Gaspee, Thomas Earnshey, Newport to Mole Saint-Nicolas, 1772

Year: 1772
Title: Gaspee, Thomas Earnshey, Newport to Mole Saint-Nicolas, 1772
Vessel name: Gaspee
Vessel type: Schooner
Captain / Master: Thomas Earnshey
Owner (cargo): Aaron Lopez
Anchor: Newport, Rhode Island (USA)
Destination: Mole Saint-Nicolas, Hispaniola (Haiti)
Cargo: 50 barrels of herring, 28 boxes of codfish, 15 hogsheads of codfish, 4 tierces rice, 34 1/2 barrels of pork, 30 barrels of common flour, 13 barrels of superfine flour, 15 barrels of apples, 8 barrels of pitch, 1000 sugar hogshead staves, 500 red oak hogshead staves, 8000 cedar shingles, 1970 white pine boards, 3677 hard pine boards, 80 shaken casks, 1500 hogshead hoops, and 31 cheeses.
Consignee: John Duprey
Chronology: Bill of lading: November 6, 1772
Access points: locations: Newport, Rhode Island (USA); Mole Saint-Nicolas, Hispaniola (Haiti)
Access points: persons: Earnshey, Thomas
Access points: goods: Cheese; Construction materials; Containers; Fish; Fruit; Grain and flour; Hardware; Meat; Naval stores; Sugar; Wood
Sources: American Jewish Historical Society, box 5, folder 31, doc. 16, file 5 (from Newport Historical Society, Shipping Book of Aaron Lopez. 1771-1773)
Author: Lara Rodrigues