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Field name | Value |
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Title | Instructions, Invoices and Accounts of Second Voyage in Brig George |
Reference | MH-20, box 9, folder 5 |
Library | Phillips Library, Peabody Essex Museum |
Collection | Benjamin Shreve Papers (1793-1848) |
Collection Series | I. Shipping Papers |
Date | 08 Oct 1811 - 26 Jul 1812 |
Description | Papers and copies of papers relating to a voyage of the George from Salem to southern Europe. It contains instructions, accounts, and letters from the ship, which note the state of the market in Europe and the difficulties caused by war there. The final letters concern the capture of the George by the British. |
Document Type | Shipping Papers, Business Records, Accounts |
Theme(s) | Politics, War and Diplomacy; Trade and Commerce |
Keywords | instructions, order, sailing directions, cargo, sales, money, investment, purchases, goods, letter, fruit, alcohol, invoice, accounts, sundries, merchandise, sugar, pepper, coffee, spices, opium, expenses, merchant, crew, supplies, provisions, certificate, quarantine, health, disease, foreign affairs, market, capture, captivity, battle, war, War of 1812, crew, prison, prisoner, freedom |
Countries | USA; Portugal; Spain; France; UK; Italy; Malta; Canada |
Places | Gibraltar; Nova Scotia |
Ports | Salem, USA; Palermo, Italy; Messina, Italy; Cadiz, Spain |
Ships | George, Swallow, Emulous |
People | Benjamin Shreve; Joseph Peabody; Gideon Tucker |
Additional Information | Please note that some of the metadata for this document has been drawn from the Phillips Library catalogue. |
Copyright | Phillips Library, Peabody Essex Museum |