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Brig Virginia Trader


Nassau, NP, Bahamas to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
24 April 1840

[No. 2]
REPORT and MANIFEST of the Cargo laden on board of the Brig Virginia Trader whereof E Shanah? Bray is Captain, which cargo was taken on board at Nassau NP, burthen ninety four 46/95 tons, built at Philadelphia in the State of Pennsylvania and owned by Tho^s Stevenson Merchant at Philadelphia as per Register granted at Philadelphia the sixth day of March and bound for Philadelphia.
For the cargo section: Columns represent: Marks, numbers inclusive, packages and contents, by whom shipped, to whom consigned, or if to order, place of consignee's residence*, ports of destination*.
For the passenger section: Columns represent: Passenger numbers*, names*, luggage.
						
          42             forty two pieces mahagony......................G S Adderley         Rob^t Taylor      
      22 tons goods      twenty two tons 900 lbs logwood................G S Adderley         Rob^t Taylor      
          7              seven casks old copper.........................G S Adderley         Rob^t Taylor      
          140            one hundred & forty boxes sugar................G S Adderley         Rob^t Taylor      
        quantity         old junk & old rigging.........................G S Adderley         Rob^t Taylor      
           3             three sacks cinnamond bark.....................G S Adderley         Rob^t Taylor      
          15             fifteen bales sponges..........................G S Adderley         Rob^t Taylor       
       8 tons 1300       eight tons thirteen hundred lignumvita.........G S Adderley         Rob^t Taylor        
           1             one barrel tortiase shell......................G S Adderley         Rob^t Taylor      
       1 ton 1300        one ton thirteen hundred                       G S Adderley         Rob^t Taylor      
     6 skins 4 pcs wood  six deer skins & four pieces wood..............G S Adderley         Rob^t Taylor      
T          T             one box containing dollars.....................G S Adderley         Rob^t Taylor       
          13             thirteen sacks sweet wood bark.................John Taylor          Rob^t Taylor
         1 lot           1 lot all junk  and rigging....................John Taylor          Rob^t Taylor
          600            600 cocoa nutts................................John Taylor          Rob^t Taylor 
BCC      3 teries        three terices & one half teirce of copper......Benj C Claxton       Sam^l Brooks
BCC       1bll           one barrell & four kegs madder.................Benj C Claxton       Sam^l Brooks
Tho^s S Johnston   2     one box shells, one piece mahogany.............Benj C Claxton       Tho^s S Johnston
W Claxton    1           one small parcel...............................Benj C Claxton       Geo W Claxton   
            13           thirteen turtle................................C Tracy              order Tho^s Stevenson 
 
Passenger Names				
  1  Walter S. M^cCulloch     one trunk wearing apparal                                                                    				
  2  C. Angus                 one trunk wearing apparal                                                                    				    
  3  R. K. Miller             one trunk wearing apparal                                                                    				
  4  E. Baldwin               one trunk wearing apparal                                                                    				
                                                             				
No cabin stores

signed: E Shanah? Bray
   

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.
*  Passenger numbers assigned by transcriber to aid in search.
*  All consignee's residences were in Philadelphia as was the port that the goods
   were delivered, so these columns are not shown.

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



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