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Year
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1772
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Title
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Cleopatra, Nathaniel Briggs, Newport to Barbados and Mole, 1772
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Vessel type
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Ship
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Captain / Master
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Nathaniel Briggs
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Owner (vessel)
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Aaron Lopez
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Jacob Rodriguez Rivera
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Owner (cargo)
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Aaron Lopez
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Jacob Rodriguez Rivera
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Anchor
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Newport, Rhode Island (USA)
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Destination
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Barbados
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Mole Saint-Nicolas, Hispaniola (Haiti)
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Cargo
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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.
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Consignee
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Nathaniel Briggs
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Jones & Moes (Barbados)
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Crew
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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).
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Chronology
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Bill of lading: December 14, 1772.
Master's time of entry: November 7, 1772. Master's time of discharge: March 31, 1773.
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Details
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Master: 4 months and 24 days on board.
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Sources
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American Jewish Historical Society, box 3, folder 10, docs. 26b, 28 and 32.
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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)
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Author
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Camila Silva
