Ship Pennsylvania
Report and Manifest of the Cargo laden on board of the Ship Pennsylvania whereof Peter Yorke is master, which cargo was taken on board at Batavia, Suriname burthen 287 tons, built at Philadelphia in the State of Pennsylvania and owned by Gurney & Smith, John Hollingsworth, & John G. Stockton merchants at Philadelphia as per register granted at Philadelphia the 9^th day Feb^y 1799 and bound for Philadelphia.
Columns represent: Marks; Number inclusive; Packages and contents; by whom shipped; To whom configured, or if to configured; Place of Configuree's residence; ports of destination.
-- -- one thousand bags contg one thousand picol Java sugar---------Clem & Humphreys---John Hollingsworth-----Philad^a*
-- -- three thousand picol Java coffee put in bags & part in bulk---Clem & Humphreys---John C. Stockton-------Philad^a*
-- -- one hundred and sixty one bags Contg one hundred sixty one----Clem & Humphrey----Clem & Humphrey--------Philad^a
picols Java Coffee--------------------------------------------Clem & Humphrey----Clem & Humphrey--------Philad^a
-- -- one box nutmeng & Cloves, fourteen jars sweet meats, eight----Clem & Humphrey----Clem & Humphrey--------Philad^a
barrels oranges & sixty five coca nuts.
PY -- one hundred & thirty five bags contg twenty nine jars sweet---Peter Yorke--------Peter Yorke------------Philad^a
meats, one box nutmeg, eight barrels fruit & one bag ?acorns?
-- -- two pounds of cloves & four bags oh ?-------------------------sold at Antigua
-- -- forty five bags contg five pivols coffee----------------------W^m Shallorop------John Little ?----------Philad^a
-- -- nine bags contg nine picol coffee----------------------------W^m Shallorop------S. S??? & W^m Barnett--PHilad^a
-- -- four bags contg four picol coffee-----------------------------John Redman -------John Redman------------Philad^a
-- -- two bags contg two picols coffee------------------------------unreadable---------unreadable-------------Philad^a
Ship stores: five barrels beef, six bags bread, five gallons rum, sixteen gallons molasses
Capt Rich^d Bourdett cabin passenger, some lose clothing
no impressment
letters deler^d port office
signed: Peter Yorke
Transcriber's Note:
? Indicates a letter or number which could not be determined due to the
condition of the manifest or handwriting of the original recorder.
* The first two items shipped all were property of the owners of the vessel.
National Archives and Records Administration, Film M425, Reel 1.
Transcribed by Harry Green a member of the
Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild
7 June 2008
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