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Manuscript, [n.d. circa 1783], Instructions to Captain Gideon Cook

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Captain Cook is instructed to sail the ship Commerce to Halifax, Nova Scotia where he is to barter with his cargo of tobacco and pitch for a load of fish and return to Charleston. Cook receives special instructions to take care of Boatswain, Crosss enslaved mariner.
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Correspondence
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Public Domain. For further information please contact South Caroliniana Library, Columbia, SC 29208.
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University of South Carolina. South Caroliniana Library

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South Carolina Digital Library

Keywords

  1. Boatbuilders
  2. Charleston
  3. Charleston (S.C.)
  4. Charleston County
  5. Charleston History
  6. Commerce
  7. Economic Aspects
  8. Economic Conditions
  9. Employment
  10. History
  11. Households
  12. Slaver
  13. Slavery
  14. Social Conditions
  15. South Carolina
  16. South Carolina Charleston
  17. Taverns (Inns)
  18. United States
  19. Women

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