Abigail, Nathaniel Hathaway, Newport to Surinam, 1772

Year: 1772
Title: Abigail, Nathaniel Hathaway, Newport to Surinam, 1772
Vessel name: Abigail
Vessel type: Sloop
Captain / Master: Nathaniel Hathaway
Owner (cargo): Aaron Lopez
Anchor: Newport, Rhode Island (USA)
Destination: Surinam
Cargo: 50 boxes of spermaceti candles, 49 barrels of flour, 8 kegs of fat, 32 barrels of salt, 6 hogsheads and 9 tierces of tobacco, 6 hogsheads of codfish, 12 kegs of casher beef, 208 barrels of alewives, 2 barrels of monhayden, 2400 feet pine heading, 2400 red oak hogshead staves, 3000 hogshead hoops, 6200 bricks, 160 shaken hogsheads, 1 red cedar desk, 2 maple tables, and 1 horse and provender.
Chronology: Bill of lading: June 9, 1772
Details: Cargo: also several notes and receipts for money on various individuals
Access points: locations: Newport, Rhode Island (USA); Surinam
Access points: persons: Hathaway, Nathaniel
Access points: goods: Animals; Candles; Fat; Fish; Furniture; Grain and flour; Hardware; Kosher food; Salt; Tobacco; Wood
Sources: American Jewish Historical Society, box 5, folder 31, doc. 16, file 13 (from Newport Historical Society, Shipping Book of Aaron Lopez. 1771-1773)
Author: Lara Rodrigues