Vassa's Documents Database

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In this section, it is possible to browse the collection of documents. First select the document category or the source type. In the Documents Category, you can scroll down to search by type of letter and type of document, including legal papers, advertisements for Vassa's autobiography. In Source type, you can scroll down to chose among newspapers, archival materials, published sources,, and images/photographs. If you click on any item, it will expand to give a list of documents and materials that are available, and then you are only a click away to seeing the original document, unless it is unavailable, a transcript, and full metadata on the item. In most cases, a PDF copy of the actual document is accessible and can be downloaded at no cost. In cases where there is only a few lines of text on a newspaper page, the relevant portion is highlighted in a red box. The complete page of the document is also included to provide context for the citation.

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Advertisement for the Interesting Narrative, Aris's Birmingham Gazette, 14 June 1790
Advertisement for the Interesting Narrative, Gloucester Journal, 15 July 1793
Advertisement for the Interesting Narrative, Northampton Mercury, 18 December 1790
Advertisement for the Interesting Narrative, St. James’s Chronicle; or, British Evening-Post, 23-25 November 1790
Advertisement for the Interesting Narrative, The Aberdeen Journal, 20 August 1792
Advertisement for the Interesting Narrative, The Belfast News–Letter, 20 December 1791
Advertisement for the Interesting Narrative, The Bury and Norwich Post; Or, Suffolk, Norfolk, Essex, and Cambridge Advertiser, 5 February 1794
Advertisement for the Interesting Narrative, The Caledonian Mercury, 21 May 1792
Advertisement for the Interesting Narrative, The Freeman's Journal, 31 May-2 June 1791
Advertisement for the Interesting Narrative, The General Evening Post, 4 December 1790
Advertisement for the Interesting Narrative, The General Evening Post, 20 February 1790
Advertisement for the Interesting Narrative, The Glasgow Advertiser and Evening Intelligencer, 27–30 April 1792
Advertisement for the Interesting Narrative, The Manchester Mercury, & Harrop’s General Advertiser, 20 July 1790
Advertisement for the Interesting Narrative, The Morning Star, 1 May 1789
Advertisement for the Interesting Narrative, The Morning Star, 29 April 1789
Advertisement for the Interesting Narrative, The New York Journal and Patriotic Register, 24 September 1791
Advertisement for the Interesting Narrative, The Newcastle Chronicle or Weekly Advertiser, and Register of News Commerce, and Entertainment, 15 September 1792
Advertisement for the Interesting Narrative, The Norfolk Chronicle, 22 February 1794
Advertisement for the Interesting Narrative, The Sheffield Register, Yorkshire, Derbyshire, & Nottinghamshire Universal Advertiser, 20 August 1790
Advertisement for the Interesting Narrative, The World, 5 January 1790
Advertisement for the Interesting Narrative, The World, 18 June 1789
Advertisement for the Interesting Narrative, The World, 20 January 1790
Advertisement for the Interesting Narrative, The World, 24 March 1789
Advertisement for the Interesting Narrative, The York Chronicle, 22 April 1791
Advertisement to Lease Plaisterers’ Hall, The Times, 2 January 1798
Advertisement to Lease Plaisterers’ Hall, The Times, 22 January 1798
Advertisement to Lease Plaisterers’ Hall, The Times, 23 January 1798
Advertisement for the Interesting Narrative, The Star, 21 May 1789
Advertisement for the Interesting Narrative, Yarrington & Bacon’s Norwich Mercury, 22 February 1794
Advertisement for Interesting Narrative The Times 1 December 1790New Entry
Advertisement for The Interesting Narrative, Göttingische Gelehrte Anzeigen, 1790
Advertisement for the German version of The Interesting Narrative..., Gothaische Gelehrte Zeitungen, 19 May 1790
Advertisement for a Dutch version to The Interesting Narratives… by Pieter Holsteyn, Oprechte Sturdagse Haarlamse Courant, 20 November 1790.
Advertisement for a Dutch version of The Interesting Narrative... by Jacob Pieter van Braam, Oprechte Donderdagse Haarlemse Courant, 6 May 1790.
Advertisement for a Dutch version on The Interesting Narratives... by Jacob Pieter van Braam, Rotterdamsche Courant, 6 May 1790.
Advertisement for a Dutch version of The Interesting Narratives… by Pieter Holsteyn, Utrechtsche Courant, 14 January 1791.
Advertisement for a Dutch version of The Interesting Narratives… by Pieter Holsteyn, Utrechtsche Courant, 24 November 1790.
Advertisement and a short review for a Dutch version of The Interesting Narratives..., Utrechtsche Courant, 29 July 1814.