Bill of Lading for Peyton Randolph's Tobacco 1773 December 12
CWF Rockefeller Library, Special Collections - SCMS 1936.3
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SHipp'd by the Grace of God, in good Order, and well Condition'd, by
Payton ---
Randolph Esqr
--- in and upon the good Ship called the
Argo -----
---------- whereof is Master, under God, for this present
Voyage, ---------- James Mitchell -----
and now Riding at Anchor in the
River Rappahannock ---
and by God's Grace, bound for
London ---
to say
Four Hhd of Tobo
being mark'd and number'd as in the Margent, and are to be delivered in the like good Order,
and well Condition'd, as the aforefaid Port of
London -------
(the Danger of the Seas
only excepted) unto
Mssrs Jono
Norton & Son ------------
or to
there
--- Assigns, he or they paying Freight for the said Goods
At the Rate of
Eight Pounds Sterling pr
Ton ----------
with Primage and Average accustom'd. In witness whereof the Master or Purser of the said Ship
hath affirm'd to
Two
Bills of Lading, all of this Tenor and Date; the one of which
two
Bills being accomplish'd, the other
One
to stand void. And so God send the good Ship
her desired Port in fafety. Amen. Dated in
Virginia the 6 Decr
1773 -----
James Mitchell
Impost & [illegible]
Not paid. ------
Printed for, and Sold by JAMES HENLEY, Stationer, in Broad-Street, Ratcliff.