Allen Grist and Thomas Dickinson ledger, 1780-1781 and 1813-1816.

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Allen Grist and Thomas Dickinson ledger, 1780-1781 and 1813-1816.

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Volume contains entries relating to the operation of a North Carolina general store and an earlier similar operation in the West Indies. The first half of the volume comprises the Thomas Dickinson ledger from St. Eustatius, West Indies, 1780-1781, with entries documenting payments for rum, madeira, slave clothing, cheese, flour, twine, nails, brown sugar, needles, and other sundries. The second half of the volume comprises the ledger of Allen Grist of Washington, Beaufort County, NC, 1813-1816, with entries for food, spirits, building material, and other sundries. A few entries in each section record slave transactions: money lent for the purchase of slaves, money paid for their labor, or money received for the actual sale of slaves.

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Dickinson, Thomas, 1786-1854

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Epithet: of Add MS 36996 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000355.0x00039a Epithet: Captain; RN; of Add MS 38042 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000355.0x000397 Epithet: Captain RN British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000758.0x0000f8 ...

Grist, Allen.

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