Letter from John Torrans to Alexander Rose
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- Title:
- Letter from John Torrans to Alexander Rose
- Date:
- 1770
- Creator (Personal):
- Torrans, John, 1702-1780
- Description:
- A handwrriten letter from John Torrans to Alexander Rose persuading him to purchase a brigatine sailing vessel called industry. The postscript mentions that one of the enslaved people is a runaway.
- Collection Title:
- Eighteenth & Nineteenth Century Correspondence Collection
- Contributing Institution:
- College of Charleston Libraries
- Media Type:
- Manuscripts
- Personal or Corporate Subject:
- Torrans, John, 1702-1780
Rose, Alexander, 1733-1801 - Topical Subject:
- Letters, Sailing ships, and Enslaved persons
- Geographic Subject:
- Charleston (S.C.)
- S.C. County:
- Charleston County (S.C.)
- Language:
- English
- Shelving Locator:
- Mss 0034-081
- Date Digital:
- 2023
- Digitization Specifications:
- 400 ppi, 24-bit depth, color, Epson Expression 12000XL, Archival Masters are tiffs.
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Copyright Status Statement:
- Public Domain.
- Access Information:
- For more information, contact Special Collections, College of Charleston Libraries, 66 George Street, Charleston SC 29424.
- Admin ID:
- 276751
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