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This document is signed by Lincoln as Collector and Melvill as Inspector at the port of Boston and Charlestown, 1802. Lincoln was a general in the American Revolution, Melvill was an officer in the same conflict as well as a participant in the Boston Tea Party.
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No. 6091 District of Massachusetts. Port of Boston and Charlestown. I certify, that there was imported into this District on the fifth of Augt 1802 by Stephen Codman in the President. Mead. an American Vessel, from Martinico one Hogshead of Rum numbered and marked as per margin, containing one Hundred Sixteen Gallons third Proof B. Lincoln Collector. Countersigned by T Melvill Inspector President Mead No. 1259 116 Rum Third Proof T. Melvill, Boston. Aug 5 1802
Creation Date
8-5-1802
City
Boston
State/Province
Massachusetts
Country
United States
Creator Life Dates
1733-1810
Keywords
Benjamin Lincoln, Thomas Melvill, Thomas Melville, customs, receipt, import, port, hogshead, rum, Martinico, Martinique, Boston, Charlestown, 1802
Resource Identifier
080418-05
Date Digital
11-8-2013
Document Type
Manuscript
Disciplines
Archival Science | Economic History | Social History | United States History
Publisher
Wofford College
Format (medium)
manuscript
Format (IMT)
Language
En-us
Digitization Specifications
800ppi 24-bit depth color; Scanned with an Epson 15000 Photo scanner with Epson Scan software; Archival master is a TIFF; TIFFs converted to PDF with Adobe Acrobat XI Pro.
Source
The original from which this digital representation is taken is housed in The Littlejohn Collection at Wofford College, located in the Sandor Teszler Library.
Recommended Citation
Lincoln, Benjamin Jr.; Melvill, Thomas; and District of Massachusetts, Port of Boston and Charlestown, "Boston customs receipt for importation of one hogheads of rum from Martinique, signed by Benjamin Lincoln and Thomas Melvill, Boston,1802." (1802). Broadus R. Littlejohn, Jr. Manuscript and Ephemera Collection. 110.
https://digitalcommons.wofford.edu/littlejohnmss/110
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