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2. 16925 - Journal

   Abraham Kilham's journal about various voyages and vessels. The journal has been given different BHS numbers for different sections. This section begins on August 14th when they sailed from Salem bound to Hispaniolia on the Brig Peggy Elias Hasket Derby. Kilham was born in Beverly 19 Feb. 1765.

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3. 17237 - Document

   Orders for Capt. Jonathan Lovett for the voyage to Hispaniola in the Schooner Hawk.

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4. 17242 - Document

   Letter from Capt. Jonathan Lovett to his brother John Lovett in Beverly from Cape Francois, Hispaniola describing his account of doing business there.

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5. 18530 - Document

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6. 18539 - Document

   An order from Brown & Thorndike to Nicholas Thorndike telling him that he will have no difficulty being admitted in Havanna with flour, and if for some reason he does not suceed he will make the trip down to Hispaniola. However with admittance into Havanna he should have no problem selling the flour for 16 dollars and there the ship will be loaded with coffee and cotton cheap, however if in Hispaniola the price will be higher. He will also get th...

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7. 2019.076.001 - Log, Ship's

   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...

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8. 2019.078.001 - Log, Ship's

   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 domesti...

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9. FIC007.320 - Account

   A handwritten account between Silas Stickney and company and Zebulon Obear lists the expenses ("Dr" in left column) and profit ("Cr" in the right column) made by the Schooner Abigail after it had returned from Cape Francois on the island of Hispaniola. The total cash the schooner came back with was $3090.19. The document lists the expenses the ship incurred on its voyage.

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10. FIC007.399 - Letter

    1800 document leaves orders for Captain Obear on behalf of Silas Stickney, Robert Rantoul, Andrew Peabody, and Ebenezer Smith Jr. It is dated September 1, 1800. The first orders are the outline of the voyage. Obear was to go to Hispaniola first, then to Jamaica. If he still had cargo then he was to go to other islands or ports. He was also told to fish while on his voyage. The second orders are the minimum prices he should receive for his t...

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