Bill of Lading, Beamish, Crawford and Keating for 1200 firkins of butter on the ship Lydia from Cork to London.
TitleBill of Lading, Beamish, Crawford and Keating for 1200 firkins of butter on the ship Lydia from Cork to London.
ReferenceIE 627/SM914
Date
8 Dec 1786
Production date 1786 - 1786
Scope and ContentBill of Lading for shipping of 1200 firkins of butter "marked X No.1201 a 2400 branded CORK D.C&K NEW", shipped 'by the Grace of God in good order and well conditioned, by Beamish, Crawford and Keating, on the 'good ship Lydia', whose 'Master under God' is Thomas Watson. The ship is 'riding under anchor in the Port of Cork & by Gods Grace bound for London'. The butter will be 'delivered in the like good order and well conditioned....(the Danger of the Seas only excepted)'. The charge for the freight is 18 shillings per tun of 32 firkins [about 37 and a half tuns in this cargo, making a charge of £33.3s.15d]. The Master has confirmed 3 bills of lading, one of which was accomplished and the other two to stand void. 'And so God send the good Ship to her desired Port in Safety. Amen. Dated in Cork 8 Decemr. 1786'. Signed Robert Richardson for the Master. With a Beamish Crawford and Keating printed logo.
Extent1p
LanguageEnglish
Persons keywordBeamish Crawford and Keating | Merchants, Cork | fl1786, Watson, Thomas | Master of the merchant Ship 'Lydia' Cork 1786, Beamish, William | Merchant | Cork fl. late 1700s-1800s, Crawford, William | Merchant | Cork fllate 1700s-1800s, Keating, ? | Merchant, Cork | fl. late 1700s - ?1800s
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