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Bills of Lading, 1728-1788


IDENTITY STATEMENT

Reference code(s): GB 0096 MS 464

Held at: Senate House Library, University of London

Title: Bills of Lading, 1728-1788

Date(s): 1728-1788

Level of description: Collection (fonds)

Extent: 10 items

Name of creator(s): Unknown

CONTEXT

Administrative/Biographical history:

A bill of lading is a document which is issued by the transportation carrier to the shipper acknowledging that they have received the shipment of goods and that they have been placed on board a particular vessel which is bound for a particular destination and states the terms in which these goods received are to be carried.

CONTENT

Scope and content/abstract:

Nine printed bills of lading, completed in manuscript, for ships bound for Marseilles, including those for Le Décidé bound from Salonika, 1728; St Jean l'Évangéliste, from Istanbul, 1733; Le Benjamin, from Smyrna, 1763; Sainte Marie, from Port Maurice, 1765; La Fortune, from St Pierre, Martinique, 1765; La Napolitaine, from Naples, 1778; L'Aimable Marguerite, from Smyrna, 1779; S. Giovanni Battista, from Genoa, 1787 and 1788. Also includes a similar bill of lading for La Vièrge de Grace, bound from Marseilles to St Malo, 1729. Merchandise carried included raw cotton, yellow wax, fish, oil, vinegar, soap, coffee and silk.

ACCESS AND USE

Language/scripts of material: French and Italian

System of arrangement:

Conditions governing access:

Access to the items in the collection is unrestricted for the purpose of private study and personal research within the controlled environment and restrictions of the Library's Palaeography Room. Access to archive collections may be restricted under the Freedom of Information Act. Please contact the University Archivist for details.

Conditions governing reproduction:

Copies may be made, subject to the condition of the original. Copying must be undertaken by the Palaeography Room staff, who will need a minimum of 24 hours to process requests.

Physical characteristics:

Finding aids:

Collection level description.

Detailed catalogue

ARCHIVAL INFORMATION

Appraisal, destruction and scheduling information:

Accruals:

Archival history:

Immediate source of acquisition:

Bought from Henri Bernard in 1957.

ALLIED MATERIALS

Existence and location of originals:

Existence and location of copies:

Related material:

The University of London holds other bills of lading at MSS 466 and 651.

Publication note:

DESCRIPTION NOTES

Note:

Archivist's note: Compiled by Sarah Aitchison as part of the RSLP AIM25 Project.

Rules or conventions: Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.

Date(s) of descriptions: Aug 2001


INDEX ENTRIES
Subjects
Maritime transport | Transport
Ships | Vehicles | Transport
Trade
Water transport

Personal names

Corporate names
L'Aimable Marguerite | merchant ship, c 1779
La Fortune | merchant ship, c 1765
La Napolitaine | merchant ship, c 1778
La Vièrge de Grace | merchant ship, c 1729
Le Benjamin | merchant ship, c 1763
Le Décidé | merchant ship, c 1728
Sainte Marie | merchant ship, c1765
San Giovanni Battista | merchant ship, c 1787
St Jean l'Évangéliste | merchant ship, c 1733

Places
Galata | Istanbul | Marmara | Turkey | Middle East
Genoa | Italy | Western Europe | Europe
Marseilles | France | Western Europe | Europe
Naples | Italy | Western Europe | Europe
Porto Maurizio | Italy | Western Europe | Europe
Salonika | Greece | Western Europe | Europe
Smyrna | Turkey | Middle East
St Malo | France | Western Europe | Europe
St Pierre | Martinique | Caribbean
Constantinople x Istanbul
Port Maurice x Porto Maurizio