Letter from Nathaniel Russell to Samuel and William Vernon, May 1768

Title:

Letter from Nathaniel Russell to Samuel and William Vernon, May 1768

Date:

1768

Creator (Personal):

Russell, Nathaniel, 1738-1820

Description:

This one-page folded letter with no stamp was sent from Nathaniel Russell, a slave merchant in South Carolina, to William and Samuel Vernon, Rhode Island slave traders and orchestrators of the colonial-era "triangle trade."

Collection Title:

Nathaniel Russell House Museum Collection

Contributing Institution:

Historic Charleston Foundation

Media Type:

Manuscript

Personal or Corporate Subject:

Russell, Nathaniel, 1738-1820
Vernon, William
1719-1806

Topical Subject:

Slave trade--1780-1790, Slave traders, Merchant marine--United States--History, Commerical correspondence, and Vernon, William, 1719-1806--Correspondence

Geographic Subject:

Charleston (S.C.), Newport (R.I.), and Nathaniel Russell House (Charleston, S.C.)

S.C. County:

Charleston County (S.C)

Language:

English

Shelving Locator:

2019.003.001

Date Digital:

2019-06-13

Digitization Specifications:

600dpi, 24-bit depth, color, Canon EOS 1500D. Archival masters are tiffs.

Format:

image/jpeg

Copyright Status Statement:

Public Domain.

Access Information:

For more information contact Historic Charleston Foundation, Charleston, SC, 29401

Admin ID:

250023