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1 microfilm reel. |
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Title on reel container label: NOSL for New Hampshire, 1723-1769. |
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Originally published 1967. |
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Colonial officials were required by the Navigation Acts to keep records of all ships that entered and left ports in America. Provincial clerks, called naval officers, gathered the needed information and sent the lists to London periodically. The lists report the date of entry or clearance from port, the ship's name, home port or colony, style of construction and tonnage, registration, name of master, and name of owner. They also describe the number of guns and crew, the cargo (including slaves and indentures), the last port of clearance, the immediate destination, and the date and location where bond may have been posted. The New Hampshire returns are listed under three different geographical headings: the earliest are for Newcastle, in the 1720s the returns are for Port New Hampshire, and from 1742 they are for piscataqua, a name referring to the entire area around the Piscataqua river. An introduction at the beginning of the reel contains the provenance, background on naval officers and the naval office shipping lists, information specifically about New Hampshire shipping lists, a summary of the reel contents, and a bibliography of related works. |
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R96558 Microform Academic Publishers |
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