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Brig Ruth & Mary

Havana, Cuba to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
11 March 1800*

No. 1 Form of a Report or 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 Ruth & Mary whereof Thomas Arnold is master, which cargo was taken on at Havanna, Cuba, burthen 137+62/95 tons built at Philadelphia in the State of Pennsylvania and owned by Joseph Coretter merchant at Philadelphia as per Register granted at _______ the ________ 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.
IC        one hundred & fifty three hogsheads molasses      Joseph Correter   Joseph Coretter  Philadelphia   Philadelphia 
          twelve Bsrrels> molasses
          twelve hogsheads honey
          seven and am half tons dogwood
          eleven boxes of Segars
          one thousand oranges
PM        two barrels molasses
RB        fifty one boxes segars                            Peter Meredia
TW        six boxes segars                                  Mina? We?????
          one barrel sugar
          two hundred oranges
GB        two barrels  molasses                             George Binns 
AC        four hundred oranges                              Anthony Cain     
WD        one barrel molasses                               Anthony Cain     
          nine hundred oranges                              Anthony Cain      
          three hundred oranges 
BK        one hogshead molasses                             Benjamin Kempton
          one barrel molasses
          one barrel sugar
          three hundred oranges
OG        Three barrels molasses                            Charles George
          nine barrels molasses
          one barrel sugar
TA        Three hogsheads molasses
          one barrel molasses  
          fourteewn barrels sugar
          one barrel honey                                  Thomas Arnold
          one  Densi Jetan Honey
          eight boxes Segars
K    1w4  four boxes brown suger                            Pedro Valensing?
O    1w5  five boxes brown suger 
O    ?w8  three boxes briwn suger                           John Cort?                  
H      -- one box Segars                                    Petr Fitsroy


Passengers:
1 Capstan? de Echevenni?  passenger baggage 2 boxes Segars C deEcharenez?  13  Mexico? St., Bel??????
    foreigner                                  one trunk, & bed

2 Isaac Vandenburg-one trunk& bedding
    citizen of the U. States
                                       Stores expended                 letters deles port office
                                                                       signed: Thomas Arnold                                                                 no imprepment
                                                                       no alien passengers
   

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.

*  Ancestry.com claims arrival date 11 March 1800, from Havana, Cuba.
National Archives and Records Administration, Film M425, Reel 1.
Transcribed by Harry Green a member of the
Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild
26 June 2008

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