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The account book was kept between 1 February 1759 and 27 April 1759. The accounts includes cargo bound for Bonny [goods traded in exchange for enslaved African people]; list of bills paid at Bonny in the MOLLY [also known as dashys or dashee or dashes or comey]; 286 African peoples enslaved / purchased at Bonny including 125 men, 114 woman, 21 boys, 26 girls; 386 Elephant Teeth and provisions brought at Bonny. The accounts also include the names of African Chiefs and 'merchants', e.g., 'Tillebo'; and a varied list of goods to be traded at Bonny, such as: Indian cotton textiles (e.g., niccanees, chelloes), weapons (guns, knives), hats; as well as a list of disbursements at St Thomas, e.g., plantain, coconut, Brazilian sugar.

Publication note:
The slave ship: a human history by Marcus Rediker, RMG Call number: 326.1"17/18", page 23, Open Access in Caird Library.
Understanding Slavery Initiative: "Account book for the Snow, Molly, a slave ship": https://understandingslavery.com/artefact/account-book-for-the-snow-molly-a-slave-ship/

Administrative / biographical background
The slave ship MOLLY was a snow, which is a square rigged vessel with two masts, with an additional snow (trysail-mast) mast placed immediately behind the main mast. Bonny Island is near Port Harcourt, in the Niger Delta in Nigeria.