1710 Col Am Doc> MAJOR JAMES BROWN RUM DISTILLER & SLAVE TRADER SHIPS--TRIANGLE

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1719 Col Am Doc> On Hand Laid Paper With A Full Papermakers Watermark & In Super Condition. This Document Has Major James Brown Through The Courts Trying To settle An Account For Rum Sold at His Distillery Which He Used For Suppling His Slave Trader Ships That He Operated During Treacherous Times in The Slave Trading In The Of  Colony Of Rhode Island  The Above Was Compared By Me The Subscriber One Of his Majesty's Justice Of The Peace For The Town Of Newport In Above Colony & Is A True Copy As It Stands Charged In His Book Which Was Also Sworn By Major James Brown To Be A True & Just Account. In Newport This 27th Of March 1719 Edward Thurston. Major Brown Had His Problems Running His Ships To & Back From Africa His ship (Hope) Was Confiscated & Sold At Auction But That Did Not Stop Him From the Trade and Became A Very Wealthy Person Because Of It. Father Of John Brown of The Gaspee Affair & One Of The Wealthy Brothers Who Started Brown University. MAJOR JAMES BROWN Signs In His Bright & Bold Signature. On Verso it States Maj Brown Account To Luther. 7 1/2 X 9 1/2" .20 For 1st Class Mail. Satisfaction Always Guaranteed.