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Barque Coosa


Rio de Janeiro, Brazil to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
13 April 1840
[No.2.]
REPORT and MANIFEST of the CARGO laden on board of the Barque Coosa whereof David B. Moore is Captain, which Cargo was taken on board at Rio de Janeiro, burthen 258 68/95 tons, built at Greenwich in the State of New Jersey and owned by Joseph Hand & Sheppard Gandy merchant, at Philadelphia as per Register, granted at Philadelphia the twenty fifth May 1839 and bound for Philadelphia.
Columns represent: Marks, numbers, packages and contents, by whom shipped aand to whom consigned, place of residence, port of destinaiton
						
H   1@71    one thousand five hundred bags coffee..........Forbes &  Valentine   Howland & Ashenbrall   New York
P   1@52    nine hundred & eighty nine bags coffee........,Forbes &  Valentine   J. L. Phipps ^ Co      New York
P   52@72   five hundred & ten bags coffee................,Forbes &  Valentine   J. L. Phipps ^ Co      New York   
P   72@83   three hundred & forty one bags coffee.........,Forbes &  Valentine   Potts & Garwood        Philadelphia
D     1     five bags coffee..............................,Forbes &  Valentine   Potts & Garwood        Philadelphia
WP   1@50   fifty bags coffee.............................,W^m Platt & Co        Potts & Garwood        Philadelphia
M     1     five bags coffee...............................W^m Platt & Co        Potts & Garwood        Philadelphia
NL   !@3    one box & two casks merchandice................C. Palmer & Co        N. Lennog & Co         Philadelphia 
J Vaughan   one keg tapioca......................................................John Vaughan           R R Robb
M^rs Ann Dolby  one box merchandise..............................................order                  A Hooker
             two kegs tapioca....................................................order                  G M Ty?

Passengers
 1  M^r Andrew Goodall  - 5 trunks, 1 bed & clothing &
 2  M^r Robert C. Yates - 2 trunks, hat box, cloth bag, &

Ship Stores:
1/2 barrel beef
1/2 barrel pork
240 lbs bread
5 lbs tea
1/2 box candies
3 gal. liquors
350 lbs suga
and small stores

signed: David B. Moore
   

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.

*  Names were transcribed as seen regardless of spelling.

National Archives and Records Administration, Film M425, Reel 56.
Transcribed by Harry Green a member of the
Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild
8 July 2009



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