of gold dust, and 8 or 9 cwt. of pepper. The net
proceeds of the sale of all this was L1,324 3_d._ The captain
then took on board 55 hhd. of molasses and 3 hhd. 27 bbl. of
sugar, amounting to L911 77_s._ 21/2_d._, received bills on
Liverpool for the balance, and returned in safety to Rhode
Island. He had done so well that he was immediately given a
new ship and sent to Africa again. _American Historical
Record_, I. 315-9, 338-42.
[9] _Ibid._, I. 316.
[10] _American Historical Record_, I. 317.
[11] _Ibid._, I. 344; cf. Weeden, _Economic and Social History
of New England_, II. 459.
[12] Cf. _New England Register_, XXXI. 75-6, letter of John
Saffin _et al._ to Welstead. Cf. also Sewall, _Protest_, etc.
[13] The number of slaves in New Hampshire has been estimated
as follows:
In 1730, 200. _N.H. Hist. Soc. Coll._, I. 229.
" 1767, 633. _Granite Monthly_, IV. 108.
" 1773, 681. _Ibid._
" 1773, 674. _N.H. Province Papers_, X. 636.
" 1775, 479. _Granite Monthly_, IV. 108.
" 1790, 158. _Ibid._
[14] _N.H. Province Papers_, IV. 617.
[15] _Granite Monthly_, VI. 377; Poore, _Federal and State
Constitutions_, pp. 1280-1.
[16] Cf. _The Body of Liberties_, Sec. 91, in Whitmore,
_Bibliographical Sketch of the Laws of the Massachusetts
Colony_, published at Boston in 1890.
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