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3 microfilm reels. |
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Title on reel container label: NOSL for New York, 1713-1765. |
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A subclass of documents extracted from: America and West Indies: original correspondence, etc. |
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The Navigation Acts required colonial officials to keep records of ships entering and departing American ports. Provincial clerks, called naval officers, gathered the necessary information and periodically sent the lists to London. 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 clearance, the immediate destination, and the date and location where bond may have been posted. The lists for New York are complete between 1713 and 1743 except for the years 1713, 1714, 1719, 1730, 1731, and 1743. From 1744 until 1765, the lists are complete only in the years 1754, 1763, and 1764. An introduction at the beginning of each reel contains the provenance, background on naval officers and naval office shipping lists, information specifically about the New York lists, and a bibliography of related works |
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Originally published 1967. |
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R96591 Microform Academic Publishers |
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