John Torrans letters, ca. 1775.

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John Torrans letters, ca. 1775.

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A letter from John Torrans to Alexander Rose recommends that Rose buy the brigantine Industry lying at Eveleigh's Wharf, "that she will do well to go to Suranam" [Surinam]. A postscript headed "Distillery Monday Morning" asks Rose to tell Forbes that "one of the Negros is run away." The second letter (penciled note on cover reads "Charleston, S.C. List of Negros to be Mortgaged") from Torrans to Rose states he has sent a bond and mortgage bought at Well's Shop, but "did not know how many Negros you would chuse to put in it." He lists the names, and occasionally occupations and skills, of "all the Negroes at the Distillery" and "mine in town."

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College of Charleston, Marlene and Nathan Addlestone Library

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Rose, Alexander, approximately 1738-1807

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Torrans, John, ca. 1702-1780.

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Born in County Derry, Ireland and settled in Charleston, South Carolina in 1758 where he became a prosperous merchant. John Torrans married Elizabeth Blanche Smith (d. 1817), daughter of William Smith (1728-1793) of New York. Elizabeth Torran's sister Margaret Smith married Alexander Rose in 1779, and her sister Catherine Smith married John Gordon in 1767. John Torrans owned vessels with both Rose and Gordon (also Charleston merchants). Torrans may have been a British loyalist like ...

Industry (Ship)

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Voyages: (1) 1699 & 1700 Gibraltar. Capt Nathaniel Grantham. Lizard 15 Jul 1699 - 22 Jul Lisbon - Cap Sprat 29 Feb 1700 - 27 Mar Downs - 'from England' 5 Dec - 26 Dec Cap Sprat. British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : CorporateBody : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000093.0x00013c ...