Shipped by the grace of God in good order and well conditioned, by [blank] in and upon the good ship called the [blank] whereof is master under God for this present voyage [blank] and now riding at anchor in the [blank] and by God's grace bound for [blank] to say, [blank] being marked and numbred [sic] as in the margent, and are to be delivered in the like good order and well conditioned, at the aforesaid port of [blank] (the danger of the seas only excepted) unto [blank] or to [blank] assigns, he or they paying freight for the said goods [blank] with primage and average accustomed. In witness whereof the master or purser of the said ship hath affirmed to [blank] bills of lading, all of this tenor and date; the one of which bills being accomplished, the other [blank] to stand void. And so God send the good ship to her desired port in safety. Amen. Dated in [blank]

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Bibliographic Details
Imprint:[Boston, Mass.? : s.n., not after 1723]
Description:1 sheet ([1] p.) ; 13 x 23 cm
Language:English
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Format: E-Resource Print Book
Local Note:Library Company copy completed in MS. for Jonathan Belcher, shipping sugar, molasses, rum, 12 oak tables, 5 dozens chairs, and 6 dozen pails from Boston to "Nansymum in Virginia or So. Carolina" (i.e. Nansemond, Va.), aboard the ship Dove, William Winter, master; dated Boston, Sept. 12, 1723, and signed by Winter.
Library Company copy from the Michael Zinman Collection of Early American Imprints.
Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
NEH-Readex: not in Readex; not at AAS.
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/10359251
Hidden Bibliographic Details
Notes:A bill of lading form.
Ornamental initial letter S shows a ship under full sail; the woodcut initial is unsigned.
Printed area measures 9.3 x 19.4 cm.
Not in: Evans; Bristol.
Electronic reproduction. Philadelphia, Pa.: NewsBank, inc., 2010. Available via the World Wide Web. Access restricted to Readex Early American Imprints, Series I: Supplement from the Library Company of Philadelphia, 1670-1800