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Brig Jane


Port au Prince & Gonaives, Haiti to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
9 April 1800

No. 1 Form of a Report and Manifest for a Ship or Vessel of the United States, from a Foreign Port.

Report and Manifest of the Cargo laden on board the Brig Jane whereof Robert Cooke is master, which cargo was taken on board at Port Republican burthen 124 tons, built at Philadelphia in the State of Pennsylvania and owned by Smith & Ridgway merchants at Philad^a as per Register granted at Philadelphia the 5th day of February 1798 and bound for __________.
Column headings are: Line number; Marks; Number inclusive; Packages and contents; by whom shipped; To whom configured, or if to configured; Place of Configuree's residence; ports of destination.
  S&R    1@25   twenty five hhds sugar                             Robert Cooke     Smith & Ridgway            Philad^a      Cower Sack Market?
  S&R    1@34   thirty four bbls sugar                             Robert Cooke     Smith & Ridgway            Philad^a     Cower Sack Market?
  S&R    1@108  one hundred & eight casks coffee                   Robert Cooke     Smith & Ridgway            Philad^a     Cower Sack Market?
* S&R    1@14   fourteen Tierces?                                  Robert Cooke     Smith & Ridgway            Philad^a     Cower Sack Market?
  S&R    1@54   fifty four barrels coffee                          Robert Cooke     Smith & Ridgway            Philad^a     Cower Sack Market?
  S&R           sixteen thousand & forty pounds of logwood         Robert Cooke     Smith & Ridgway            Philad^a     Cower Sack Market?
  S&R           twentyone hundred & twentyfive pounds of fustick   Robert Cooke     Smith & Ridgway            Philad^a     Cower Sack Market?
  RC     1@4    four hhds coffee                                   Robert Cooke     Robert Cooke               Philad^a     Cower Sack Market?        
  RC     1@2    two tierces coffee                                 Robert Cooke     Robert Cooke               Philad^a     Cower Sack Market?        
  RC     1@22   twenty two blls coffee                             Robert Cooke     Robert Cooke               Philad^a     Cower Sack Market?             
  SWJ    1@5    five blls coffee                                   Robert Cooke     Robert Cooke               Philad^a     Cower Sack Market?        
  SWJ    1@2    two bags coffee                                    Robert Cooke     Robert Cooke               Philad^a     Cower Sack Market?        
  J&S    1@3    three blls coffee                                  Robert Cooke     Sam W Jones & Jack Smith   Philad^a     Cower Sack Market?             
  J&S    1@10   ten blls coffee                                    Robert Cooke     Sam W Jones & Jack Smith   Philad^a     Cower Sack Market?             
  J&S    1@3    three bags coffee                                  Robert Cooke     Sam W Jones & Jack Smith   Philad^a     Cower Sack Market?             
  JW            one cask coffee                                    Robert Cooke     James Whelan               Philad^a     Cower Sack Market?             
  JW     1@3    three bags coffee                                  Robert Cooke     James Whelan               Philad^a     Cower Sack Market?                   
  IE            one bbl sugar                                      Jno Estes        Jno Estes                  Philad^a     Phila^a
  IE            one bbl coffee                                     Jno Estes        Jno Estes                  Philad^a     Phila^a
  IC            one bag coffee                                     Jno Estes        Jno Estes                  Philad^a     Phila^a
                one keg jamherands?                                Rob^t Cooke      Rob^t Cooke                Philad^a     Phila^a
  no mark       two bags coffee                                    Rob^t Cooke      Rob^t Cooke                Philad^a     Phila^a
                one small "peas, half bbl limes                    Rob^t Cooke      Rob^t Cooke                Philad^a     Phila^a  

passenger citizen of the Un States                                no alien passengers
Capt. Spence  some baggage                                        no impressment           
                                                                  letters dele^d to the Port
                                                                  to the accident physician       signed: Robert Cooke    


Transcriber's Notes:

*  An asterisk indicates an error on the part of the original recorder, not
   the transcriber, or is used to call your attention to additional information
   in the transcriber's notes.

?  Indicates a letter or number which could not be determined due to the
   condition of the manifest or handwriting of the original recorder.

^  A ^ followed by a letter indicates that the letter was superscripted.
 
   1 tierce=42 gallons   

National Archives and Records Administration, Film M425, Reel 1.
Transcribed by Harry Green, formatted by Ines Mannhardt, members of the
Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild
2 May 2008



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