Brig Washington
Report and Manifest of all the cargo laden on board the Brig Washington whereof Geo Bishop is captain, which cargo was taken on board at Matanzas, burthen 168 83/95 tons, built at Rochester in the state of Massachusets and owned by D. W. Prescott of Philadelphia as per Register, granted at Philad^a the thirteenth day of December and bound for Philadelphia.
Columns represent: marks, numbers inclusive, packages and contents, by whom shipped, to whom consigned or if to order, place of consignee's residence, and ports of destination.
BW 1@24 twenty four boxes sugar 1st cl?............George Bishop......W^m N Allen........Philad^a...Philad^a
A 1@24 twenty four boxes sugar 2nd cl?............George Bishop......W^m N Allen........Philad^a...Philad^a
B 1@23 twenty three boxes sugar 2nd cl?...........George Bishop......W^m N Allen........Philad^a...Philad^a
C 1@125 one hundred & twenty five boxes 1st cl??...George Bishop......W^m N Allen........Philad^a...Philad^a
eighteen hundreds pineapples...............George Bishop......W^m N Allen........Philad^a...Philad^a
twenty five bunches bananas................George Bishop......W^m N Allen........Philad^a...Philad^a
A twenty four hhds sugar.....................James C. Burnham...Bevan & Humphrey...Philad^a...Philad^a
JH two bags mdze..............................Manuel Sanaldi.....N. Lenning & Co....Philad^a...Philad^a
C&N !@28 twenty eight hhds sugar....................Jas Bay C?.........Clement Newcomer Philad^a...Philad^a
seventy two turces molasses................J. C. Burnham......Bevan & Humphrey...Philad^a...Philad^a
Passenger
M^r Nathaniel Cross, Vice Consul at Matanzas (of U.S.)
baggage: one trunk, one bag
Stores:
2 bbls beef
3 bbls bread
50 lb sugar
50 lb coffee
signed: Geo Bishop
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.
* Names were transcribed as seen regardless of spelling.
National Archives and Records Administration, Film M425, Reel 57.
Transcribed by Harry Green a member of the
Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild
2 August 2009
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