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Metadata
Catalog Number |
2019.076.001 |
Object Name |
Log, Ship's |
Scope & Content |
2019.076.001 includes three separate documents: Entries from Foreign Ports (images 1 to 34, pages 1 to 18), Book of Clearances (images 35 to 82, pages 19 to 42), and Light Money Memorandum (images 83 to 91, pages 43 to 47). Images 92 to 99, pages 48 to 55 are blank. The transcription of Entries from Foreign Ports is on images 100 to 112. The transcription of Book of Clearances is on images 113 to 135. The transcription of Light is on images is on 136 to 142. Summaries for each document are below. Port of Beverly Entries from Foreign Ports is a 33 page document describing ships as they enter Beverly's port. The information recorded includes the shipmasters' names, the names of the vessels, the burthen in tons, the names of the crewmembers, where the vessels are owned, which kind of guns the vessel has, if any, the cargo carried, where that cargo is from, and the date that the vessels entered Port of Beverly. Common cargo items include molasses, coffee, sugar, flour, foreign and domestic rum, boards, shingles, salt, bread, pork, beef, tar, pitch, green fish, mackerel, rice, lemmons (lemons), corn, candles, butter, cyder, and cotton. Common units used in this document include tierces, quintals, casks, hogsheads, barrels, tons, and (salt) moys. Names frequently mentioned in this document include Daniel Adams, Arnold Martin, William Wyatt, John Thissel or Thistle, Peter Pride Jr., Thomas Babcock, Jeremiah and Samuel Foster, Thomas Bridges, Zebulon Foster, Israel Johnson, and Thomas Peach Hammond. Ships frequently mentioned in this document include brigantine Hephzibah, schooner Sally, sloop Rainbow, schooner Lark, schooner Dragon, schooner Raven, schooner Swallow, sloop Fly, brigantine Harmony or Harmonie, schooner Industry, schooner Hannah, and schooner Betsy. Common locations goods arrived from include Boston, Turks Islands, Hispaniola, Martinique, Blue Hill Bay, Bay Verte (Baie Verte), St. Croix, St. Ubes, St. Sebastian, Portsmouth, New Hampshire, and Booth Bay. The entry dates are between the October 12, 1784 and December 21, 1785. Book of Clearances N. 2 & 3 is a 47 page ship log. The information recorded includes the shipmasters' names, the names of the vessels, the burthen in tons, the names or number of the crewmembers, where the vessels are owned, which kind of guns the vessel has (none carry guns in this log), cargo carried, where that cargo is bound, and the dates that the vessels were cleared. Common cargo articles include fish (especially codfish and mackerel, dry, fresh, or pickled), molasses, coffee, brown sugar, salt, Bohea tea, pork, onions, blubber, corn, foreign and domestic rum, flour, chocolate, tobacco, cramberries (cranberries), potatoes, liver oil, bread, beef, lumber, boards, planks, shingles, bricks, hoops, shoes, chairs, desks, axes, buckets, and hay. Units commonly used in this document include quintals, tierces, hogsheads, barrels, casks, tons, pounds, and bushels. Certain items, especially fish, require cockets, which are certificates proving all duties were paid on articles imported into the Commonwealth. Items requiring cockets are listed with the dates merchants received them in this document. Names commonly mentioned include Thomas Bridges, Robert Haskell and Robert Haskell Jr. (also spelled Haskoll), William Wyatt, Benjamin Ives, Benjamin Roundy, Zebulon Foster, Thomas Giles, Thomas Smith, Andrew Gage, Stephen Vickery (also spelled Vickere or Vickerey), Jonathan Batchelder, Peter Pride and Peter Pride Jr., Richard Ober, Richard Ober 2nd, and Richard Ober 3rd, John Green, Hugh Hill, David Jones, Peter Ober, Thomas Symonds, William Cox, John Wallis, Ezra Ober, Robert Standley, Samuel and Zachariah Stone, Joshua Ellingwood, Brackenberry Prince, Jeremiah Foster, James Lovett 2nd, Abraham Killam, Osman Thorndike, Thomas Dodge, and John Stephens. Common ship names include schooner Dolphin, schooner Favorite, brigantine Diligence, schooner Two Friends, schooner Three Brothers, schooner Woodbridge, schooner Hawk, schooner Fish Hawk, schooner Cicero, schooner Lucy, schooner Swallow, sloop Fly, schooner Betsy, schooner Jenny, schooner Sally, schooner Industry, brigantine Leopard, schooner Hannah, schooner Polly, and sloop Rainbow. Common destinations for these vessels include Boston, the West Indies, British Passamaquoddy, Martinico, North and South Carolina, Virginia, Blue Hill Bay, Maryland, Sheepscutt River, and Philadelphia. The clearance dates are between January 1, 1786 and January 1, 1788. Port of Beverly's Memorandum of Light Money is a 9 page document (17 total, but the last 8 pages are blank) titled "Port of Beverly July 10th A. D. 1784 Memorandon (Memorandum) of Light Money Rced (Received) by y. July infer. --- Viz.--" The information in this document includes dates of clearance, names and types of vessels, shipmasters' names (for some vessels), burthen in tons, percentage of tax (either 2% or 2.5% per ton for all vessels), and the total of light money received by the port in pounds, shillings and pence. Light money is a tax levied for the maintenance of lighthouses. Common ship names in this document include schooner Nancy, schooner Sally, schooner Industry, brigantine Fanny, brigantine Hannah, sloop Betsy, schooner Hawk, schooner Fish Hawk, ship Rambler, brigantine Betsey, schooner Swallow, brigantine Cicero, schooner Lark, schooner John, brigantine Leopard, brigantine Harmony or Harmoney, schooner Fortune, schooner Diligence, schooner Friendship, schooner Dolphin, schooner Lucey or Lucy, schooner Two Friends, and schooner Volant. Common names in this document include Jacob Oliver, Henry Phelps, William Leech or Leach, Israel Johnson, Thomas Williams, Andrew Thorndike, Samuel Foster, Zebulon Foster, James Lovett, Richard Quatermap, Benjamin Ives, John Carnes, Joshua Ellingwood or Ellenwood, and Osman Thorndike. The first date of clearance is October 5, 1784 and the date concluding the document is December 18, 1789. |
Title |
Entries from Foreign Ports 1784 to 1785 Book of Clearances 1786 to 1788 Light Money Memorandum 1784 to 1789 |
People |
Daniel Adams Arnold Martin William Wyatt John Thissel John Thistle Thomas Babcock Thomas Bridges Thomas Peach Hammond Robert Haskell Robert Haskoll Robert Haskell Jr. Robert Haskoll Jr. Ives, Benjamin Roundy, Benjamin Thomas Giles Thomas Smith Andrew Gage Stephen Vickery Stephen Vickere Stephen Vickerey Jonathan Batchelder Peter Pride Peter Pride Jr. Richard Ober Richard Ober 2nd Richard Ober 3rd John Green Hugh Hill David Jones Peter Ober Thomas Symonds William Cox John Wallis Ezra Ober Robert Standley Samuel Stone Zachariah Stone Joshua Ellingwood Brackenberry Prince Jeremiah Foster James Lovett 2nd Abraham Killam Osman Thorndike Thomas Dodge John Stephens Jacob Oliver Henry Phelps William Leech William Leach Israel Johnson Thomas Williams Andrew Thorndike Samuel Foster Zebulon Foster James Lovett Richard Quatermap John Carnes Joshua Ellingwood Joshua Ellenwood |
Search Terms |
Port of Beverly captain shipmaster tonnage guns cargo molasses coffee sugar brown sugar flour foreign rum West Indies rum domestic rum New England rum boards lumber joists shingles planks bricks hoops shoes chairs desks axes buckets hay salt bread pork beef tar pitch fish green fish mackerel cod codfish dry fish pickled fish liver oil potatoes rice corn chocolate cranberries tobacco onions Bohea tea blubber candles butter cyder cider cotton cockets tierces quintals casks hogsheads barrels tons moys brigantine schooner sloop Hephzibah Sally Rainbow Lark Dragon Raven Swallow Fly Harmony Harmoney Harmonie Industry Hannah Betsy Betsey Dolphin Favorite Diligence Two Friends Three Brothers Woodbridge Hawk Fish Hawk Cicero Lucy Lucey Jenny Leopard Polly Nancy Fanny John Leopard Fortune Friendship Two Friends Volant Two Sisters Boston Turks Islands Hispaniola Martinique Blue Hill Bay Bay Verte Baie Verte St. Croix St. Ubes St. Sebastian Portsmouth, New Hampshire Booth Bay West Indies British Passamaquoddy Martinico North Carolina South Carolina Virginia Blue Hill Bay Maryland Sheepscutt River Philadelphia |
Subjects |
armed vessels |
Accession number |
2019.076.001 |
Year Range from |
1784 |
Year Range to |
1789 |