Account book, 1748 Dec.-1749 Jul.

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Account book, 1748 Dec.-1749 Jul.

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Account book, 1748 Dec.-1749 Jul., kept aboard the sloop Rhode Island while on a voyage to Africa to procure slaves for her owners, Philip Livingston and sons, New York City. Peter James was shipmaster. Included are accounts for the purchase of slaves, gold, and other goods; for sales of rum and other provisions to the crew, various expenses, the purchase of provisions, an inventory of goods delivered to Captain David Lindsey, a record of the deaths of 37 slaves, etc. The trading was carried out on various locations between Sierra Leone and the Gold Coast.

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New-York Historical Society

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Livingston, Philip, 1716-1778

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Philip Livingston (January 15, 1716 – June 12, 1778) was an American merchant and statesman from New York City. He represented New York at the October 1774 First Continental Congress, where he favored imposing economic sanctions upon Great Britain as a way of pressuring the British Parliament to repeal the Intolerable Acts. He was also a delegate to the Second Continental Congress from 1775 to 1778, and signed the Declaration of Independence, thus becoming one of the Founding Fathers of the Unit...

James, Peter, sea captain.

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Rhode Island (Ship)

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Sloop belonging to New York City merchants Philip Livingston & Sons. From the description of Account book, 1748 Dec.-1749 Jul. (New York University, Group Batchload). WorldCat record id: 58774891 ...

Lindsey, David, Captain.

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