Sale catalogue of prize cargo of the Marquis de Lafayette

Mss.347.7.P19

Date: 1781-1782 | Size: 1 volume(s), 1 volume, 67 pages
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Abstract

Sales catalogue from Panter and Company for the French ship Marquis de la Fayette which was captured by six British warships (HMS Endymion, Egmount, Suffolk, Grafton, Trident, and Bristol) while in passage to Boston. The catalogue provides a complete listing of the ship's cargo and its value.

Collection Information

Physical description

1 volume, 67 pages.

Provenance

Removed from the Benjamin Franklin Papers.

Naval History Note

This manuscript may prove of interest to naval historians of the revolutionary era.

Early American History Note

This volume contains a printed catalogue of cargo from the ship Marquis de Lafayette. British naval ships seized the ship during the American Revolution. There are some notes and marginalia.

Indexing Terms


Genre(s)

  • Business Records and Accounts
  • Catalogs.
  • Miscellaneous

Subject(s)

  • American Revolution
  • International Trade.
  • Military History