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Medford Historical Society Papers, Volume 25., Views of Medford. (search)
tr 1765. Captt Peter Gwin Sir I have ship'd the above Sugar with leave from Mr. Fitch & beg You'l dispose of it to my best advantage on Your arrival on the coast of Affrica & if it's sufficiant purchase me a Boy Slave. If you go to the West Indies please to lay out the neat proceeds in good Produce which leave to Your Iudgment what may best answer the great end of Getting money. I wish You Health & Prosperity being sincerely Your Friend & H'ble Servt Fras Minot P. S. As Loaf Sth G. R. beneath, are suggestive of the Stamp Act. The peculiar product of Medford formed the principal part of the cargo and was the medium of exchange on the African coast. The voyages were usually triangular, the second lap being to the West Indies or southern ports, then homeward with the results in southern produce or cash, and with the few unsold slaves. The vessel's return was watched for with much concern by the merchant owner, and, we doubt not, by his clerk, who was an adventurer
Medford Historical Society Papers, Volume 25., Old ships and ship-building days of Medford. (search)
sailed:— DefianceParsonsTo and from West Indies EssexWillcomeTo and from West Indies FriendshipJacksonTo and from West Indies HalifaxStilesTo and from West Indies PollyBarstowTo and fromee FriendsWoodFor France NeptuneFrazierFor West Indies JohnStantonFor West Indies SallyPaineFor West Indies SallyPaineFor West Indies FriendshipManchesterFor West Indies BellaGrinnellFor Holland Also the sloops GlorWest Indies FriendshipManchesterFor West Indies BellaGrinnellFor Holland Also the sloops Gloriosa, Mercury, Boston, Speedwell, Minerva. Medford Historical Register, January, 1916. The cWest Indies BellaGrinnellFor Holland Also the sloops Gloriosa, Mercury, Boston, Speedwell, Minerva. Medford Historical Register, January, 1916. The cargoes to the southern states from Massachusetts were largely rum and salt codfish, but to the Westfrom the southern states and sugar from the West Indies. The suppression of this trade was one of rom the cutting off of their trade with the West Indies and Great Britain, through the operation oftrade between the United States and the British West Indies must be carried on in British-built vese, Capt. Thomas Tate 1805 from Salem to the West Indies. From Salem towards Martinico:— Sept[6 more...]<