.8 22. 43.1.8.2 23. 32...6.3 24. 43...8.2 25. 33.3.7.3 26. 42.2.7.3 27. 29.3.7.. 28. 35.2.8.1 29. 30.2.7.2 30. 36.2.7.3 547.1.118.2 523.3.120.3 1071.0.239.1 239.1 MB. 831.3C Nt. a 2s3d LM or 52s6 ?Ct 2183..6.10 the Boxes a 42s Each 63— 10 hhd. Tobacco No. 1. 774.94.680 2. 743.92.651 3. 670.100.570 4. 705.105.605 5. 634.100.534 6. 588.101.487 7. 585.100.485 8. 573.95.478 9. 531.90.441 10. 611.102.512 a 5s. ?lb 5443 lb. 1360..15— the hhds— a £6 60— Screwg. & Cooperage 35— 6 bbls. Tar — a £18 108— £54202.3.10 4 MB. fill but Brooks and Master work for ye Same Stores — 1 bbl Tarr £18— a Docters Chest (about) 300— 3 bbls. Rosin a £30 90— MB 72 bbl. Oil 35— 60. or 70 lb. Tallow Cands. a 20s. 70— 28 lb. Twine —a £3 84— 7 Swivel Guns 300— MB1 Cask powder ½C 100— Swivel Shott, Grape Shoot & Small arm ditto 50— 1C. wt. Lead 38— 40 hand Cufs & 40 Shakels a 35s. & 40s. 150— 3 Chanes & other 109 wt. of Spikes & Dek nails 170— 4 bbls. Beens & pees 100— MB 24 bbls. Beef a £70 1680— MB22 bbls. pork a £110 2420— MB10 bbls. menhadne a £15 150— 30 C. Bread — a £24 720— 8 white oak hhds. for ditto & 4 Tierces 100— 20 Shaken hhds, white oak, £10 200— 1 ditto with heads 11— 12 Gang Cask a £8 96— 13 Iron Bound Butts with water a £20 260— 1 Red oak water hhd 8.10— 2 ? pistols — a £25 50— 8 Small Arms a £30 240— 13 Cutlashes a £4 52— 2 Doz Ceeder Trails a £21 42— Wooden Boles, Lines, Hooks Sail Needles, Nails Hammers &c &c &c 400— MB1 Bolt Ticklinburg 121 Ells of Thrane a 38s 230— 4 Bolts Roushie Duck one of Greek other of Brown a £125 500— ? Bolt Ravins Duck 70— a new Cable 2 horssers 3 Boy Ropes and Sundry other Riggin wt. 30C. a £95. 2850— a new Boat 22 feet Long Sails & all to her belonging Exclusiat of the horser Anchor &c 1050— a Small new Boat 285— one new Anchor 294 lb a 13s 191.2— Sundry Iron work, not mentiond above 250— Coopers & Carpenters Tooles Trees hoops &c 120— 4 bbls Vinegar, 4 bbls. Salt, 450 Bricks & 2 bbls. Lime, Red oco. &c &c 150— CW ? NJB 4 Load wood 32— Carried to pg. 5. £13650.12 5 Invo. brigantine Sallys Cargo and Stores Contind — Sundrys ? Invo. Cargo £54202.3.10 ditto ? ditto Stores 13650.12— 135 Feet Ship plank a 4s6 ? futt 30.7.6 . . .feet Inch & Quarter Stuf & 67 feet oak Bords 35— . . .hhd. Hoops — a £65 125.10— 1 Large Iron pott 100— 1 Smaller ditto 2 Smaller ditto & Tea Kettle 80— 1 Gallo. 2 half Gallo. 1 Qt. & 1 point pott and 4 Tin Tunels — about 18— £68241.13.4 The brigantine as She Come from Jemaica, G Manchester master 22000— The Expene of Theathing, about. 1500— £91741.13.4 . . .her, Stores and — Expences That Can not be Rememberd Commitions on £70,000. a 5?Ct. 3500— £95241.13.4 The month pay with what ¼ advanced to the pe¬¬ople over the month pay 1000— To 20 Rum barrels @ 4.10s. 90.0.0 MB + 2 bbls Melas. 64½ Gn. a 40s. 129— 1 Box pipes 30 Groos a £3 90— 6 ? Shoes — a £10.10 63— 35 lb. Gamom a 14s 24.10— 4 Shirts and 1 ? Trowsers 70— Shat Cast page 4 10— £96,718.3.4 1 finkin Hogsfat 56 Ct a 16s 44.16 Carried over £96762.19.4 Red all the Above J Fore going articles on bord the brigantine Saly my self master to be Accountd for as Witness my hand Sept 11 1764 — Esek Hopkins Invoice of Sundry Stores Continued To Brot. over from the Other Side £96762.19.4 To 1 Doz pad Locks £40— 1 ? Blunder Bursses 30— 1 Drum 9— Blocks Ladles Racks hand pumps Caulking mallit Sarvim mallitt Handspikes Tricks &c. from Block Makers 200.0.0 5 Bushels Corn a £4 20 3 Quoils Ratling, 18 Fathom 4 ½ Inch Ro. . . for Runners & 24 fathom 3¼ Inch for main sheet all Tacon onbord Sence the other Riggin wos charged in this Invo. the whole wt. 2.0.7 Ct. a £95 ?Ct. and £75. being Sum twice Laid & Sum new 185— 1 Table £35 — 3 Chears £14 49— 2 lb Chocolate £5. 1 Iron Skillit 38s 6.18— ½ Doz plates £11. 1 platter £5 16— 1 Tin Kittle with a Cover, I beleave 3.10— a half is charged by MB. 1 Cooper hand pump 26— 1 Sars pan with a Cover 3— MB. &Co. Sloop Ex. old Junk and oldlanvis 100— 3 Cimperses — about 30— Impr. 1 Gauging Rod 10— 10 Scrapers a £4 . . . 1 bbl. West India Rum 31 Gn. a £. . . . . . the bbl. £5. a Grindstone £10 15— 938.8— 1 Blankett £17. 4 knifes besides what is charged the people a 25s 22— £960.8.0 £9. . .3.7.4

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Sally’s Account book

Transactions on the African coast, where the Sally arrived in early November, 1764, begin on page 17 and continue for the next seventy pages. The accounts specify the date on which each enslaved African was acquired and what was traded for him or her. Most of the transactions were recorded in "barrs," a unit frequently used in the slave trade. A "barr" was literally an iron bar, but it was also a monetary equivalent - thus a yard of cloth was accounted at once bar, a barrel of rum at ten bars, and so forth.Throughout the long voyage, Hopkins kept a running tally of the total number of Africans he had purchased. By the time the Sally left Africa in August, 1765, he had acquired 196 Africans, at least twenty one of whom he sold to other traders before leaving the coast. Another nineteen had died, and a twentieth was left for dead on the day the ship sailed. Dozens more would die on the transatlantic passage or in the days after the Sally's arrival at the West Indian island of Antigua.

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Letter Gardner, Benjamin to Nicholas Brown & Co., refs the arrival of the Sally in Africa, and all well

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Letter from the Browns to Hopkins

Capt. E Hopkins Providence June 4, 1765 As we have had no letter & but slight or not any Sertain Account from you since you sailed from Hence, But having this opportunity to write to Barbadoes & appre ¬hend. Y. You may with grait Propriety Expect to recieve some Account from Home upon yr arrival in the West Indias, we sho'd be willing to give some more Particular advice where to sell the slaves & in Case we could be Sertain of your Good Health and prosperity as well as the State of your Slaves, by several accounts from the windward Islands you'l find them there but Low by several accounts from So. Carolina Virginia Slaves have been very high & was still so by the last Acct advice. Tho' we are Inform'd that several Vessels had then arriv'd there from the Coast & west Ind. w'th Slaves & that more was Expected as still being orderd there, but nevertheless we are of oppinion they will still be much Higher there than Among the windward Islands * we are also well Infor¬ that slaves have sold high well or much better at Jamaica than any where among the wind'd Islands the last Price . . . was £ . . . of Slaves owing partly to the Spanish Contractor . . .big greatest demand at Carolina but which of these Places, So. Carolina or Jamaica may prove the best for you to go to we Can't with sertainty tell, but are Clear of opinion that if your Slaves sh'd arrive In ye west In¬ ¬dia In good order & that you Cant Turn them at £20 StG round t'will be Best to Go to Jamaica or So. Carolina & if they sh'd not answer at Carolina May proceed to Virginia, but where ever you sell we recomend You'l get what Hard Cash you possaby Can provided you Can get it without much Loss In ye Sales & weigh of ye money, as ye must be sensible the bills will Cash M 2 1/2 percent for negotiating & fear they will not fetch par beside a Small Credit & the risk of the Protest, The that Cash in our present trade will be at least 5 percent better ye bills This is the most Prastclar Direction we are able to give, the Execution of wch will depend much upon your Prudence and Care all which we Shall Chearfully abide by, & Hope may prove Sucksessful both to you & us. If you sell the slaves in the west Indias you'l bring with home in the Brigg (without you shall key) In Lieu of Salt 40 hhd Rum 6 hhd good Sugar & 2 or 3 Baggs of Good Cotton Except shod sell at Jamaica where you'l take not not to Exceed 30 Cask Rum or Cotton or more If you sell in So Carolina you'l bring home about 40 Cask Rice notwith- standing all we have hear wrote if you have your helth engr arrival at Barbadoes & are Satisfied you can do better with your slaves amongst the Spanyards or Elsewhere without running any Extreordinary Risque you have Liberty to do as your best Judgment shall Direct In every respect as fully or Expressed In your Sailing orders of wch This is a Confirmation —

But if Capt. Hopkins from your sincear friend & very Humble Servt NB&Comp P.S. If any misfortune should have befallen Capt Esek Hopkins as to render him InCapable of follow.g. the a bove writen Instructions, Our orders are that the Commanding officer (who may have been appotd the Brigg on Bord the Brigg Sallay) do upon his Arrival at Barbadoes Antigua or other Island where he may first Touch at Value on some noted & Credble Mercht as much to sell these his Slaves for the most they can in Cash or good Bills of Exchange (reserving for ye rum Sugar & Cotton aforesaid) provid if Cash Proberble they can Get £28 StG ⅌ Head on an Average or other wise in case the Health of the Slaves & the season of ye willed with to proceed Directly for So. Carolina & there Value upon the most noted & best Mercht Ssell the Slaves for the most they'l fetch in Cash or Good Bills (save only to pur¬ chase about 40 Cask Rice & from there proceed Directly home make Y all possable Dispach dewing from ye there arrival In the west Ind to then return Home & to give us by letter the new state and Circumstance of our Interest on bord ye Brigg as also of all matters relating ye Voyage wherever your sell your slaves are sold it's proberble you'l be oblig'd to take some Bills wch please to remit home to us by the very first opportunity wch may happen before you Sail, but Cash is the thing we Recomend & w.ch is very plenty at Jamaica & So. Carolina Capt. Hopkins fam'y is well as are all friends & hope this may find y.u & people so, & are yr fds & owners NB&Co

A rough Copy Lit sent by Bushlin to Barbadoes for Capt E. Hopkins or In his absence to ye Com'd Officer onbord ye Brigg Salley from Africa June 4th 1765 The grait Demand that has been & still is for slaves at So. Carolina is in a grait measure owing to an Additional Duty just there Government of £100. Cus. ye wh.ich is to take place about Q: 1766 —

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Wanton, Joseph and William to Nicholas Brown & Co. letter about conditions on the Gold coast for buying slaves

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Capt. Esek Hopkins or the Commanding officer onbord Brigg Salley Providence July 15th, 1765 Sir We have not received a line from you since you Saild, our Last to you was of the 4th ultimo by Capt. Daniel Bushlin to Barbadus where we Seem Rather to advise your going to South Carolina to Sell the Slaves but we are now fully of the oppinion that in Case you Cannot git it will not do to go to Carolina, as we have certi advice of their being so Very full of Slaves and that they will not fetch the Cash nor Bills at any only a moderate price , Therefore if you can not git £28 STG a Head on an average at Barbados we advise your going to Jamaica if the Slaves are in good Health & their Dispose of them for Good Cash or Good Bills Excepting only 30 hh.d Rum 6 or 8 hh.d Sugar & 3 or 4 Baggs Cotton allwhich you'l bring Immediately Home in the Brigg , if you can Git Doller on Goald that is full wt. it will be at least 5 percent better to us than Bills of Exchange, Notwithstanding we have here advised Jamaica for the Sail of New Slaves, If Capt. Hopkins is aLive & in good health on his Ariving at Barbadus he haths full Liberty to go to any place whair he thinks will do best for our Interest be it Either among the New Spanyards or French provided he is Confident that the Risque is not to grate for the prospect which we Leave Wholly to him to Determine as well as all other matters and things concerning the Voyage , Confiding fully in his Judgment we are with Regard his owners & Humble Servt's NB&Co— P.S. If Capt Hopkins should not be Living and onbord the Brigg Salley when this Reaches her, we order who ever may be the Commanding officer in case he can not git £27 Hard on an Average for our Slaves at Barbados in Cash or Good Bills, to go Immediately to Jamaica & dispose of them for the most they will fetch In 30hh.d Rum 6 or 8 hh.d Good Sugar and3 or 4 Baggs Cotton Cash & good Bills of Exchange Observing if the Cash is full wt. that its at least 5 percent better for us than Bills of Exchange making all Dispatch that is possable & to proceed Immediately Hoome to us —

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Response to Esek’s letter:

NewportJuly 17, 1765 Sir Having heard by Capt Morris that you had Lost all your Hands in the River Basa I came down here, last Evening on purpose to Take Some method to suply the misfortune as much as Possable, by the Two Vessels Just about sailing from this place Capt Briggs & Capt Moor but Receiving your Letter of ye 15th May this morning which giving us Such favourable accounts of your Circumstance from what we had heard Quite aleviates our Misfortune and prevents dewing any thing further than Writing you by these opertunitys principaly to Inform you that (Notwith¬ standing our first orders to you & our Letter to Barbadoes of ye 4th Ultimo advising you to go to South Carolina,) that the market there is Surpriseingly Glutted with Slaves So that it will not by any means do to go there Therefore Recomend if you Can get £20 Sterling for your Well Slaves Land at Barbadoes to sell there . . . and Lay out ye Neet proceed in 30 hogshead Rum 8 or 10 hogshead Sugar & 3 or 4 Baggs of Cotton the remainder Being in full Weight money or Good Bills but money full Weight is 5percent better for us than bills and proceed home, without giving your¬ self any further trouble about Loading with Salt But if your Slaves Should be in good order and you Cannot get that proceed to Jamaica and there Dispose of them for ye same Sort of pay & proceed home, but Notwithstanding what we here advise if your self . . . think any other port in the Westindes will Do better Considering all ye Risque, you are At full Liberty to go and Inshort do by Vessel & Cargo in that Respect as if She wass your own all friends and particularly your family is Well M 2 Burroughs is this morning gone to Providence to Congratulate . . .in order to Carry your Letter to Mrs Hopkins. you may depend . . . Friends nor money shall not be Wanting to make the Insurance you Wish for to your Wife whose Letter Mr Burrows opend in order to Relieve the aprehentions of his father & family from ye Maloncholy Tale Brought by Capt Morris I am for Self & Co. your Assured Frend MB Copy Letter to Capt Esek Hopkins July 1765

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Another letter to Esek

Capt. Hopkins July 19 20th 1765Aug 3d ⅌ Jos Tilling Providence Sir yours of the 15th May from Bassan we received ye 17th and observe its Contents We wrote you by Capt. Bushlin to Barbadoes of the 4th of June advising your going to South Carolina rather than Jamaica in case you did not sell your slaves at Barbadoes but as we have had advise from Carolina of ye first Instant when that markett wass so Glutted that slaves would not sel for money or Bills at hardly any rate and from Jamaica of the 15th June when the price wass £32 or £33 STG by the Cargo Therefore we Recommend if you can get £28 STG for your well slaves Round at Barbadoes to sell there and Lay out the Neet proceads in 30hhd Rum 8 or 10 hhd of Sugar & 3 or 4 baggs of Cotton the Remainder in full weight Money or Good Bills of Exchange observing that money full Wt is better by about 5 percent than Bills and proceed home without giving yourself the Trouble of Loading with Salt But if your Slaves Should be in good Order and you Cannot git that price proceed to Jamaica and there dispose of them for the same pay and proceed home bringing with you five likely boys for our use at 13 or 15 years old — which you must Clothe there suitable to ye Season you will come on this Coast in, Notwithstanding what we have advise if you think any other port in the West Indies will do better Considering all the Risque you are at full Liberty to go and Inshort do by Vessel and Cargo in that Respect as if she wass your own. As we shall be much in want of Cash in Novemb to pay for our stock of Headmatter If you can forward us any part in money or Bills as far as 1/2 the amount of ye Slaves in that month or sooner if possable it will be of such Infinite Service to us that we had Rather than for ye Sake of small prospect of gain by prolong Ongoing ye voyage the time of your Remittance you should hasten the Remitance as fast as Possable Incase (after providing for the remittance aforesaid) you can get Rum Sugar or Cotton is to be got at moderate prises and you can get more for the slaves to be paid for in produce you may Take more of the articles afforesaid or such of them as will best answer at ye prises below prefixt. your family & friends are all Well and We are Sir your most assured friends & Able Svts Jamaica Rum 3s Lawful Money Barbadoes — 2s. . . Sugar 38s to 45s good Cotton 2s Dollerprice here Copy of Let to Capt Hopkins in Barbadoes July 20 1765

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And another: Capt. Hopkins ProvidenceJuly 19th 1765 Sir yours of the 15th May we Recd ye 7th Inst and observe its contents. Having heard from the West Indies & South Carolina of the Price of Slaves and findinding the Markets at Jamaica much better than the other places for the Sale of your Cargo we advise your going Direct for that Island and there dispose of your Cargo for 30hhd Rum 8 or 10 hhd Sugar & 3 or 4 Baggs of Cotton and the Remainder in Cash or good Bills but money full weighted will be five per Cent better than Bills, and Proceed Home without going after Salt, Bring with you five Likely Boys about 12 or 15 years old for our own use Take care to Cloth them proper for the Season you will be on this Coast. your family and friends are all well we are your assured friends & most Hble Svts NB&Co

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Letter for browns, asking for credit on future sale os slaves

Providence August. 14. 1765 Mr Vanhorne Sir Inclos'd you have Bill Loading & Invoice of 50 Boxes Capums Candles which plias to Receive and Dispose of on our Account, we mentioned in our last of you sending us our Account Current when ye Goods on hand wass sold, as we shall be glad to know what sum you have are in advanced for us, the scarcity of Money this way and the scituation of our stock not Bringing us money so Soon this fall as Expected will Ocation you our applycation to you for a further Sum to be advanced for us this fall. We have a Brigantine on the Coast of Africa ye Effects of which we depended on for to furnish our Stock of Headmatter this fall but fear she will be a little too late as by Letters from ye captain ye 17th May last from Bassan he Had 75 Slaves onbord and Expected to sail off ye Coast in 2 or 3 months for ye West Indies, so that it will probably be December or January before we shall be in Cash or Bills from her we Expect She will Bring us off ye Coast about 140 Slaves, We mention this that what Ever sum you may be in advance for us you may be assured we will Replace it out of her Effects, if you cannot close ye Sails of ye Goods on Hand without Loss plias to Examine our account and advice how ye Balance Stands Suppose ye Goods you may have for us on hand Sold and plias to advise if you Can Supply us your answer by Return of post will oblig your Humble Servant In case of acsident of ye brigantine We have a Ship gone to Surinam which Expect in January or February in Case of accident of ye Brigantine can make you Remittance out of her Copy Letter to Mr Vanhorn August 14 1765 of Saml Warner

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Nicholas Brown & Co. to Wanton, Joseph and William; October 12, 1765 Letter, dated October 12, 1765, from Nicholas Brown and Company to Joseph and William Wanton, merchants in Newport. The letter seeks the proceeds from the sale of twelve boxes of spermaceti candles that the Browns had consigned to a Captain Morris, a slave ship captain who had recently returned from Africa on a Wanton-owned ship. The candles had been used to acquire slaves. "You can Either give us the Money at what the Candles Sold for or we will take our proportion of what the Slaves Sold for Deducting Freight +c," the Browns write.

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Brown brothers writing with instructions about what to do with money from sale of slaves

Capt Esek Hopkins ProvidenceNov 9 1765 Sr we have yr fav.d of ye 2d Mar. & 15th May, from Bassaw or River Grande, wch is all we have rec'd from yu since yr Departure from here, we have had wrote yu many Letters Letters Some of wch was Directed on the Coast but mostly to be lodged at Barbadoes, werein we advis'd that if you Could not be able to get 28 £ StG round for yr Slaves if they where in good Order, for you to go to Jamaica & there Dispose of the Same, these where our Latter Instructions to wch we still adhear to, And have this day ord'd this Bearer Capt. Power In the Sloop 4 Brothers from Surinam to touch at Barbadoes after you & in case you shod be gone to Jamaica or any Other Particular Island for him to follow you providd provided he's not to late to meet find yu before you'l have finished yr Buisness, If he sho'd find you at Barbadoes or any of ye windward Islands we desire you'l Load sd sloop with with produce out of yr effects and Dispach her as soon as possable to Us, & the Brigg Sally for to go to Saltatudas for a Load of Salt rather than come Light if you sho'd be Inclining to come home you may take the command of ye Sloop, & for Capt Power to go on the brigantine to Saltatudas, without you sho'd have some Capable Officer on Bord wch yu may think proper for to have Sleep ye command on bord, but it seems at Present most proberble to Us that yu can have no officer on bord but will much rather Come home in the Sloop, & it may be best for our Interest to have some Fresh Officers & men onbord ye brigantine to go for after Salt after such a long & tedeus Voyage as yu must have had But this we submit to yr Determination, If this sho'd find you at Jamaica before you have sold all yr slaves it may be advisable to sell sufficient of them for Produce provided they'l sell to truph particular advantage to load the brigantine & Sloop, & As soon as you Can leave your Affairs Insuch order as Capt. Power Can manage with safety for you (if so Inclin'd) to Come Home In the Sloop & leave the brigantine to the command of Capt Power as Aforesd. we In a particuller maner Caution you that no Slaves be sold to any body that the money or effects will not be emediatly Collected & that the brigantine load at such parts of the Gd.s as may aford the greates dispach possable we Expect you'l bring wt you in ye Sloop all the overplus of yr Cargo more than will be laid out in produce load the sloop Sloop & brigantine as Aforsd In Cash or good Bills of Exchange we Esteem the Cash brot in money that's full weight to be 5 percent better than Bills — we shall not point out to you the Particular Qty of rum or sugar you may purchase otherwise than to get nearly of equal value of rum & sugr & a few Baggs of Cotton, we suppose that Metl Cash may be so dear & that article of Met'l so so high & allinded with delay as it may be in y.r power to get is to advantage, but In Case good Cash & Met'l shod be to be got, reasonable without disarming the Brig yu may take a Qty of this article It maut be for our Interest for y.u to purchase more produce than will Load ye Sloop & put the Brigg in a Set of Ballast (at Jamaica) it these shod find you there before you have sold y.r slaves & then for leasing them for produce y.u can make a much better sale & with near equal Dispach, we new (as at all times heartofore) fully Confide in yr Care & Judgt to do as you may thing most for our Interest in all respects In Consequence of w.ch Confidence we bear have or Letters may be desended with Particulars but have submited matters in Gen'l to yr determination we have not time (as Capt. Power will Inform you) to Enter upon matters, of Domestick & political Intelligence but remain in hast with the graitest esteem & respect yr Sincear frds & owners NB&Co P.S. price Cash Met'l 1s4 L wind'd Rum ... 3s Jamaica.... 3s6 sugar accord'g to Qualty good 40s Cotton .. 2s6 Coffe ... 1s Notwithstanding what's before mentioned about Equal Quantity of Rum & Sugar we Leave you to get of Each as you may think best , Consulting ye above prices — In case you should be Rendered incapable of Finnishing the Business of your Voyage after Capt. Power arives, with you. We hereby Direct & order the said Nicholas Power to Transact and Finnish the Voyage agreeable to our Instructions — Send 500 foot of good Mahogany for our own Use the 4 or 6 likely slaves mentioned before for our own use of about 14 years old you will Bring home with you Copy Letter to Esek Hopkins by N Power in the 4 Brothers Novr 9th 1765

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Brown’s letter when learn of lsot cargo

ProvidenceNovem 16th 1765 Capt HopkinsSr we Last Evening Rec.d your Letter dated Antega Octob 9th 1765, we need not mention how the Disagreeable the nus of yr Losing 3 of yr Hands and 88 Slaves is to us & all your Friends , but your Self Continuing in Helth is of such so grate Satisfaction to us, that we Remain Cheerful under the Heavy Loss of our Interests we are supprised at your not have wrote & sent to Barbados Barbadus 3 or 4 Letters to be Lodged there for you and are sorry you could not find any of them as they wase to advise your going to Jamaica with your Slaves in Case they ware in Such order as it would Answer to Leave the Land, we have Lately had advice from So Carolina by which it will by no means not answer to go their as the Ct there given upon Slaves is foling but still advise your going to Jamaica if this Reaches you before you Sell ye Slaves, where we here they will Fetch about £30 StG per Head as its probable you may sell the fue Slaves you have Left for more in Produce of the Islands either windward or of Jamaica than you can in Cash or Bills which if is the case, we advise your Selling for Such produce as will best Answer by ye prices mentioned below & take them in as soon as you can and Come home without Loading with Salt * but we fully knowing your Capacity Submitt the Whole Management of the Voyage to your best Judgement and you may assure your Self that what Ever you thing best we Shall be fully Satisfied with , & notwithstanding your Misfortunes this Voyage we will on your Arival at Hoome Imploy you in any Buisiness you may Chose and we are able to Execute, Your Famaly, ours & all Friends is well we are, your friends & owners NB. & Co Windward Island Rum 3s LMoney ⅌ gallon by the Quantity Jamaica Spirits 3s8d ditto Good Brown Sugar 9 Dollers ⅌ count by the hogshead & in Demand Midling ditto 8 Dollers ⅌ count Coffee a 1s4d LMoney ⅌ count by the Quantity Cotton 2s4d LMoney ⅌ count by the Bagg Melases 1s6d LMoney ⅌ gallon Good Slaves 150 dollars attend you'l ecth & bring 4 or 5 of about 15 years old if you think think ye weather will not be to Cold for them Logg wood is £5 StG ⅌ Tun & Cargo? Cage? Caye? Cag? We just propose for your consideration which if you thinks best, to be Executed and not otherwise , that in case your slaves will not fetch considerable more for produce then for Money or Good Bills, or in Case you should have Sold for Money Bills or you may go with ye Brigg to the Bay for a Load of Logwood Rather than come home not Loaded , we apprehend Negrows & Money to be the best Articols at the bay and which would Comand a Load of wood Immediately . as to Bringing hoome Salt that Articol is Now Low not being worth more than 1s6 LM ⅌ Bushel by the Quantity. & you go to the Bay you'l ship us the Effects of our Slaves sold at the Island Either in Good Bills Cash the latter of which is the best for us by at Least 5 percent if it is full weight by the first opportunity Reserving only a Suffitiency to Load with Loggwood & pay Charges, If you do git a Load of Logg wood & Come hoome with it we will if you 'l this it put in Spermaceti Candle & send you to Holland in y.e Brig turn over In case you should have sold your Slaves to Windward before this Reaches you & you should be Detain'd till near the Some of the Fleets Sailing for Salt a Tugdas we think it may be best (notwithstanding the forgoing) to go there & Load with Salt but Submit this as before &c NB&C Novem 26th since the above Windward Island Rum is Ris from 3s to 4s LMoney ⅌ gallon Jamaica Rum and sugar in propotion as mentioned in your outbound orders Copy of L.tr to Capt Esek Hopkins Nov 16 1765 to Antigua or ye other Islands

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Sale of 11 Africans at Antigua from the Sally

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Nicholas Brown & Co. to Whipple, Abraham, Hopkins, George, and Power, Nicholas; November 17, 1765

Letter from Nicholas Brown and Company to Abraham Whipple, George Hopkins, and Nicholas Power, three ship captains in the company's employ. The letter, dated November 15, 1765, relates the "Disagreeable account" the Browns had just received from Esek Hopkins, who had arrived in Antigua a month before. It includes details of the insurrection that the enslaved Africans had mounted during the return journey, after which the survivors were reportedly "so Despirited that Some Drowned them Selves Some Starved and others Sickened & Dyed."

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Another sale document, this time for 24 people, from Antigua

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Apology for low prices on the salves from Sally

Messrs: Nicholas Brown & Co AntiguaNovember: 25. 1765 Gentlemen Inclosed you have Sales of twenty four Negroes put into my hands for sale by Captain Esick Hopkins of your Briggantine Sally from the Coast of Africa which Slaves was very Indifferent I make no doubt Capt. Hopkins has Already Advised you thereof Neat proceeds thereof is £457.5.9¼ sterling Inclosed you have my Accompt Current which I have Ballanced by my Bill of Exchange at six Months Sight on Messrs James Keating & Co for sum of £417.14.3¼ sterling which I make no doubt will meet due honor I am truly sorry for the bad Voyage you must make had the Negroes been Young and Healthy I should have been able to sell them pretty well, I make no doubt if you was to try this Markett Again with good Slaves I should be able to give you Satisfaction. if you should want Rum or Sugar we have verry fine Prospect of a Cropp and those Articles is to be bought verry Reasonable Rum I do not Expect will Exceed from 22d to 2s ⅌Gallon and Sugar best Quality from 27s to 30s⅌Ct if you want any those Articles and will return the Bills I have now Inclosed you I will give you Creditt for them at the highest Exchange which is 70percent and Remitt you the Amount in Rum and Sugar without Chargeing any Commision haveing already Charged in the Remitting of the Bills I shall be glad at all times to Render you my best Services here I am Gentlemen Your Humble Alex Millock

To Messrs Nicholas Brown & Co Merchants in Rhoad Island ⅌fav Capt Hopkins

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Sales record for the brig Sally in Antigua; January 8, 1766

The returning Sally's first port of call on entering the Caribbean was Barbados. The Browns had posted several letters to the island offering Hopkins advice on where he might most profitably sell the enslaved Africans in his hold, but none of the letters seems to have reached him. Hopkins proceeded to Antigua where he sold what remained of his cargo. This document, which records some of Hopkins's transactions during his first month in Antigua, includes information about the sale of 35 survivors from the ship. Most are identified as "sick" and fetched extremely low prices, in some cases as little as £5 apiece. Only two of the captives are described as "primes slaves." They sold for £50 each.

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Newport June ye 20th 1766 Sir, This serves to Request your care in Forwarding the Paper Hangings Committed to you for Mr. Brown of Salem, please to take in Receipt of the Carrier to Deliver them with the Inclosed to Mr. Lewis Deblois, with a caution that they don't recieve no Injury by Rutbing in going down, shall take it as Favour if you would agree for what you think its worth & Inclose the Receipt to Mr Deblois, who will pay him — Your sincere friend & Hble Srvt J. Wanton Junior Mr Jno Brown P.S. Shall be oblig'd if you would ask the Favour of Capt. Esek Hopkins for a sight of his Trade Book at ye Coast of Guinea, if not Inconsistant with his & your Interest, with a few Directions with regard to the Customs for the Goverment of the Captain with such observations as his Inspection, Eye has andr shall send a Vessel there to touch at the Cape de Verds first, if his Mate is our of Em -ploy & is a man you would Recommend to us, please to let us know whether he is willing to go y.t voyage again in the same capacity — yrs. J Wanton To Mr. John Brown at Providence Letter from J Wanton Jun 20 1766

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Nicholas Brown & Co. to Mason, Benjamin; December 12, 1769 Letter, dated December 12, 1769, from Nicholas Brown and Company to Benjamin Mason, merchant in Newport. The letter, probably written by Nicholas Brown, informs Mason of John Brown's intention to launch a "Vessel bound for Guinny" in a few weeks time, and asks for help in locating 2,000 gallons of rum to complete the ship's cargo. It also asks Mason "to Recommend the Gentlemen in the West Indies who Sold your Last Cargo of Slaves," in hopes that the captain of John's vessel might also use his services.

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Sales record for the brig George in Surinam; August 13, 1770 The transatlantic slave trade was only one of the ways in which the Rhode Island was entangled with slavery. In addition to participating in the so-called "triangle trade," linking the West Indies, West Africa, and New England, Rhode Islanders conducted a robust bilateral trade with the plantation colonies of the Caribbean. Ships sailed south with a vast array of provisions, including candles, tobacco, tar, salt fish (the staple diet of African slaves), furniture, flour, and horses, which was exchanged chiefly for sugar and molasses, as well as for cotton, bills of exchange, and slaves. The Brown brothers played a particularly active role in the trade with Surinam, a Dutch colony on the coast of South America. The nature of the provisioning trade is illustrated in this document, dated August 13, 1770, which records all sales from a voyage to Surinam by the George, a Brown-owned brigantine

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Providence Novr 1st 1779

To all whom it may Concern This may Sertifie that I Nicholas Brown, being the Quarterpart Owner of the Negro man (cooper) called Tom do upon mature consideration & by these Lines make it manifest That I do make free the said negro man Tom, that is to say for all my right and title to him, which Freedom is to be in full Force on the day that the news comes of the Settlement of the present dispute between this Country - Grait Britania and my Heirs &c are to take notice & Govern themselves accordingly

Witness my hand

Nicholas Brown

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Brown, Moses to Clark, John and Nightingale, Joseph; August 26, 1783 During the Revolutionary War, the African slave trade out of Rhode Island was brought virtually to a standstill, but with the end of the war in 1783 the traffic stirred back to life. In August, Moses Brown, by then a confirmed opponent of the trade, heard reports that his friends John Clark and Joseph Nightingale, Providence merchants, were intending to dispatch a ship to Africa. The result was this letter, recounting his experience with the Sally and begging his friends not to repeat his mistake. Had the Sally never sailed, he wrote, "I should have been preserved from an Evil, which has given me the most uneasiness, and has left the greatest impression and stain upon my own mind of any, if not all my other conduct in life..." Nightingale and Clark elected not to heed the advice. Their ship, the Prudence, sailed for Africa a short time later.

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Brown, Moses to Hopkins, Samuel; January 20, 1786 Letter, dated January 20, 1786, from Moses Brown to Rev. Samuel Hopkins, a Newport minister and prominent leader of the Rhode Island anti-slavery movement. In addition to forwarding Hopkins copies of anti-slavery pamphlets just arrived from England, Brown raised the idea of endowing prizes at leading American colleges for the best student essays on the slave trade, a policy that had recently been employed with great success at Cambridge University in England. While doubtful that such a contest could be organized at the College of Rhode Island, due to the presence of slave traders on the College Corporation, Brown asked Hopkins to investigate the possibility of establishing such prizes at Harvard, Yale, and Princeton. He even offered to endow the prizes himself. Whether the offer was communicated to officials at the three schools is unclear.

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Brown, John to Brown, Moses; November 27, 1786 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 decision deeply distressed his brother Moses, prompting a searching correspondence between the two. In late 1786, Moses learned of John's intention to send another ship to Africa. He immediately wrote to his brother, urging him to reconsider. John responded with this letter, defending his decision and offering various arguments in favor of slave trading. His ship, the Providence, sailed for the West Africa a few days later.

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Hopkins, Samuel to Brown, Moses; March 7, 1787 Letter from Rev. Samuel Hopkins to Moses Brown, March 7, 1787, thanking Brown for the anti-slavery pamphlets he had sent the year before and briefly discussing his idea of creating a settlement for Christian blacks on the West Coast of Africa. He also endorses Brown's suggestion of endowing anti-slavery essay prizes at American colleges, but notes that he has been unable to pursue the matter.

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Statement of manumission; November 9, 1787 In 1773, Moses Brown experienced a severe emotional and spiritual crisis, brought on by the death of his wife, Anna. He deepened his involvement with the Quakers, with whom he had begun to worship during Anna's illness, and determined to free himself of the sin of slaveowning. On November 10, 1773, he gathered his slaves together, along with friends and family members, and read this statement of manumission. The original copy of the document is deposited with other probate records at the Providence City Hall. The document exhibited here is a handwritten copy made by John Howland in the nineteenth century and later donated to the Rhode Island Historical Society.

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Letter from A citizen Letter published in the February 14, 1789 issue of the Providence Gazette and Country Journal, written by "A Citizen." The author, as contemporary readers well knew, was John Brown. In his letter, addressed to the citizens of the State of Rhode Island, Brown denounces the newly established Providence Abolition Society as an evil "combination" of religious fanatics bent on ruining him and the whole economy of the state.

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Report of the Committee appointed to draft a Constitution of a Society for abolishing the Slave Trade Report of in the February 21, 1789 issue of the Providence Gazette and Country Journal of the meeting of the Committee charged with drafting a constitution for the Society for abolishing the Slave-Trade. Lists the fourteen items of the constitution and the officers of the society.

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Report on the formation of the Society for Providence Society for Abolishing the Slave-Trade A report published in the Thursday, Feb. 26, 1789 issued of the United States Chronicle announcing the formation of the Providence Society for abolishing the Slave-Trade. Outlines 14 rules and announces the officer, including David Howell, president; John Dorrance, vice-president; Thomams Arnold, secretary; Moses Brown, treasurer; David Howell, Thomas Arnold, councellors; Barzillai Richmond, Arthur Fenner, Thomas Hazard, Edward Thurber, George Benson, Oziel Wilkinson, and John P. Jones, standing committees

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Letter from A Citizen and true Federalist Letter published in the March 14, 1789 issue of the Providence Gazette by "A Citizen and True Federalist" -- alias John Brown. In the letter, Brown defends the slave trade and continues his bitter attack on the newly formed Providence Abolition Society.

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African slave-trade The March 26, 1789 issue of the United States Chronicle containing the proceedings of a meeting in Bristol, England on Jan. 31, 1788 calling for the abolition of the slave trade. Contains the text of a petition and lists the twenty men who signed it.

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Providence Novem 29, 1794

Capt Martin Benson Sir, We having appointed you to the command of our Ship Charlotte now loaded with a valuable cargo for the coast of africa our Instructions are that you proceed with all possible dispatch Haste direct to Sierra Leone where on your arrival you will dispose of your whole Cargo for undoubted Bills of Exchange payable at Sixty days or further sight in London provided you can attain a reasonable advance on the goods — although we must observe that we think the prospect is very good for your making a great freight out —

If you sell at Sierra Leone and can purchase a Cargo of good white Rice at not exceeding Two Dollars ? *112 you will do it & return directly back to this port if you cannot get Rice at this price you mite if Possible go to some of the Cape de Verd Islands procure , a Load of Salt with what Hides and Goat Skins you can readily buy & then proceed immediately for this Port should you go to the Cape de Verd Islands it will be necessary for you to take a small quantity of Rice and also Reserve on board a few articles of your Cargo to buy the Salt &c with —

Should you not be able to dispose of your Cargo at Sierra Leone at prices that you may think will answer you will proceed where you think you can do best on the Coast consulting our Interest on all occasions but by no means take any Slaves on board the Ship on any terms whatever as we desire to have nothing to do with that business after you have Disposed of your Cargo if you go down the Coast you will come home by way of Turks Island with a load of Salt from that place _ we hand you Certificates for the Rum & other articles entitled to draw back & Bounty which you will have Signed by two Reputable

Merchants or Traders if this is not attended to we cannot recover the Drawback —

We shall depend on your making all Possible dispatch on the Voyage as the ship sails at such an Expense it is of great consequence to us & we Shall firmly rely on your consulting our Interests in every Respect —

In case of Disability on your part to perform the business of the Voyage now contemplated your Mate Mr Peleg Almy is to conduct the same agreeably to these orders —

We wish you health and prosperity and a pleasing Return (in about four months) to your fami ly

& remain Sir Your friends

B B & Ives Your Terms for doing this whole Business of the Voyage are to be five percent on sales & no commission on Returning nor any other allowance Whatever — Privelidge in the Ship as Customary

Received Brown Benson & Ives owners of the Charlotte the original Instructions of which the foregoing is copy. with which I promise to use my best endeavors to comply

Providence Novem 29. 1794

Martin Benson

Copy Instructions to Martin Benson of the Charlotte to Africa 29 Nov. 1794

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Providence November 29. 1794

Capt Martin Benson Sir, You being master of our Ship Charlotte now ready loaded with a good Cargo for the Coast of Africa. our Instructions are. that you proceed immediately to the Windward part of the Coast & dispose of your cargo for such articles as you think will be most for our Interest (excepting Slaves) & come directly home to us with a load of Salt from the Cape de Verd Islands if you can get there — as you have been a long time acquainted with the business of the Coast. we shall depend entirely on you & therefore make our Instructions Short. but in case of accident to yourself your Chief mate Mr Peleg Almy is to conduct the Voyage. and Dispose of the Cargo for our best Interest —

You will attend to procure Certificates for landing the Rum &c. that we may receive the Drawback. Wishing you a prosperous & agreeable Voyage

We are Sir your friends & owners /signed/ B B & Ives

Copy Instructions to Master Benson to serve in case of haizes troubling him on his passage to or from Africa Nov. 29. 1794

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