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Sally (Brigantine). Articles of agreement of voyage of the brigantine Sally, 1766.

Title: Articles of agreement of voyage of the brigantine Sally, 1766.

Articles of agreement, printed by Samuel Hall, Newport, filled in by hand, of voyage of the brigantine Sally to the West Coast of Africa, thence to the West Indies and back to Newport (the voyage ended in July 1767). Columns: time of entry, men's names, quality, wages per month, advance wages before sailing, wages taken on the voyage, whole wages, and wages due (last not used). Includes dates of discharge, and, on verso, receipts for advance wages. Records the death of one sailor in Nov. 1766; two sailors noted "run".

ArchivalResource: 1 item ; 42 x 33 cm.

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Cobb, Oliver W. (Oliver Warren), 1858-1949. Oliver W. Cobb letter to Mrs. Edgar H. McPherson [manuscript], 1943 November 2.

Title: Oliver W. Cobb letter to Mrs. Edgar H. McPherson [manuscript], 1943 November 2.

Dr. Cobb's writes an autobiographical letter, mentioning his obtaining a degree in medicine from the University of Virginia in 1897 after a career with the Davis Coast Wrecking Coporation. Also mentions working as a boy for Captain Nathan Briggs.

ArchivalResource: 1 item.

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Arnolda (Ship). Logbook, 1859 Aug. 16-1863 July 18.

Title: Logbook, 1859 Aug. 16-1863 July 18.

Log/journal, kept by first mate Nathan Briggs, relating to a whaling voyage to the Atlantic and Pacific oceans.

ArchivalResource: 1 v. (167 p.)

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Bringhurst, James, 1730-1810. Papers, 1783-1802.

Title: Papers, 1783-1802.

In a note written in 1802, Bringhurst states he had made holograph copies of letters written to other Quakers about correct religious and moral thinking and these he now wishes to preserve for his children's use after his demise. Letters are to Thomas Pole, Abraham Barker, Nathaniel Briggs, Sarah Rodman, Job Chaloner, John Bringhurst, Job Scott, and George Dillwyn, and are written between 1783 and 1795. Bringhurst counsels Briggs against the slave trade; mentions important work of women ministers to Rodman; mentions Geo. Dillwyn, Wm. Savery, Job Scott, Thos. Scattergood to Chaloner; describes the ministerial visit of Thos. Scattergood and Josiah Bunting to the Southern states to Job Scott; speaks of Samuel Emlen's pending visit to France and of Anthony Benezet to Dillwyn.

ArchivalResource: 12 items ; 32 cm. and larger.

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Briggs, Nathaniel. Logbook of the sloop Betsey and the brigantine Sally, 1765-1767

Title: Logbook of the sloop Betsey and the brigantine Sally, 1765-1767

Logs of two voyages by ships engaged in the slave trade, owned by the Newport, R.I. merchant Aaron Lopez; the logs written by the master for both voyages, Nathaniel Briggs. The first entry is for July 24, 1765, with the Betsey outward bound from Newport, R.I. to the West Coast of Africa. There are day to day entries with weather and navigational observations; some entries record the crew preparing for their eventual cargo of slaves. On arrival at Senegal, Briggs records that there is "no trade" (no slaves available) there, and moves down the coast to various locations until reaching "Cape Vargas" on September 28, 1765. On February 3rd, the Betsey begins her voyage out from Sierra Leone for Barbados, but in fact [according to other records] she proceeds to Jamaica. The exact number of slaves on board is not recorded; only one death among the slaves is recorded on the voyage, that of "a gal slave" 3 feet, 6 inches tall. The final leg of the voyage is recorded from Port Royal, April 23, 1766. The Betsey sails around the western tip of Cuba along the Florida Keys, and up the coast, arriving at The Hamptons, L.I. May 18th. On the previous day, Briggs records "speaking" (sighting and contacting) another sloop from Barbados to New London which informs him that the British Stamp Act has been repealed. The Voyage of the Brig Sally (or "Salley") began on August 23rd, 1766 from Newport , arriving at Cape Verde October 13 after an uneventful crossing. The second leg of the Sally's "triangle" begins on February 8th from Cape Coast on the Gold Coast to Barbados with 216 slaves recorded aboard. Of that number 18 are recorded as having perished during the "Middle Passage." Not every individual death is recorded, though on March 4th the first death is noted with a typical, business-like entry: "this day buried a man slave with the flax" (sic, flux). On March 30, 11 slaves are recorded as dying, though only 5 individual deaths are recorded, including one man with marked "SL" on the foot. Afterwards, Briggs numbers the total losses until April 9. Two more deaths follow on the 14th, making a total of 18. On April 20th the Sally arrives in Barbados where Briggs again does not make entries until his homeward bound leg of the voyage from St. Christopher on June 12th, 1767. The last extant entry is for June 23, off Georgia.

ArchivalResource: 1 v. ([62] p.) ; 33 x 22 cm.

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