Instructions from Aaron Lopez, 1770 Nov. 9.

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Instructions from Aaron Lopez, 1770 Nov. 9.

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Instructions from Aaron Lopez, Newport, R.I., to Capt. Ebenezer Shearman, about to sail to Jamaica, on sloop Sally, relating to selling of cargo, buying rum and pimentoes, delivering money and freight to Capt. Benjamin Wright to take to London, and mention of Captain Hefferman.

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New London County Historical Society

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New London County Historical Society

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Lopez, Aaron, 1731-1782

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Colonial merchant and shipper, Aaron Lopez was born in Portugal in 1831. He immigrated to Newport,Rhode Island in 1752 where he was engaged primarily in the whale oil and candle business, although healso dealt in livestock, groceries, rum, ships, clothing, and slaves. During the 1760s and 1770s, he builtan extensive transatlantic mercantile empire and on the eve of the American Revolution, Lopez wasNewport's leading merchant and taxpayer. During the Revolution, he supported the colonials and wit...

Sally (Sloop : 1804-1808)

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Trading vessel (78 tons), out of Rochester, Mass., mastered by Jesse Martin, on voyage 17 Oct. 1807-9 Apr. 1808; built at Rochester, Mass., 1804. From the description of Logbook of the sloop Sally, 1807 Oct. 17-1808 Apr. 8. (Old Dartmouth Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 173521360 ...

Wright, Benjamin, Capt.

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Hefferman, Captain

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Shearman, Ebenezer, -1833

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