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Bill of Lading, bark "John Carver"
Document Type: Manuscript
Geographic Location: New York
ID Number: Carver_Bill_Lading
Keywords: Life at Sea, Shipping, Cuba, Molasses, Barrels
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Description:
Merchant ships carry Bills of Lading which to document their cargo and destination.This bill of lading is for a voyage of the bark John Carver from New York to Cuba in March, 1866. The cargo, made up of barrels, shooks (broken-down barrels), headings, and staves were used in Cuba to ship molasses and sugar back to the United States and to other destinations.
The John Carver was a bark built in Searsport by John Carver in 1842. She was sold to New Bedford for a second career as a whaler in 1866.
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