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Ship's ledger : Franklin.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Franklin (Ship).
- Coffee.
- Commercial products.
- Cotton.
- Flour.
- Freight and freightage.
- Sandalwood.
- Ships--Cargo.
- Silver.
- Sugar.
- Voyages and travels.
- France.
- Indonesia--Jakarta.
- Japan.
- Réunion.
- United States.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource.
- Production:
- [Place of production not identified] : [producer not identified], 1798.
- Summary:
- Ledger of the Franklin, describing sales of sundries sold in Japan and Batavia.
- Notes:
- AMDigital Reference: MH 1, box 1, folder 4
- Collection: Devereux Family Papers
- James Devereux (1766-1846) was born in Wexford, Ireland, and came to America in 1780 with his uncle, shipmaster John Murphy. By 1792 James was mastering vessels for Clifford Crowninshield and other notable Salem merchants. In 1799 James mastered the first American ship, Franklin, to sail to Japan. James gradually developed his own shipping business, owning 20 vessels, usually in partnership with other merchants. James and his wife Sally Crowninshield Devereux (1768-1815) had eight children who survived infancy. Their sons John (1796-1856) and James Jr (1806-1831) also entered the shipping business.Please note that some of the metadata for this document has been drawn from the Peabody Essex Museum catalogue.
- Title from publisher's website.
- Description based on publisher metadata (viewed October 30, 2024).
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