Letter written on board a slave ship...
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May 27, 1732
THE WEEKLY REGISTER: OR, UNIVERSAL JOURNAL, London, May 27, 1732 A quite rare title as this is the first we have encountered in our 44 years. It appears to have run from 1730 - 1735.
A nice "newsy" paper with a wide variety of items. One report may well be the first letter we have seen written on board a slave ship: "Extract of a Letter from on Board the Mary Galley, Capt. Bilby, dated at Bonny on the Coast of Guinea" which has: "We have now about 200 slaves on board & hope to get out of this unwholesome place about a month hence...We have buried the carpenter and six other hands...Another letter...from the said ship dated from St. Christopher, which say they have buried 12 men and 128 slaves."
Another report concerning trade in Spanish America by the South Sea Company.
Four pages, red tax stamp on the front page, 10 1/4 by 13 1/2 inches, nice condition.
A nice "newsy" paper with a wide variety of items. One report may well be the first letter we have seen written on board a slave ship: "Extract of a Letter from on Board the Mary Galley, Capt. Bilby, dated at Bonny on the Coast of Guinea" which has: "We have now about 200 slaves on board & hope to get out of this unwholesome place about a month hence...We have buried the carpenter and six other hands...Another letter...from the said ship dated from St. Christopher, which say they have buried 12 men and 128 slaves."
Another report concerning trade in Spanish America by the South Sea Company.
Four pages, red tax stamp on the front page, 10 1/4 by 13 1/2 inches, nice condition.
Item from our most recent catalog - #367 - released for June, 2026
Category: The 1600's and 1700's
