Neptune, James Bourk, Newport to Mole Saint-Nicolas, 1772
Item
Year
1772
Title
Neptune, James Bourk, Newport to Mole Saint-Nicolas, 1772
Vessel name
Vessel type
Brigantine
Captain / Master
James Bourk
Owner (vessel)
Aaron Lopez
Owner (cargo)
Aaron Lopez
Anchor
Newport, Rhode Island (USA)
Destination
Mole Saint-Nicolas, Hispaniola (Haiti)
Cargo
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.
Mole Saint-Nicolas to Newport: molasses
Consignee
John Dupuy
Crew
James Bourk (master); Samuel Bronnell (mate); Seth Davis (cooper); John Bourk (sailor); William Wade (sailor); Joseph Vickery (sailor); James Lamber (sailor); John Hennegin (boy).
Chronology
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.
Master's time of entry: November 5, 1772. Master's time of discharge: March 11, 1773.
Instructions to the captain: December 15, 1772.
Details
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.
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.
Access points: locations
Access points: persons
Access points: goods
Sources
American Jewish Historical Society, box 2, folder 12, docs. 1 and 43.
American Jewish Historical Society, box 5, folder 31, doc. 16, file 5 (from Newport Historical Society, Shipping Book of Aaron Lopez. 1771-1773)
Author
Camila Silva