Correspondence of the Royal African Company's Chief Merchants at Carbo Corso Castle with William's Fort, Whydah, and the Little Popo Factory, 1727-1728

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Author(s) Law, Robin (ed)
Publication type Monograph
Year published 1991
Pages 53pp
Publisher African Studies Program, Wisconsin University
Place Published Madison WC

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Name British Library
City London
County Greater London
Country England
Postcode NW1 2DB
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Document transcriptions, etc

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Provides transcriptions of 29 copy letters held in the Bedfordshire Record Office [FN 1055/1], these being 1] 24 letters exchanged between the Company's chief merchants at Cabo Corso Castle and William's Fort, Whydah, Oct 1727-Aug 1728, and 2] between the chief merchants and the factory at Little Popo, west of Whydah. An annotated transcription