» Torrans (John) letters, circa 1775
April 26, 2013
Manuscript Collections, Collections
A letter from John Torrans to Alexander Rose recommends that Rose buy the brigantine Industry lying at Eveleigh’s Wharf, that she will do well to go to Suranam [Surinam]. A postscript headed Distillery Monday Morning asks Rose to tell Forbes that one of the Negros is run away.