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.
Provenance
Removed from the Benjamin Franklin Papers.
General physical description
1 volume, 67 pages.
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.
Genre(s)
- Business Records and Accounts
- Catalogs.
- Miscellaneous
Subject(s)
- American Revolution
- International Trade.
- Military History
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