Neptune, James Bourk, Newport to Mole Saint-Nicolas, 1772
Item
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Year
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1772
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Title
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Neptune, James Bourk, Newport to Mole Saint-Nicolas, 1772
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Vessel type
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Brigantine
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Captain / Master
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James Bourk
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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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Mole Saint-Nicolas, Hispaniola (Haiti)
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Cargo
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Newport to Mole Saint-Nicolas: 6 hogsheads of codfish, 2 tierces of rice, 12 barrels of oats, 2 hogsheads of buckwheat, 90 barrels of light flour, 20 barrels of heavy flour, 12 barrels of tar, 52 cheeses, 24880 eastern pine boards, 4500 hard pine boards, 15500 cedar shingles, 5750 pine shingles, 200 shaken hogsheads, 13200 red oak hogsheads staves, 3750 hogsheads of hoops, and 6000 bricks.
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Mole Saint-Nicolas to Newport: molasses
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Consignee
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John Dupuy
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Crew
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James Bourk (master); Samuel Bronnell (mate); Seth Davis (cooper); John Bourk (sailor); William Wade (sailor); Joseph Vickery (sailor); James Lamber (sailor); John Hennegin (boy).
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Chronology
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Bill of lading: December 17, 1772
Master's time of entry: November 5, 1772. Master's time of discharge: March 11, 1773.
Instructions to the captain: December 15, 1772.
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Details
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Master: 4 months and 6 days on board.
Captain Bourk is instructed to deliver the cargo to Captain John Dupuy in Mole Saint-Nicolas. Then, Bourk should return home with a cargo of molasses to Newport, on board of the brigantine Neptune.
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Sources
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American Jewish Historical Society, box 2, folder 12, docs. 1 and 43.
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American Jewish Historical Society, box 5, folder 31, doc. 16, file 5 (from Newport Historical Society, Shipping Book of Aaron Lopez. 1771-1773)
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Lopez to Bourk. December 15, 1772
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Author
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Camila Silva
