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Sarah Bonadventure : invoices, ivory shipped, etc. Bound ledger containing accounts...
Catalogue reference: T 70/1212
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This record is about the Sarah Bonadventure : invoices, ivory shipped, etc. Bound ledger containing accounts... dating from 1677 in the series Company of Royal Adventurers of England Trading with Africa and successors: Records. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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- T 70/1212
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1677
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Description (What the record is about)
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Sarah Bonadventure: invoices, ivory shipped, etc.
Bound ledger containing accounts of the ship Sarah Bonadventure under Captain Henry Nurse during a Royal African Company trading voyage to the Guinea coast of West Africa. Includes detailed manifests of trading goods and records of ivory and slaves bought on a daily basis with costs shown.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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- Public Record(s)
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- Open Document, Open Description
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- Topics
- Trade and commerce
- Slavery
- Africa
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C1248196/
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T 70
Company of Royal Adventurers of England Trading with Africa and successors: Records
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