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Laurie and Whittle’s new chart of the Caribbee or West India Islands, from Porto Rico to Trinidad inclusive with the coast of the Spanish Main, thence to Guayra [cartographic material] : Improved by various emendations and additions / From the chart constructed under the orders of the Spanish government by Don Cosme Churuca, and Don Joaquin Franco. Fidalgo, Captains in the Spanish Navy; John Purdy Delinr.; G. Allen Sculpt.
Sea chart detailing the longitude, topography, and the sovereign country of the island colonies.
French West Indies collection [Box 1 Folder 7 & 8]
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…
Benjamin Fuller records [Account Book 1776-1795]
These papers include letter books, 1762-1791; account book, 1776-1799; and receipt book, 1795-1799.
George (ship) logbook [1805-1806]
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…
Clement Humphreys papers [Vol. 1]
The papers of Clement Humphreys, agent to France during the John Adams administration, include: Humphreys' letter book, 1798, containing material on his official missions, with detailed accounts of events; "list of Staple Articles of Commerce between…
Clement Humphreys papers [Vol. 2]
The papers of Clement Humphreys, agent to France during the John Adams administration, include: Humphreys' letter book, 1798, containing material on his official missions, with detailed accounts of events; "list of Staple Articles of Commerce between…
James McCurrach and Company accounts [V. 1 pp. 001-200]
James McCurrach and Company were shipping agents. Letterbook, 1794-1800, has an index at the end of the volume. The ledger, 1790--1796, begins with entries titled as in account with Palyart & Co. of Philadelphia. In 1793, the titles read as in…
James McCurrach and Company accounts [V. 1 pp. 201-400]
James McCurrach and Company were shipping agents. Letterbook, 1794-1800, has an index at the end of the volume. The ledger, 1790--1796, begins with entries titled as in account with Palyart & Co. of Philadelphia. In 1793, the titles read as in…