George, Peleg Greene, Newport to Edenton, 1772

Year: 1772
Title: George, Peleg Greene, Newport to Edenton, 1772
Vessel name: George
Vessel type: Sloop
Captain / Master: Peleg Greene
Owner (cargo): Aaron Lopez
Anchor: Newport, Rhode Island (USA)
Destination: Edenton, North Carolina (USA)
Cargo: 6 butts of New England rum, 1 hogshead and 2 tierces of molasses, 20 barrels of cider, 2 hogsheads and 4 tierces of flax, 25 barrels of salt, 8 tierces of potatoes, 1 hogshead of turnips, 8 cheeses, 2 1/2 barrels of cordials, 2 barrels of brown sugar, 2 1/2 barrels of powder, 1 cask of raisins, 2 boxes of chocolate, 6 boxes of hard soap, 1 crate of Nottingham ware, 1 trunk of merchandise, 1/4 cask of Lisbon wine, 1 quintal of codfish, 1 bundle of spruce, 6 straw of bottom chairs, and 1 enslaved man.
Consignee: Joseph Reply
Chronology: Bill of lading: December, 1772
Access points: locations: Edenton, North Carolina (USA); Newport, Rhode Island (USA)
Access points: persons: Greene, Peleg; Reply, Joseph
Access points: goods: Cereal; Cheese; Chocolate; Cider; Earthenware; Enslaved people; Fish; Furniture; Molasses; Powder; Raisins; Rum; Salt; Soap; Spirits and liquors; Sugar; Vegetables and legumes; Wine
Sources: American Jewish Historical Society, box 5, folder 31, doc. 16, file 41 (from Newport Historical Society, Shipping Book of Aaron Lopez. 1771-1773)
Author: Camila Silva