Boston accounts and cargo lists

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Mss957_B1F5

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Boston accounts and cargo lists

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  • 1787-1790 (Creation)

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manuscripts; Administrative records; 29 pages

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a hand-bound logbook containing cargo lists and a ledger of Joseph Barrell’s Boston accounts. The front cover of the book reads, “all the Ship Columbias Papers / Mary Barrell / Millburn, N.J.” The first 15 pages of the book contain a copy of the 1787 cargo lists of the Columbia Rediviva and the Sloop Washington. Joseph Barrell’s accounts book backfills the last 20 pages of the logbook beginning from the back cover of the book and written upsidedown to the first half of the text. There are 18 blank pages separating the two sections of the book.

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No Copyright - United States: http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/

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  • eng

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Columbia Rediviva collection; Mss 957; Box 1; Folder 5

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