Active, William Taggart, Newport to Cap-Haïtien, 1773
Item
Year
1773
Title
Active, William Taggart, Newport to Cap-Haïtien, 1773
Vessel name
Vessel type
Schooner
Captain / Master
William Taggart
Owner (cargo)
Aaron Lopez
Anchor
Newport, Rhode Island (USA)
Destination
Cap-Haïtien (Haiti)
Cargo
100 boxes of spermaceti candles, 100 tons of rice, 4 hogsheads of codfish, 55 barrels of monhayden, 35 barrels of alewives, 15 barrels of turpentine, 10 barrels of tar, 25 barrels of whale oil, 35000 cedar shingles, 3700 hard pine boards, 3500 sugar hogshead staves, 100 shaken hogsheads, 2000 hogshead hoops, and 15 horses.
Consignee
Paul Rolland
Chronology
Bill of lading: June 14, 1773
Access points: locations
Access points: persons
Access points: goods
Sources
American Jewish Historical Society, box 5, folder 31, doc. 16, file 32 (from Newport Historical Society, Shipping Book of Aaron Lopez. 1771-1773)
Author
Camila Silva