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Year
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1774
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Title
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Abigail, Nathaniel Hathaway, Newport to Edenton and Surinam, 1774
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Vessel type
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Brigantine
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Captain / Master
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Nathaniel Hathaway
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Owner (vessel)
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Aaron Lopez
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Owner (cargo)
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Aaron Lopez
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Anchor
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Newport, Rhode Island (USA)
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Destination
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Edenton, North Carolina (USA)
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Surinam
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Cargo
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From Newport to Edenton, North Carolina: 1/3 of sugar, 2/4 casks wine, 1 box of green tea, 12 windsor chairs, 4 dozen of wood axes, 1 hogshead flax, 2 barrels of pickled codfish, 1 hogshead of New England rum, 1 hogshead of molasses, 60 barrels of salt, 300 weight bar iron, and 250 dollars in cash.
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From Newport to Surinam: 30 hogsheads of codfish, 40 barrels of superfine flour, 20 barrels of common flour, 14 boxes of spermaceti candles, 6 barrels of lamp oil, 20 barrels of salt, 2 barrels of codfish, 40 quarter barrels of jew beef, 6 1/2 barrels of jew beef, 2 ? queensware, 1000 red oak hogsheads staves, 170 shaken hogsheads, 400 feet pine headings, 25 molasses hogsheads, 6 water hogsheads, 50 1/2 barrels, 3300 hogsheads hoops, 4 hundes? hay, and 8 casher fat.
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Consignee
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Nathaniel Hathaway
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Crew
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Nathaniel Hathaway (master); Samuel Brockwell or Brownell (mate); Charles Whitfield (cooper); Robert Woodman (sailor); David Gray (sailor); James Ingraham (sailor); John Traphagar (sailor); William Clark (boy).
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Chronology
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Bill of lading: April 8, 1774.
Master's time of entry: March 14, 1774. Time of discharge: December 23, 1774.
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Details
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Master: 9 months and 20 days on board.
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Sources
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American Jewish Historical Society, box 1, folder 1, docs. 48, 50 and 51.
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Author
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Lara Rodrigues
