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Charter agreement for schooner Betsy

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 0034-045
Collection Overview

This collection consists of a single charter agreement for the schooner Betsy to travel from Charleston to New Bern to discharge and load cargo by Captain Edmund Palmer. Hanson Rice and William Cannon agreed to pay two hundred and ten dollars for this voyage on January 9, 1822.

Dates: 1822
Found in: Special Collections

Receipt for sloop Mary

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 0034-058
Collection Overview

This collection consists of a single receipt for peas and flour received from Bollman Brothers by the sloop Mary on June 17, 1870. The goods were sent to C.P. and G.W. Chiman at Toogoodoo signed for by E.D. LaRoche. On the reverse side of the receipt is written "Sloop Mary, Captain Mills, June 27, 1870".

Dates: 1870
Found in: Special Collections

Shipping receipt

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 0034-044
Collection Overview

This collection consists of a single shipping receipt signed by Robert Marsh for nine boxes of furniture and one package sent by George Patten of Charleston by schooner to Rev. P.T. Keith of Georgetown on May 15, 1839.

Dates: 1839
Found in: Special Collections

John Torrans letters

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 0034-081
Collection Overview A letter from John Torrans to Alexander Rose recommends that Rose buy the brigantine Industry lying at Eveleigh's Wharf, "that she will do well to go to Suranam" [Surinam]. A postscript headed "Distillery Monday Morning" asks Rose to tell Forbes that "one of the Negros is run away." The second letter (penciled note on cover reads "Charleston, S.C. List of Negros to be Mortgaged") from Torrans to Rose states he has sent a bond and mortgage bought at Well's Shop, but "did not know how many...
Dates: approximately 1775
Found in: Special Collections
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