Cleopatra, Nathaniel Briggs, Newport to Barbados and Mole, 1772
Item
Year
1772
Title
Cleopatra, Nathaniel Briggs, Newport to Barbados and Mole, 1772
Vessel name
Vessel type
Ship
Captain / Master
Nathaniel Briggs
Owner (vessel)
Aaron Lopez
Jacob Rodriguez Rivera
Owner (cargo)
Aaron Lopez
Jacob Rodriguez Rivera
Anchor
Newport, Rhode Island (USA)
Destination
Barbados
Mole Saint-Nicolas, Hispaniola (Haiti)
Cargo
25 barrels of flour, 28380 feet of pine boards, 4900 white oak hogshead staves, 2500 red oak hogshead staves, 1500 white oak hogshead heading, 260 shaken hogshead, 15500 hogshead hoops, 28700 bricks, 25 turkeys, 6 geese, 50 sheep and provender, 183 doubloons, and 6 boxes of spermaceti candles.
Consignee
Nathaniel Briggs
Jones & Moes (Barbados)
Crew
Nathaniel Briggs (master); Benjamin Allen (mate); William Corey (2nd mate); Arthur McCloud (boatswain); John Burroughs (cooper); Arnold Briggs (sailor); Benjamin Butts (sailor); Gardner Sowle (sailor); Joshua Crettawon (sailor); Briggs (sailor); Newport Briggs (sailor); Samuel Briggs (sailor); Erick Fry (boy).
Chronology
Bill of lading: December 14, 1772.
Master's time of entry: November 7, 1772. Master's time of discharge: March 31, 1773.
Master's time of entry: November 7, 1772. Master's time of discharge: March 31, 1773.
Details
Master: 4 months and 24 days on board.
Access points: locations
Access points: persons
Access points: goods
Sources
American Jewish Historical Society, box 3, folder 10, docs. 26b, 28 and 32.
American Jewish Historical Society, box 5, folder 31, doc. 16, file 2 and 8 (from Newport Historical Society, Shipping Book of Aaron Lopez. 1771-1773)
Author
Camila Silva