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Ogden, T.L. [Insurance for Spanish slave ship]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09412 Author/Creator: Ogden, T.L. Place Written: s.l. Type: Manuscript document signed Date: 17 September 1811 Pagination: 4 p. Order a Copy

Insurance for Spanish slave ship Schooner Victoria. "Insured at New York against all Risks for a voyage round from the Havana, to, at, and from, the coast of Angola, to Havana, with Slaves..."

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