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Catalog Number |
16166 |
Object Name |
Invoice |
Scope & Content |
1782 invoice of white sugar shipped on board the Brig Defence, under Captain Robert Rantoul, Master, from Havana, Cuba. Robert Rantoul was born in Scotland 1753, emigrated to America in 1769, and married Mary Preston in Salem in 1774. He died in 1783 while aboard the "Iris" which was lost on a voyage from the York River to Nantes. The "Defence" was owned by William Gray, Benjamin West, Theodore Lyman and others. (Essex Institute Historical Collection Vol. 5, p147) |
Dates of Creation |
1782 |
Title |
Invoice for sugar on the Brig Defence |
People |
Rantoul, Robert |
Search Terms |
trade maritime Havana Cuba Defence Brig Defence sugar |
Lexicon category |
8: Communication Artifact |
Accession number |
16166 |
Date |
5 February 1782 |
Medium |
paper |