Commission for John Hope Smith, 1816 November 11.

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Description

Title: Commission for John Hope Smith, 1816 November 11.
Creator: Company of Merchants Trading to Africa
Abstract: Printed form on parchment, completed in manuscript, signed, appointing John Hope Smith governor-in-chief at Cape Coast Castle for "the Company of Merchants Trading to Africa."
Description: In English.
Provenance: Purchased from Samuel Gedge Inc. on the James Marshall and Marie-Louise Osborn Fund, 2008.
Extent: 1 24 cm. item (1 p.) ;
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: English

Genre: Commissions
Resource Type: unspecified
Subject (Geographic): Africa
Great Britain
Great Britain.
Subject (Name): Smith, John Hope.
Cape Coast Castle (Cape Coast, Ghana)
Company of Merchants Trading to Africa.
Subject (Topic): Slave trade
Trading companies
Subjects: Smith, John Hope
Cape Coast Castle (Cape Coast, Ghana)
Company of Merchants Trading to Africa
Slave trade > Africa > 18th century
Slave trade > Great Britain > 18th century
Trading companies > Great Britain

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Citation: Company of Merchants Trading to Africa, Commission for John Hope Smith. James Marshall and Marie-Louise Osborn Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.