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Colonial Era Ledger Document Signed by the Prominent New England Slave Trader William Vernon, 1762 by VERNON, William; (Peter Dordin)

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Seller: Between the Covers- Rare Books, Inc. ABAA

Title: Colonial Era Ledger Document Signed by the Prominent New England Slave Trader William Vernon, 1762
Author: VERNON, William; (Peter Dordin)
Seller: Between the Covers- Rare Books, Inc. ABAA (United States)
Condition: Very Good
Description: [Newport, Rhode Island, 1762. Very Good. Manuscript Ledger Sheet in two columns (8" x 13"). Signed by William Vernon, Sept. 14th, 1762. The sheet is headed: "Capt. Peter Dordin to W. Vernon, Philadelphia Currency". Light vertical folds, a few very small closed tears at the edges, very good or better. A well-preserved account statement of charges dating from 1757-60, payable to the Newport, Rhode Island-based merchant and slave trader William Vernon from fellow merchant and slave trader Peter Dordin. Vernon's dated signature confirms that the account was settled in 1762. Several charges relate to a 1757 voyage undertaken by brigantine *Mary* to Antigua: "June 29 [1757] - To cash pd. By W. Smith in Philada. For Insurance on £200 Briggt. Mary - Trip for Antigua ..." Other recorded charges include brigantine "Cato to Stamburgh," "Sloop Prussian Hero ... to Monte Cristo," and "500 Insurance on Briggt. Mermaid & Cargo ... ." William Vernon (1719 – 1806) is best known today for his role as President of the Eastern Navy Board during the American Revolutionary War, or informally as the first secretary of the Navy: He played a leading role in the building and equipping of vessels for the newly organized American Continental Navy and in the Continental Congress' maritime activities during the war. He had first entered into business as a young man with his brother Samuel in the bilateral trade between New England and the West Indies. In 1737 they expanded to the triangle trade, otherwise known as the Atlantic slave trade, eventually becoming the most prolific slave traders of Newport. Profits were made by purchasing people in Africa with rum from the colonies, and selling those slaves in the West Indies and North America, including Rhode Island. "The Vernons then used those profits to purchase molasses from those ports before buying more rum in the colonies, continuing the triangular cycle of trade." Over the course of sixty years, the Vernons financed over forty slave voyages to the coasts of West Africa, and had at one time as many as eight vessels engaged in the trade. Peter Dordin is best known in New England as the captain or master of slave ships trading from East Africa. A scarce surviving ledger sheet documenting the workings of the Atlantic slave trade in the American colonies before the Revolutionary War.

Song Without Words: A Book of Engravings on Wood by Ward, Lynd

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Title: Song Without Words: A Book of Engravings on Wood
Author: Ward, Lynd
Seller: Ken Sanders Rare Books, ABAA (United States)
Condition: Very good
Description: New York: Random House, 1936. First edition. Hardcover. Very good. SIGNED. Slim quarto [25 cm] in 1/4 parchment vellum with rose-gold foil boards and the title in red on the backstrip. Title page printed in red and black. Deckled fore-edges. With the publisher's original paper band, with small chips to the edges. Housed in publisher's cream slipcase with a gold foil wraparound. Rubbing to foiled boards, toning to backstrip, darkening to endpapers (more so the front) from gluing process during production. Interior is unmarked. In the slipcase, with moderate rubbing to the extremities, and significant areas of darkening. Illustrated by Lynd Ward with twenty-one engravings printed in black. From an edition of 1250 signed and numbered copies, of which this is number 1178. Signed by Ward on the limitation page. A story told entirely through wood engravings. This is the fifth of six wordless novels that Ward produced between 1929 and 1937. Dance 009.

Goddess of Ganymede by Resnick, Michael

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Title: Goddess of Ganymede
Author: Resnick, Michael
Seller: Brenner's Collectable Books (United States)
Condition: Fine
Description: West Kingston, RI: Donald M. Grant, 1967. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Neal MacDonald, Jr.. 12mo., 246pp. Beautiful Stated First Edition, limited to 750 unnumbered copies printed. Bound in original blue cloth with titles in gilt on spine. Printing. Square, tight and clean throughout with little or no wear save a couple of gentle rubs to the spine ends but quite minor. Equally attractive unclipped dust-jacket, ($4.00), is fresh and bright with no chipping, creasesm toning or tears. A gorgeous collectable copy.

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