Charlotte, John Newdigate, Newport to Witywood, Savanna la Mar and Honduras, 1769

Year: 1769
Title: Charlotte, John Newdigate, Newport to Witywood, Savanna la Mar and Honduras, 1769
Vessel name: Charlotte
Vessel type: Brigantine
Captain / Master: John Newdigate
Owner (vessel): Aaron Lopez
Owner (cargo): Aaron Lopez
Anchor: Newport, Rhode Island (USA)
Destination: Witywood (Jamaica)
Cargo: 1 puncheon of rum and 1 hogshead of sugar
Consignee: Benjamin Wright
Crew: John Pinner (mate)
Chronology: Instructions to the captain: January 5, 1769
Details: There were debts in Witywood and Lopez tell to the Newdigate whatever he sells, it should be for cash and forbids him to trust any of his interest on that island (Witywood). In Savanna La Mar, Lopez wants Wright to deliver Newdigate rum and sugar. In the Bay of Honduras, Newdigate has to convert the cargo into good mahogany and logwood.
Access points: locations: Bay of Honduras; Newport, Rhode Island (USA); Witywood (Jamaica)
Access points: persons: Newdigate, John; Wright, Benjamin
Access points: goods: Rum; Sugar
Sources: American Jewish Historical Society, box 1, folder 9, doc. 22; Lopez to Newdigate. January 5, 1769
Author: Lara Rodrigues