Charlotte, Ebenezer Shearman, Newport to Mole and Jamaica, 1772

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Year: 1772
Title: Charlotte, Ebenezer Shearman, Newport to Mole and Jamaica, 1772
Vessel name: Charlotte
Vessel type: Brigantine
Captain / Master: Ebenezer Shearman
Owner (cargo): Aaron Lopez
Anchor: Newport, Rhode Island (USA)
Destination: Mole Saint-Nicolas, Hispaniola (Haiti); Jamaica
Cargo: 34 barrels of superfine flour, 50 barrels of common flour, 8 tons of rice, 15 hogsheads of codfish, 25 barrels of salt, 50 boxes of spermaceti candles, 10 barrels of lamp oil, 6 barrels of tar, 6 barrels of pork, 5081 white oak hogshead staves, 2463 red oak hogshead stave, 1300 white oak hogshead heading, 50 shaken hogsheads, 12000 hogshead hoops, 20000 cedar shingles, 3140 pine boards, 48 cheeses, 20 turkeys, 20 geese, 12 sheep & provender
Consignee: John Duprey; Benjamin Wright
Crew: Ebenezer Shearman (master), Henry Davedant (mate), John Beasly Cooper (mate), John Vallentine (cooper), John Reed (sailor), Charles Whitfeld (sailor), Samuel Hill (sailor), "Negro" Caff, servant of Benjamin Wright (sailor), "Negro" Quash, servant of Benjamin Wright (sailor).
Chronology: Bill of lading: January 19, 1773
Master's time of entry: December 10, 1772
Time of discharge: June 24, 1773
Details: Master: 6 months and 14 days on board.
Access points: locations: Jamaica; Mole Saint-Nicolas, Hispaniola (Haiti); Newport, Rhode Island (USA)
Access points: persons: Duprey, John; Shearman, Ebenezer; Wright, Benjamin
Access points: goods: Candles; Cheese; Containers; Animals; Fish; Grain and flour; Meat; Naval stores; Salt; Wood
Sources: American Jewish Historical Society box 1, folder 12, doc 21 and 52; American Jewish Historical Society, box 5, folder 31, doc. 16, file 6 (from Newport Historical Society, Shipping Book of Aaron Lopez. 1771-1773)
Author: Lara Rodrigues

Item sets: Lopez Shipping records