Sailing orders from Samuel & William Vernon, Newport, RI to Captain Peter Dordin, Sept. 15, 1762. Early slave document detailing orders to Dordin, Master, Brig Reynard, to proceed "directly for the coast of Africa where being arrived you will consult the interest of the concerned in the whole of your trade." Acknowledged by Dordin: "the foregoing is copy of my orders wch I promise to observe."