Title

The assiento, or, contract for allowing for the subjects of Great Britain the liberty of importing negroes into the Spanish America. Sign'd by the Catholick king at Madrid, the twenty sixth day of March, 1713. By Her Majesties special command.

Author

Great Britain.

Publication

London, Printed by J. Baskett, printer to the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty and by the assignes of T. Newcomb, and H. Hills, 1713.

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Details

Additional Authors

South Sea Company.

Description

[4], 48 p.; 22 cm. (4to.)

Alternative Title

• Assiento
• Contract for allowing for the subjects of Great Britain the liberty of importing negroes into the Spanish America

Subjects

• Great Britain Treaties, etc > Spain, > 1713 March 26
• Slave trade > West Indies, Spanish
• Slave trade > Latin America

Indexed In (note)

• Sabin

Source (note)

• of Sidney Lapidus;

Language (note)

• Spanish and English in parallel columns.

Provenance (note)

• Copy in Sc Rare C 16-50 (Lapidus Collection) inscribed: in ink, on t.p., "16 [struck through]" and "19."

Binding (note)

• Copy in Sc Rare C 16-50 (Lapidus Collection) rebound in burgundy leather boards with red gilt stamped leather label on upper board.

Call Number

*KC 1713 (Spain. Treaties, 1713. Assiento)

LCCN

43031151

Author

Great Britain.

Title

The assiento, or, contract for allowing for the subjects of Great Britain the liberty of importing negroes into the Spanish America. Sign'd by the Catholick king at Madrid, the twenty sixth day of March, 1713. By Her Majesties special command.

Imprint

London, Printed by J. Baskett, printer to the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty and by the assignes of T. Newcomb, and H. Hills, 1713.

Indexed In:

Sabin 2227 *KC 1713 (Spain. Treaties, 1713. Assiento) Copy 1

Language

Spanish and English in parallel columns.

Local Note

*KC 1713 (Spain. Treaties, 1713. Assiento) Copy 2: Lenox Collection.

*KC 1713 (Spain. Treaties, 1713. Assiento) Copy 2: With transcripts of four South Sea Company memorials, and translations of grants by the Spanish King, April 11 and Une 17, 1713, 9 leaves of ms. inserted at end.

Binding

Copy in Sc Rare C 16-50 (Lapidus Collection) rebound in burgundy leather boards with red gilt stamped leather label on upper board. NN

Source

Gift; of Sidney Lapidus; 2015. Copy in Schomburg Center, Manuscripts, Archives & Rare Books

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Added Author

South Sea Company.

Lapidus, Sidney, 1937- donor.

Added Title

Assiento

Contract for allowing for the subjects of Great Britain the liberty of importing negroes into the Spanish America

Research Call Number

*KC 1713 (Spain. Treaties, 1713. Assiento)

Sc Rare C 16-50 (Lapidus Collection)