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Receipt for Wine and Rum Consignment, Newport, Rhode Island, August 23, 1745

Signed receipt from Moses Levy acknowledging receipt of a consignment of wine and rum aboard the ship Molly, totaling 1040 pounds sterling. The receipt is dated August 23, 1745, in Newport, Rhode Island. The ship Molly was owned by the Vernon brothers and was involved in the transatlantic slave trade.

Associated People/Businesses

Levy, Moses
Fry, Thomas
Vernon, William, 1719-1806
Levy, Moses (1704-1792)

Geography

Newport

Subjects

Slavery
Transatlantic slave trade
Jewish merchants
Shipping

Physical Location

Arc.MS.56, Box 12, Folder 3