Folder of papers: Estate of Thomas Vernon (1784) including amount owed Sam Vinson for the coffin, Samuel Gold for funeral linen, "Dark Thomas Eyres Bill", and John Gardner's bill; A letter from Mr. Henry Cruger, February 6, 1771, relating to Captain Lindsey, Captain Lawton, and spermaceti candles. A letter on the verso is from Mr. Charles Handy, relating to Captain Nathan Bull and the purchase of (whale) oil; Unsigned document describing the Brig Charlotte, left by Captain Knowles in Boston, where it was detained by Admiral Graves. The document mentions a cargo of rum.