Abigail, Nathaniel Hathaway, Newport to West Indies, 1773

Year: 1773
Title: Abigail, Nathaniel Hathaway, Newport to West Indies, 1773
Vessel name: Abigail
Vessel type: Sloop
Captain / Master: Nathaniel Hathaway
Owner (cargo): Aaron Lopez
Destination: West Indies
Cargo: 90 barrels of common flour, 14 barrels of superfine flour, 12 barrels of rice, 13 hogsheads of codfish, 14 hogsheads tobacco, 15 boxes of dipped tallow candles, 3210 hard pine boards, 5000 red oak hogshead staves, 11 100 hogshead hoops, 10 boxes of spermaceti candles. Also: cheese, tar, pitch, turpentine, ship bread, herring, beef, beans, fat, sausages, and pork.
Chronology: Bill of lading: February 10, 1773
Access points: locations: Newport, Rhode Island (USA); West Indies
Access points: persons: Hathaway, Nathaniel
Access points: goods: Bread; Candles; Cheese; Fish; Grain and flour; Hardware; Meat; Naval stores; Tobacco; Vegetables and legumes; Wood
Sources: American Jewish Historical Society, box 5, folder 31, doc. 16, file 8 (from Newport Historical Society, Shipping Book of Aaron Lopez. 1771-1773)
Author: Lara Rodrigues