Cleopatra, William Bourk, Newport to Mole Saint-Nicolas, 1772
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Year
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1772
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Title
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Cleopatra, William Bourk, Newport to Mole Saint-Nicolas, 1772
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Vessel type
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Ship
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Captain / Master
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William Bourk
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Anchor
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Newport, Rhode Island (USA)
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Destination
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Mole Saint-Nicolas, Hispaniola (Haiti)
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Cargo
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125 boxes of spermaceti candles, 7 hogsheads of codfish, 20 barrels of flour, 139 barrels of monhayden, 161 barrels of alewives, 12300 red oak hogshead stave, 257 shaken hogsheads, 28000 shingles, 12902 hard pine boards, 15859 eastern pine boards & planks, and 3800 of hoops.
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Consignee
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John Duprey
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Crew
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William Bourk (master); Godfree Manchester (mate); Paul McDaniel (cooper); Daniel Gray (sailor); Matthew Longwood (sailor); David Thomas (sailor); Arnold Briggs (sailor); Benjamin Butts (sailor); Isaac Sanford (sailor); Arthur McLead (sailor); John Bourk (sailor); James Neugent (sailor); David Manchester (sailor); Giles Brownell (sailor); Newport Briggs (sailor).
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Chronology
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Bill of lading: July 15, 1772
Master's time of entry: July 10, 1772. Master's time of discharge: November 5, 1772.
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Details
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Master: 3 months and 25 days on board.
Last member of the crew to be discharged: 5 months and 6 days.
Sailors Matthew Longwood and David Thomas run away.
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Sources
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American Jewish Historical Society, box 3, folder 9, docs. 22 and 44.
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American Jewish Historical Society, box 5, folder 31, doc. 16, file 4 (from Newport Historical Society, Shipping Book of Aaron Lopez. 1771-1773)
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Author
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Camila Silva
