Gaspee, Thomas Earnshey, Newport to Mole Saint-Nicolas, 1772
Item
Year
1772
Title
Gaspee, Thomas Earnshey, Newport to Mole Saint-Nicolas, 1772
Vessel name
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
Access points: persons
Access points: goods
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