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1. 004.030.032 - Document

   A document confirming the cargo of the Brig Fanny presented by Joseph Wood, Esquire on behalf of the ship owner, Israel Thorndike. It details where the pepper and cocoa were purchased and that the fish was taken from American waters. The pepper had been imported from Sumatra by Captain Thomas Webb. The cocoa was purchased from Thomas Amory of Boston. He received it from Andrew Farrell and Thomas Davis of New York. There is a brief letter writte...

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2. 004.030.033 - Bill

   1800 bill of lading for the Brig Fanny captained by John Thissel with an itemized list of the cargo. This vessel was bound for Leghorn (Livorno), Tuscany, and a market. This was shipped in good order, and well conditioned, by Israel Thorndike in and upon the Brig Fanny. This document was countersigned by the owner of the vessel, Israel Thorndike. Brig Fanny [3].

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3. 004.030.034 - Invoice

   1800 invoice of the sundry merchandise shipped aboard the Brig Fanny with the master John Thissel. This vessel was bound for Leghorn (Livorno), Tuscany, and a market. Israel Thorndike was the owner of the Brig Fanny. There is a break down of the hogsheads of cocoa and bags of pepper. The total amount carried forward on the front was $17,935.83. The total listed on the back and signed off by Israel Thorndike was $32,623.91. This was signed in Bev...

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4. 11943 - Receipt

   Receipt from Captain William Bartlett to Nathan Lamson dated from May 1783 to December 1783.

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5. 11996 - Receipt

   A receipt between Captain William Bartlett and Nathaniel Lamson dated the period October 10, 1785 to June, 1786.

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6. 13063 - Receipt

   Receipt of payments to Carl Gustaf Boman in Bilbao Spain by Captain John Lovett for a list of goods including pepper, wine, cloves, and ribbon.

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7. 16588 - Receipt

   A receipt to Samuel Rantoul from Christopher Babbidge for purchase of pepper and profits owed

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8. 16835 - Document

   Document listing the weight of pepper from the Schooner Betsey.

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9. 16845 - Account

   1800 account to Israel Thorndike and Captain J. Lovett for 663 bags of pepper worth $12628.77. The note is payable in nine months from the date and interest after three months.

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10. 16846 - Receipt

    1800 weighers receipt at Boston for 663 bags of pepper (see 16845).

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11. 16847 - Receipt

    1800 receipt to the owners of the Schooner Betsy, Israel Thorndike and John Lovett in account with Eben Francis for labor on pepper, wharfage, logwood, butter, pork, and beef in the amount $1001.82.

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12. 16849 - Receipt

    1800 custom House receipt for Mediterranean pass duty, clearance for the Schooner Betsey. The names on the receipt are: Whittridge, Thorndike and Chapman.

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13. 16850 - Account

    1800 account of cargo shipped in the Schooner Betsey's voyage to the Mediterranean. Items include coffee, pepper, labor etc.

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14. 16855 - Letter

    1800 letter from Captain Isaac Rea to Israel Thorndike and John Lovett, owners of the Schooner Betsey. Capt. Rea wrote from Alicante, Spain about coming into that port short of water. While in port he contacted Messrs. De Maziere "at the place of information" to get advice about the prices for pepper and coffee and to get money from Thorndike & Lovett's account ($41.00). Rea was then going to sail for Palermo. The back of the letter was the "env...

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15. 16859 - Account

    1800 account to Captain Isaac Rea of the Schooner Betsey in Palermo, Sicily for 331 bags and 2 casks of pepper.

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16. 16860 - Letter

    Letter to Captain Isaac Rea of the Schooner Betsey from Abraham Gibbs regarding a buyer who wants the loose pepper which is to be loaded into bags.

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17. 16876 - Account

    1800 account of Israel Thorndike and John Lovett of Beverly with the firm of Falconnet & Co. of Naples, Italy in the amount $24,310.96. The account lists items that include sewing silk, silk stockings, oil, coffee, logwood, and pepper. This is for the Schooner Betsey with Captain Isaac Rea in command.

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18. 16922 - Log, Ship's

    1806 log of the Ship Alexander Hodgdon on voyages from Beverly to Sumatra, leaving 20 September 1806; the return voyage from Sumatra toward Lisbon is in 1807. Other voyages are included in the log. The last voyage is in July 1811 arriving in Boston on 25 July. In the middle of the log are a hand drawn charts of Sumatra, and the waters around it and other places including Porto Santo and the island of Bonavista.

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19. 16923 - Log, Ship's

    A log of the Ship Alexander Hodgdon leaving Beverly on 28 March 1810 bound for St. Petersburg and Sumatra, Captain Josiah Lovett. The log writer notes they were on a voyage for pepper. In the front of the log is a pasted a map of the world with the voyage marked. On the 8th day out the Captain writes on Tuesday April 3, 1810 that they experienced a tremendous tempest and gale and it was the stormiest weather, "I think I ever saw for this 20 ye...

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20. 19393 - Account

    1807 account or invoice book from the Ship Asia, with Phineas Ellis as Master. The vessel was docked in Calcutta, India and the book contains lists of names goods and amounts - total $74,696.18. The goods appear to fabrics and include seersucker, jannah mamody, beerbhome gurrah, patnah chintz and others. Other pages are invoices of products, sugar, cotton, indigo, ginger, pepper, gunny bags, camphor. The vessel owners are Moses Brown and Israel T...

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