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Letter to Mrs. Anne Winstanley, Liverpool from Captain William Earle: on a slaving voyage to Old Calabar

D/EARLE/3/1 | THE EARLE COLLECTION.BUSINESS CORRESPONDENCE. | He wrote previously when bound for Cork, and went windward, where he saw Captain Maddox. He arrived in Calabar three days before Captain Maddox. Captain Thomson of Marsden & Snape of Bristol, was seen in the river. The trade is "sluggish", but he is healthy and has obtained slaves in excess of his expectations. He describes the natives as "saucy" and "insolent", and would need no encouragement not to return there.

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Source	UK National Archives
Collection	International records
Kind	Document
Publisher	National Museums Liverpool: Maritime Archives and Library
Date	30 Aug 175
Type	catalogue level 9
Details	search Calabar
Found at	https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/3e600ddd-13e7-43ca-b5d9-ee7733e396f9
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Record ID	`uk-tna-discovery:3e600ddd-13e7-43ca-b5d9-ee7733e396f9`

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Letter to Mrs. Anne Winstanley, Liverpool from Captain William Earle: on a slaving voyage to Old Calabar. UK National Archives, 1751. Vero Archive, record uk-tna-discovery:3e600ddd-13e7-43ca-b5d9-ee7733e396f9.