| Descript |
1 microfilm reel. |
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Title on reel container label: NOSL for Maryland, 1689-1754. |
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Originally published 1970. |
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The Navigation Acts required colonial officials to keep records of ships that entered and left ports in America. Because so much of the trade in Maryland was conducted on rivers and inlets rather than in port cities, several clerks, called naval officers, were required to gather the information on these lists and then periodically send them to London. The naval officers in Maryland were in a peculiar position as they essentially served two masters. The officer was a member of the provincial system and as such he collected the tonnage and tobacco duties that were levied by the colony. He was also an officer of the crown responsible for controlling entrances and clearances from the ports of the colony. The lists he kept while fulfilling the second duty 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. Again, because of the dispersal of trading activity in Maryland, these lists are complex and incomplete. The table of contents is invaluable in locating specific information. 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 Maryland lists, a table of contents for the reel, a summary of the shipping lists, and a bibliography of related works. |
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R96756 Microform Academic Publishers |
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