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Braxton, Carter to Nicholas Brown & Co.
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Publication/Creation:
- Virginia: 1763-02-01
Creators and Contributors:
- Braxton, Carter (creator)
- Nicholas Brown & Co. (recipient)
Description:
- Physical Description:
- 2 p. reformatted digital
- Abstract:
- Though most of the Brown brothers trading activities were directed to the Caribbean, they also traded with mainland colonies. A voyage to Virginia by the sloop Four Brothers in 1763 touched off a correspondence between the Browns and Carter Braxton, a Virginia merchant and future signer of the Declaration of Independence, who proposed working together to mount a slaving voyage to Africa. "I am told there is a great Traid carried on from Rhode Island to Guinea for Negroes," Braxton wrote in this letter of February 1, 1763, "and I should be glad to enter into Partnership with some Gentlemen for a Voyage or two and have [the Negroes] sent here where I believe they sell as well as any where." The Browns initially seemed receptive to the offer, but ultimately decided to mount an African venture independently.
- Call Number:
- BFBR 356-18-2/1/63 (JCB Manuscript ID)
Genre(s)
- letters (correspondence)