Boston (Mass.)

Scope and Contents This collection comprises a group of four letters related to the business transactions of Boston merchant and Revolutionary figure William Molineaux and Northport, Rhode Island merchant and slave trader Samuel Vernon, dating from 1742 to 1749. The letters document their commercial activities, including participation in the Triangle Trade.The collection includes three letters signed by Molineaux to Vernon, as well as a letter from Boston merchant Isaac Winslow to Vernon, which...