| Description | A file of personal papers of Humphrey Morice including, reports from ships overseas, on the trading of goods and slaves; trading accounts and receipts, certificates of taxes, letters regarding the South Sea Company including a copy of a certificate given by South Sea factors at Carthagena to a pirate vessel, notes on exchange rates, an account of goods from the Rebecca Snow, and an account of ships, taken by pirates, 1719; a report on the ship building trade, instructions to ships from Humphrey Morice, Kath Morice and others; an abstract of propositions for the encouragement of seamen, an agreement between Humphrey Morice and William Snelgrave, Commander of the Katherine Galley, and John Magnus, Chief Mate, 1724. |