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Receipt for Spermaceti Candles, Newport, Rhode Island, August 24, 1769

A signed receipt dated August 24, 1769, from Aaron Lopez for 15 boxes of spermaceti candles sold to William Vernon. The receipt is associated with the prominent Newport, Rhode Island merchant Aaron Lopez and the Vernon brothers, significant figures in the colonial-era slave trade.

Associated People/Businesses

Lopez, Aaron, 1731-1782
Vernon, William, 1719-1806
Vernon, Samuel
LOPEZ, AARON

Geography

Newport

Subjects

Slave trade
Jewish merchants

Physical Location

Arc.MS.56, Box 9, Folder 13