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Shipping inventory, 1876.
Kislak Center for Special Collections - Manuscripts Misc Mss (Large) Box 3 Folder 7
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- Format:
- Manuscript
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Sugar trade--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia--19th century.
- Sugar trade.
- Sugar trade--Cuba--19th century.
- Molasses industry--Cuba--19th century.
- Molasses industry.
- Cuba.
- Pennsylvania--Philadelphia.
- Genre:
- Shipping records.
- Manuscripts, American.
- Penn Provenance:
- Sold by Book Mark (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania), 2017.
- Physical Description:
- 1 item (9 leaves)
- Contained In:
- Miscellaneous Manuscripts (Large). Box 3 Folder 7
- Place of Publication:
- 1876.
- Summary:
- A shipping inventory recording the quantity of molasses and sugar cargo brought in from various ports in Cuba to Philadelphia. The inventory spans four months from February to June, 1876. It was written on oversize ledger paper consisting of nine leaves numbered 2 to 10 suggesting the first leaf is lacking. Various names of vessels are listed under each date, followed by the port of origin in Cuba, and the amount of sugar and molasses received. The inventory was most likely created by a Philadelphia ship-broker or commission merchant. The paper is embossed Onoko Mills.
- OCLC:
- 1007994103
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