Letters to Mr Nathaniel [?] Bayles of Newcastle from John Ritchie, captain of the ship Providence, 1780-1782.

Letters to Mr Nathaniel [?] Bayles of Newcastle from John Ritchie, captain of the ship Providence, sailing the Caribbean between New York and Jamaica. Includes voyage accounts, crew wages lists, notes on cargoes of enslaved people and the vessel's involvement in the American War of Independence, 1780-1782.