Oliver Ring Warner (ca. 1729-1799) was born circa 1729 and died on September 28, 1799 in Newport, Rhode Island. He worked for the merchant firm of Samuel and William Vernon in Newport during the 1750s.
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Oliver Ring Warner letter, RLC.Ms.535, Redwood Library and Athenaeum.
This collection consists of one letter from Oliver Ring Warner in Kingston, Jamaica, to his employers Samuel (1711-1792) and William (1719-1806) Vernon in Newport, Rhode Island, on January 5, 1755, concerning the misfortunes faced on Warner’s trading voyage after a gale of wind damaged the ship. Warner informs the Vernon brothers that he hopes to sell the remaining cargo on the vessel as he continues the voyage to Georgia and the Carolinas. Also, Warner suspects that he will be able to purchase rice at a low cost in Carolina, which should help recover any losses incurred.
This collection is arranged in chronological order.
Purchased from Ten Pound Island Book Co., 2008 January 9.
This collection was initially processed by Aimee Saunders in 2010.
Samuel and William Vernon bill of exchange, RLC.Ms.534, Redwood Library and Athenaeum.