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1729 May 23 . Samuell Conyer [Samuell Coniard] DS to Samuell Talcott; [Wethersfield, Connecticut].
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Bill of sale for Beck, an enslaved girl, 15 years of age, from Samuell Conyer of Bermuda to Samuell Talcott of Hartford County, Connecticut, "to have and to hold the said negro girl during the term of her natural life" for the sum of 82 pounds.
1742 January 7 . John Wright ALS to John Tomlinson; Brunswick, [Georgia].
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Regarding the sale and use of slaves in Brunswick, as well as a description of the area. Slaves are employed in rice, pitch tar, and turpentine. It is "certainly the most profitable place on the Continent to Trade to from Europe."
1743 . Rob[er]t Dinwiddie LS to Henry Pelham; London, [England].
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Colonial Governor of Virginia review of the state of British Plantations and Colonies in America. Providing numerical and monetary details especially about West India colonies, Barbados, Antigua, Monserratt, Nevis, St. Chrisophers, Virgin Islands, Anguilla, Jamaica, Fortola, etc. Considerable attention is paid to the labor and costs of enslaved persons; also includes various trade information related to fisheries, numbers of vessels, and types of goods produced in the colonies.
1752 December 25 . Jonathan Low DS to Seth Story; Ipswich, Massachusetts.
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Bill of sale for a slave ("A Certain Negroman") named Dick Toham.
1754 June 25 . Oliver Peabody DS to Nathaniel Kimball and Isaac Kimball; Andover, Massachusetts Bay.
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Statement that Peabody is to pay “Three Hundred Pounds Lawfull [sic.] Money” to the Kimballs in exchange for an enslaved man named Thomas. Holds Peabody accountable for "any Cost Trouble or Charge that Might any ways Come ... on the account of the aforesd. Negro Man." Includes language regarding Peabody’s obligations to provide for Thomas “both in sickness & in health all that is proper & sutable for him during the whole term of his life.”
1756 July 23 . John Bull DS to Sabinah Wilson; Granville County, South Carolina.
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Bill of sale for two slaves, Will and Molley, from Wilson to Bull, a planter.
1757 December 3 - 1772 June 9 . Scipio Wood, John Ells, Benjamin Buell, Benjamin Payne, and J. Lawrence 5 DsS; Windham County and Hartford, [Connecticut].
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Evidence relating to Wood's, a mulatto soldier, claim that he is owed money from his service in the French and Indian War. Includes: [Scipio Wood] DS, December 3, 1757; John Ells deposition, May 26, 1772; Benjamin Buell deposition, May 26, 1772; Benjamin Payne memorandum, June 9, 1772; and Payne and J. Lawrence order to pay Wood, June 9, 1772.
1760 January 8 . Francis Bernard ALS to Charles Read; Amboy, [New Jersey].
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Travel through the Gulf of Florida is difficult on account of Men of War. Sugar prices are up. In a postscript, Bernard notes that Mr. Kearney has informed him "that they have brought home 3 runaway Negroes, that were taken up in Hispaniola." They are to be held by the sheriff until their masters' demand them.
1767 January 1 . John Mountague ADS to Charles Gordon; .
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Promissory note for hire of a female slave (one Negrow Wench"), "Nan"