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Following in the footsteps of the Dutch and British, French settlers arrived in the Caribbean in the 1630s and established trading ports on the islands of Saint-Domingue (later Hispaniola), Martinique, and Guadeloupe. The settlers, with the aid of…

This collection consists of letters, memoranda, and notes of members of the Society of Friends, chiefly from the Pemberton and Parrish families of Philadelphia. Letters are of personal and religious matters. Among correspondents are John and Ann…

These papers include letter books, 1762-1791; account book, 1776-1799; and receipt book, 1795-1799.

The entries in this logbook include discussion of supplies brought on board, where enslaved people -- referred to as "passengers" -- were picked up, trips to the "Negro market," and descriptions of the geographical attributes and inhabitants of…

Letterbook of William Pollard, Philadelphia merchant and shipper, containing his copies of letters to clients in many parts of the American colonies, West Indies, and England. They reflect his extensive shipping and commercial interests, and throw…

Letterbook of William Pollard, Philadelphia merchant and shipper, containing his copies of letters to clients in many parts of the American colonies, West Indies, and England. They reflect his extensive shipping and commercial interests, and throw…

Letterbook of William Pollard, Philadelphia merchant and shipper, containing his copies of letters to clients in many parts of the American colonies, West Indies, and England. They reflect his extensive shipping and commercial interests, and throw…

Letterbook of William Pollard, Philadelphia merchant and shipper, containing his copies of letters to clients in many parts of the American colonies, West Indies, and England. They reflect his extensive shipping and commercial interests, and throw…

Letterbook of William Pollard, Philadelphia merchant and shipper, containing his copies of letters to clients in many parts of the American colonies, West Indies, and England. They reflect his extensive shipping and commercial interests, and throw…