A 1791 autograph letter signed by James Amoss, wine merchant and slave dealer, sent from Kingston, Jamaica
The letter, dated 10 December 1791 and carried privately by ship from Kingston, is addressed to 'Messrs Newton, Gordon & Murdoch, Merchants, Madeira'. A number of lesser matters are touched upon, but the letter deals primarily with the importation of wine: 'I cannot at present ascertain what quantity of wine..... More