| Descript |
1 microfilm reel. |
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Title on reel container label: NOSL for New Jersey, 1722-1764. |
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Originally published 1967. |
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Under the Navigation Acts colonial officials were required to maintain records of the shipping that entered and left American ports. Provincial clerks, called naval officers, gathered the required information and periodically sent the lists to London. The lists record the date of entry or departure 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 report 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. Bridlington (Burlington), Perth Amboy, and Salem were New Jersey's ports of entry. A good part of the incoming shipping carried slaves from Africa and the West Indies. Available lists in this collection include the following ports: Bridlington (Burlington) 1732-45, 1748, 1749-51, 1754-56, and 1763-64, Perth Amboy 1722-27, 1732-34, 1740-51, 1754-59, and 1763-64, and Salem 1736-51. An introduction at the beginning of the reel contains the provenance, background on naval officers and the naval office shipping lists, information specifically about the New Jersey lists, and a bibliography of related works. |
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R96594 Microform Academic Publishers |
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