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Keteltas, Abraham, fl. 1724-1744 "A Manifest of a Cargo of goods on Board the Brig Jamaica Packquet"

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC03107.02700 Author/Creator: Keteltas, Abraham, fl. 1724-1744 Place Written: New York, New York Type: Manuscript document Date: 1744/03 Pagination: 2 p. : Height: 32 cm, Width: 38 cm Order a Copy

P.1 records the goods that various individuals shipped to Curacao, and to whom these goods were consigned. P.2 is an account of the Brigantine Jamaica and the expenses accrued on the voyage. Docketed on verso.

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