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Size | About 20 items |
Abstract | This collection contains manifests, bills of lading, certificates of unlading, letters, accounts, and other items pertaining to shipping between New England, South Atlantic ports, and the West Indies. Sales of slaves are mentioned in an accounting document regarding trips between New Bern, N.C., and Montego Bay, Jamaica, in 1792. Also included is a book of accounts of Killey Eldredge (fl. 1793-1798), Massachusetts ship captain, with owners of two ships, kept during a voyage from Massachusetts to Charleston, S.C., 1793-1794, and on a voyage to England, Ireland, and France, 1796-1798. |
Curatorial Unit | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection. |
Language | English |
Processed by: SHC Staff
Encoded by: Noah Huffman, December 2007
Updated by: Adam Fielding, Kate Stratton and Jodi Berkowitz, October 2010
This collection was rehoused and a summary created with support from the National Endowment for the Humanities.
This finding aid was created with support from NC ECHO.
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The ships mentioned in these papers are the schooners Betsy, Fair American, Friendship, Jaca, Ann, Two Brothers, and Unity, and the sloops Diana, Republican, and Elizabeth. The ports mentioned are New Bern, N.C., Jamaica, Cape Francois (St. Domingo), Beaufort, N.C., New York, Norfolk-Portsmouth, Baltimore, Md., Savannah, GA., and Hardford, Conn.
Back to TopThis collection contains manifests, bills and certificates of unlading, letters, accounts, and other items pertaining to shipping between New England, South Atlantic ports, and the West Indies. Sales of slaves are mentioned in an accounting document regarding trips between Newbern, N.C. and Montego Bay, Jamaica in 1792. Also included is a book of accounts of Killey Eldredge (fl. 1793-1798), Massachusetts ship captain, with owners of two ships, kept during a voyage from Massachusetts to Charleston, S.C., 1793-1794, and on a voyage to England, Ireland, and France, 1796-1798.
Back to TopFolder 1 |
Original finding aid |
Folder 1-2
Folder 1Folder 2 |
Papers, 1756-1842 |
Oversize Paper OPF-1065/1 |
Manifest of the ship Elizabeth, 1807 |