Name/Title
Bill of Lading (1782)Entry/Object ID
2025.01.28.09Tags
Grant, Financial transactionsDescription
A Bill of Lading (receipt for delivery of ship)Made/Created
Date made
Jun 4, 1782Time Period
18th CenturyPlace
* Untyped Place
BostonState/Province
MassachusettsRegion
NortheastContinent
North AmericaInscription/Signature/Marks
Location
Front of itemTranscription
Bill of Lading of the United States of America.
Shipped in good Order, and well-conditioned, by John Com[illegible] in and upon the sloop called the Sally whereof is Master for this present Voyage P[illegible] James? Vance, Yancy? and now riding at Anchor in Boston Harbour and by God's Grace bound for New York.
[illegible section]
Being mark'd and numbered as in the Margin, and are to be delivered in the like good Order, and well-condition'd, at the aforesaid Port of New York (the Danger of Seas only excepted) unto [illegible] Barrious or to his Assigns, he or they paying Freight for the said Goods
According to Custom
with Primage and Average accustomed. In Witness whereof, the Master, or P[illegible] of the said sloop hath affirmed to three Bills of Loading, all of this Tenor and Date, one of which three Bills being accomplished, the other two to stand void. And so God send the good sloop to her desired Port in Safety.
Dated at Boston the 4 June 1782Language
EnglishMaterial/Technique
InkLexicon
Nomenclature 4.0
Nomenclature Secondary Object Term
Bill of LadingNomenclature Primary Object Term
Record, ShippingNomenclature Sub-Class
Administrative RecordsNomenclature Class
Documentary ObjectsNomenclature Category
Category 08: Communication ObjectsGetty AAT
Concept
receipts (financial records), bills of ladingLocation
Location
Area
Revolutionary DisplayDate
April 17, 2025Location
Container
Display Case 104Room
Charles Whipple Greene Historical CollectionBuilding
George Hail Free LibraryDate
April 17, 2025Location
Box
Document Box 11Area
Museum Floor LandingBuilding
George Hail Free LibraryDate
January 28, 2025Exhibition
Warren During the Revolutionary WarCreate Date
January 28, 2025Update Date
August 12, 2025
