{"product_id":"1770-colonial-shipping-cargo-manifest-sloop-hills-merchant-account-delivered-to-myles-williams-pre-revolutionary-america","title":"1770 Colonial Shipping Cargo Manifest – Sloop Hills – Merchant Account Delivered to Myles Williams – Pre-Revolutionary America","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"flex max-w-full flex-col gap-4 grow\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-message-author-role=\"assistant\" data-message-id=\"d3f6a3b1-42ce-4ccc-b83e-ce6dd2ac05e5\" data-turn-start-message=\"true\" dir=\"auto\" data-message-model-slug=\"gpt-5-5\" class=\"min-h-8 text-message relative flex w-full flex-col items-end gap-2 text-start break-words whitespace-normal outline-none keyboard-focused:focus-ring [.text-message+\u0026amp;]:mt-1\" tabindex=\"0\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"flex w-full flex-col gap-1 empty:hidden\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"markdown prose dark:prose-invert wrap-break-word w-full light markdown-new-styling\"\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"2793\" data-end=\"3111\" class=\"PDq2pG_selectionAnchorContainer\"\u003eOriginal colonial American manuscript cargo account dated \u003cstrong data-start=\"2851\" data-end=\"2870\"\u003eJanuary 9, 1770\u003c\/strong\u003e, recording merchandise delivered from the \u003cstrong data-start=\"2913\" data-end=\"2928\"\u003eSloop Hills\u003c\/strong\u003e to merchant \u003cstrong data-start=\"2941\" data-end=\"2959\"\u003eMyles Williams\u003c\/strong\u003e. Prepared only six years before the Declaration of Independence, the document provides a fascinating snapshot of everyday commerce in colonial America.\u003cspan aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"PDq2pG_selectionAnchor\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"3113\" data-end=\"3570\"\u003eThe inventory lists an assortment of goods unloaded from the vessel, including \u003cstrong data-start=\"3192\" data-end=\"3336\"\u003ebeef, pork, flour, tar, butter, 1,300 staves, 1,826 bricks, bushels of oats, sugar, tallow, wheat, casks, chairs, nuts, and other provisions\u003c\/strong\u003e, with contemporary quantity calculations recorded alongside the entries. Such documents served as working merchant records documenting the receipt and distribution of cargo moving through the coastal trade that linked colonial ports.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"3572\" data-end=\"4028\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\"\u003eWritten on laid paper and docketed on the reverse, this manuscript is a fine survival of eighteenth-century commercial history. Unlike formal legal documents, working cargo inventories were often discarded after accounts were settled, making original examples increasingly scarce. An excellent addition for collectors of colonial Americana, maritime history, merchant records, early commerce, shipping manuscripts, and pre-Revolutionary American documents.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"161\" data-end=\"324\" class=\"PDq2pG_selectionAnchorContainer\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"326\" data-end=\"344\"\u003eThe heading reads:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cblockquote data-start=\"346\" data-end=\"446\"\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"348\" data-end=\"446\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"348\" data-end=\"446\"\u003e\"1770. The account of the Sloop Hills Cargo Delivered to Myles Williams January the 9th 1770.\"\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"448\" data-end=\"546\"\u003eIt is a merchant's cargo memorandum listing provisions and merchandise discharged from the vessel.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr data-start=\"548\" data-end=\"551\"\u003e\n\u003ch2 data-section-id=\"1c7c49r\" data-start=\"553\" data-end=\"564\"\u003eContents\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"566\" data-end=\"595\"\u003eAmong the cargo recorded are:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul data-start=\"597\" data-end=\"1018\"\u003e\n\u003cli data-section-id=\"1j426ek\" data-start=\"597\" data-end=\"603\"\u003eBeef\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-section-id=\"1j49qdq\" data-start=\"604\" data-end=\"610\"\u003ePork\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-section-id=\"947pum\" data-start=\"611\" data-end=\"628\"\u003eBarrels of pork\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-section-id=\"h352sa\" data-start=\"629\" data-end=\"647\"\u003eBarrels of flour\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-section-id=\"nybhun\" data-start=\"648\" data-end=\"664\"\u003eBarrels of tar\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-section-id=\"1w1riaw\" data-start=\"665\" data-end=\"673\"\u003eButter\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-section-id=\"1cwceut\" data-start=\"674\" data-end=\"737\"\u003eMoon (likely \"meal\" or another provision—partially illegible)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-section-id=\"qfqhz4\" data-start=\"738\" data-end=\"756\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"740\" data-end=\"756\"\u003e1,300 staves\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-section-id=\"6pj40r\" data-start=\"757\" data-end=\"781\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"759\" data-end=\"781\"\u003e72 bushels of oats\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-section-id=\"xipxcb\" data-start=\"782\" data-end=\"800\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"784\" data-end=\"800\"\u003e1,826 bricks\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-section-id=\"1dh6ikd\" data-start=\"801\" data-end=\"823\"\u003eOnion tops and wheat\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-section-id=\"14qift7\" data-start=\"824\" data-end=\"879\"\u003eApproximately \u003cstrong data-start=\"840\" data-end=\"852\"\u003e760 pegs\u003c\/strong\u003e (or similar hardware item)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-section-id=\"bvxfqf\" data-start=\"880\" data-end=\"908\"\u003eAdditional bushels of oats\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-section-id=\"1lsqr2c\" data-start=\"909\" data-end=\"924\"\u003eBags of sugar\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-section-id=\"5rn1lx\" data-start=\"925\" data-end=\"933\"\u003eTallow\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-section-id=\"183erzo\" data-start=\"934\" data-end=\"948\"\u003eWinter wheat\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-section-id=\"94f090\" data-start=\"949\" data-end=\"966\"\u003eBarrels of nuts\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-section-id=\"169akrl\" data-start=\"967\" data-end=\"980\"\u003eHogshead(s)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-section-id=\"16xbffl\" data-start=\"981\" data-end=\"988\"\u003eCasks\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-section-id=\"1ux6362\" data-start=\"989\" data-end=\"997\"\u003eChairs\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-section-id=\"gqbh5l\" data-start=\"998\" data-end=\"1018\"\u003eChop (animal feed)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1020\" data-end=\"1092\"\u003eA contemporary tally appears in the center, totaling quantities of meat:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul data-start=\"1094\" data-end=\"1107\"\u003e\n\u003cli data-section-id=\"1j49qdq\" data-start=\"1094\" data-end=\"1100\"\u003ePork\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-section-id=\"1j426ek\" data-start=\"1101\" data-end=\"1107\"\u003eBeef\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1109\" data-end=\"1201\"\u003eThe reverse carries a contemporary docket identifying the document as relating to the cargo.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr data-start=\"1203\" data-end=\"1206\"\u003e\n\u003ch2 data-section-id=\"hlyorq\" data-start=\"1208\" data-end=\"1234\"\u003eHistorical Significance\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1236\" data-end=\"1316\"\u003eThis is an excellent example of a \u003cstrong data-start=\"1270\" data-end=\"1315\"\u003ecolonial American coastal shipping record\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1318\" data-end=\"1524\"\u003eDocuments of this type were created by merchants upon receipt of cargo arriving from coastal vessels. They illustrate the complex trade networks that connected colonial ports before the American Revolution.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1526\" data-end=\"1560\"\u003eThe cargo represents a mixture of:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul data-start=\"1562\" data-end=\"1661\"\u003e\n\u003cli data-section-id=\"4l82az\" data-start=\"1562\" data-end=\"1574\"\u003eFoodstuffs\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-section-id=\"q552me\" data-start=\"1575\" data-end=\"1595\"\u003eBuilding materials\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-section-id=\"uapzyh\" data-start=\"1596\" data-end=\"1619\"\u003eAgricultural products\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-section-id=\"18ys86u\" data-start=\"1620\" data-end=\"1640\"\u003eHousehold supplies\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-section-id=\"exg66g\" data-start=\"1641\" data-end=\"1661\"\u003eMerchant inventory\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1663\" data-end=\"2145\"\u003eThe inclusion of \u003cstrong data-start=\"1680\" data-end=\"1750\"\u003estaves, bricks, sugar, tallow, flour, oats, and livestock products\u003c\/strong\u003e illustrates the diverse commodities exchanged through colonial maritime commerce. Such working business documents were generally discarded after accounts were settled, making surviving examples relatively uncommon today. 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