Accounts for cargo shipped on the brigantine Renard, 1762.

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Accounts for cargo shipped on the brigantine Renard, 1762.

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Manuscript accounts for trade rum, provisions and other supplies shipped on a voyage of the brigantine Renard, owned by the slave trader William Vernon. It sailed with 7,159 gallons of rum in early 1762 and traded, during this portion of its voyage, for cargo including molasses, sugar, pine and cedar planks, and several slaves.

1 item (2 p.) ; 30 cm.

Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 8026619

Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library

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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...

Dordin, Peter.

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Peter Dordin was a Newport seaman known for his willingness to captain slave ships in the "triangle trade" between Rhode Island, West Africa and the West Indies. William Vernon (1719-1806) of Newport was a leading Rhode Island slave trader, the first to trade directly with the Southern colonies. He was president of the Eastern Navy Board during the American Revolution; Vernon House served as Rochambeau's headquarters. From the description of Accounts for carg...