Letter to William Vernon : Newport, 20 July 1785.

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Letter to William Vernon : Newport, 20 July 1785.

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Samuel Vernon was William Vernon's brother. The family was a successful Rhode Island trading firm in the eighteenth century involved in the commercial triangle trade. In this letter Samuel describes the cargo of one of their ships: "... he had about seventy negroes on board and a large qty. of gold ... and supposes he would leave the coast [Africa] about the middle of April ..." By 1785 Charlestown, South Carolina was the only place in the United States open to the slave trade.

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University of Minnesota, Minneapolis

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Vernon, Samuel, 18th cent.

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Vernon, William, 1719-1806

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Samuel Vernon (1683-1737) and his wife, Elizabeth Fleet, lived in Newport, Rhode Island, where he held many public offices. Their eight children included Samuel (1711-1792), Thomas (1718-1784), and William (1719-1806). Thomas, a merchant and royal postmaster, was a Loyalist during the American Revolution. Samuel and William, who both supported the Revolution, jointly ran a shipping firm. William also served as president of the Continental Navy Board. Samuel and his wife, Amey Ward, had ten child...