Boxes of Lead Put on Board the Pomona
Document 1795The bill of lading and price fixes the number of bars of lead only because the Captain is confident they were not delivered on side but were put aboard the "Pomona." He may be right but, despite the dispute, the Wright on board will agree with the invoice as to the number of bars.
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[Endorsement on reverse of cover letter: Edm[un]d [undecipherable] / with a [undecipherable] / [undecipherable] / [undecipherable] / 1795 | Pomona / [undecipherable] / was shipper]
[Received from State Dep't Nov. 24, 1884. R.P.O.401810]
Boston Sept. 4. 1795
Sir,
This serves to cover you Inv.s & bill lading of Lead. agreeable to your request, The bill of lading specifies the number of bars only, owing to the Captains being confident, it was not deliver'd along side, but was put on board, the Pomona. he may be right, but the Truckmen are sure they are. however, I expect the Weight on board, will agree with the Inv.s —
with respect to the number of bars its possible, they may be incorrect. the Men who counted, were very indifferent, wishing it safe to hand I remain very respectfully J. [undecipherable]
M. Sam.l Hodgdon Edm.d Brad[undecipherable] Br[undecipherable]
[Endorsement on reverse of invoice: Invoice of Lead / by Cap.n Doggett — / Sept. 4. / [circled: 331] / 3196 / 131 / 3,327]
Boston Sept. 4. 1795
Invoice of Twenty four hundred & twenty two Bars — India Lead Seven hundred & twenty six Bars & one hundred & thirty one Pigs. Lead. Shipped by Edm.d Brad[undecipherable] on board the Sloop Hersa Tho.s J. Doggett Master — bound for Philadelphia [undecipherable] for the acc.t & risk of M.r Sam.l Hodgdon [undecipherable] & to him Consigned —
131 Pigs
726 Bars } Lead Wt. 314.1.27. @ — 2513..93
2,472 ditto
Charges [undecipherable]
To Delivering . . . . 4..62
To Wharfage 3.30. Truck.t 10.50 13. 80
To my Com.d for del.y & Storage 26..25 44.67
2560.60
Boston Sept. 4. 1795
Errors Excepted
Edm.d Brad[undecipherable]
[Endorsement on reverse of bill of lading: Capt. Doggett's Bill / of Lading of Lead / Ton [undecipherable] for / 15.14.2 — / Sept. 5 / [undecipherable]]
SHIPPED in good Order, and well conditioned, by [undecipherable] in and upon the [undecipherable] called the [undecipherable] whereof is Master, for this present Voyage, [undecipherable] now in the Harbour of Bo[undecipherable] bound for [undecipherable]
To say, [undecipherable] one hundred [undecipherable] forty [undecipherable] Bars of Lead
being marked and numbered as in the Margin, and are to be delivered, in the like good Order and well conditioned, at the aforesaid Port of [undecipherable] (the Danger of the Seas only excepted) unto [undecipherable] or to [undecipherable] Assigns, he or they paying Freight for the said Goods
[undecipherable]
with Primage and Average accustomed.
In Witness whereop, the Master of the said [undecipherable] hath affirmed to [undecipherable] Bills of Lading of this Tenor and Date; One of which being accomplished, the other [undecipherable] to stand void.—
Dated in [undecipherable]
[undecipherable]
Tho.s Doggett
Type
Autograph Letter Signed
Description
The bill of lading and price fixes the number of bars of lead only because the Captain is confident they were not delivered on side but were put aboard the "Pomona." He may be right but, despite the dispute, the Wright on board will agree with the invoice as to the number of bars.
Date
09/04/1795
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Boston
Document number
1795090460201
Page start
1
Note
Enclosures: Invoice, Boston, 09/04/1795, signed by Breed; Bill of Lading signed by Thomas Boggett, unknown date.
Notable persons
Samuel Hodgdon
Ebenezer Breed
Notable locations
Boston

