Bill of Lading Form for Coffee & Indigo Shipment
Document 1797Bill of lading form authorizing the purchase of coffee and indigo in France.
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[Bill of Lading]
[Cargo manifest, rotated in margin:]
62 Boxes S H
2 Cases S H
Glover S H
to fly
therehound for
how is 6 head Boys
[Main text, partially printed form with handwritten fill-ins:]
[undecipherable] God in good [undecipherable] and well [undecipherable] by [undecipherable] [undecipherable] child [undecipherable] God for this present voyage [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] Cases
being Marks and numbered as in the Margin, and are to be delivered in the like good order, and well condi-tioned at the aforesaid Port of [undecipherable] unto [undecipherable] [the danger of the Seas only excepted] unto [undecipherable] or to [undecipherable] Assigns, he or they paying freight for said Goods [undecipherable] per [undecipherable]
[undecipherable] Dollars
Bills of Lading all of this tenor and date, the one of which being accomplished, the other [undecipherable] to stand void. And to God, the good Ship to her desired port in safety, Amen
[undecipherable signature]
Type
Document, type undetermined
Description
Bill of lading form authorizing the purchase of coffee and indigo in France.
Date
03/08/1797
Author
Recipient
Document number
1797030880001
Page start
1
Notable persons
Samuel Hodgdon
George Morton
Notable locations
Philadelphia
France
Notable items
coffee
indigo

