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Catalog Number |
2019.078.001 |
Object Name |
Log, Ship's |
Scope & Content |
2019.078.001 includes one document, Ports of Beverly Entries, Imports, and Imposts, displayed on images 1 to 70. Its transcription is on images 71 to 118 and its summary is below. Port of Beverly Entries, Imports and Imposts is a 70 page document describing which ships are importing to and exporting from the Port of Beverly between 1787 and 1789 and how much impost is being paid on excised articles. Common articles include foreign and domestic rum, wine, horse-drawn carriages (especially fall back chaises), cocoa, Bohea tea, coffee, rice, molasses, lemons and limes, raisins, corn, cotton, tar, turpentine, tobacco, snuff, salt, and brown sugar. Units commonly used are tierces, hogsheads, casks, barrels, bushels, tons, and worth in pound sterling, which is the currency all the tax is calculated in. The ships' names, shipmasters' names and/or the owners of the goods' names are included with the date of entry, the amount or number of goods being imported or exported, the impost amount, and from where the ship arrived. John Hale is mentioned twice. Names common in this document include John Dyson, Benjamin Lovett, Nathan, William, and Daniel Leach or Leech, William Gray, (Moses) Brown & (Israel) Thorndike, Richard Ober 2nd and Richard Ober 3rd, Benjamin Beckford, Benjamin Ives, Robert Haskoll Jr. (possibly Haskell), Josiah Batchelder Jr., Anna Meacom, Jacob Oliver, Samuel Goodridge, Samuel Foster, Deborah Herrick, Ezra Ober, Jonathan Peal, Joseph Glasier, Osman Thorndike, John Green, Thomas Williams, Zebulon Foster, Eleazer Giles, Asa Woodberry, Zachariah Stone, Israel Johnson, Jonathan Batchelder, Andrew Cabott (Cabot), Hugh Hill, Thomas Stephens, Ezra Lovett, Nathaniel Lamson, Livermore Whittridge, Isaac Rea, John Lovett 3rd and John Lovett 4th, James Lovett and James Lovett 2nd, Joshua and Benjamin Ellingwood, and Seaward Lee. Ship names common in this document include ship Rambler, schooner Lark, brigantine Diligence, schooner Hannah, schooner Betsey, brigantine Fanny, schooner Lucey, schooner Two Friends, brigantine Leopard, brigantine Cicero, schooner Volant, schooner Industry, schooner Nancy, schooner Friendship, schooner Fish Hawk and schooner Hawk, schooner John, schooner Rebeccah, schooner Swallow, schooner Sally, schooner Two Sisters, and schooner Woodbridge. Locations of origin common in this document include St. Croix, St. Martins, North Carolina, Charlestown (Charleston), South Carolina, Cape Francois, Cape Fare (Fear), Turks Islands, Cape de Verd Islands (Cape de Verde), Gaudiloup, St. Eustatia (possibly St. Eustatius today), Hispaniola, Martineco or Martinico, St. Bartholamew's (possibly St. Barthélemy today), Baltimore, St. Ubes, Virginia, Maryland, Aux Cayes, and Nova Scotia. |
Dates of Creation |
February 27, 1787 |
Title |
Port of Beverly - Entries - Imports and Imposts - 1787-1789 |
People |
John Hale John Dyson Lovett, Benjamin Nathan Leech William Leech Daniel Leech Nathan Leach William Leach Daniel Leach Moses Brown Israel Thorndike Richard Ober 2nd Richard Ober 3rd Beckford, Benjamin Ives, Benjamin Robert Haskoll Jr. Robert Haskell Jr. Josiah Batchelder Jr. Anna Meacom Jacob Oliver Samuel Goodridge Samuel Foster Deborah Herrick Ezra Ober Jonathan Peal Joseph Glasier Osman Thorndike John Green Thomas Williams Zebulon Foster Eleazer Giles Asa Woodberry Zachariah Stone Israel Johnson Jonathan Batchelder Andrew Cabott Andrew Cabot Hugh Hill Thomas Stephens Ezra Lovett Nathaniel Lamson Livermore Whittridge Isaac Rea John Lovett 3rd John Lovett 4th James Lovett James Lovett 2nd Joshua Ellingwood Ellingwood, Benjamin Seaward Lee |
Search Terms |
Port of Beverly imports impost captain shipmaster owner domestic rum New England rum foreign rum West Indies rum wine horse-drawn carriage carriage fall back chaise cocoa Bohea tea coffee rice molasses lemons limes raisins corn cotton tar turpentine tobacco snuff salt brown sugar Brown & Thorndike Brown and Thorndike tierces hogsheads casks barrels bushels tons pound sterling schooner sloop brigantine Rambler Lark Diligence Hannah Betsey Fanny Lucey Two Friends Leopard Cicero Volant Industry Nancy Friendship Fish Hawk Hawk John Rebeccah Swallow Sally Two Sisters Woodbridge St. Croix St. Martins North Carolina Charlestown, South Carolina Cape Francois Cape Fear Turks Islands Cape de Verde Gaudiloup St. Eustatia St. Eustatius Hispaniola Martinico Martineco St. Bartholamew's St. Barthélemy Baltimore St. Ubes Virginia Maryland Aux Cayes Nova Scotia |
Subjects |
armed vessels |
Accession number |
2019.078.001 |
Year Range from |
1787 |
Year Range to |
1789 |