Boston customs receipt for importation of one hogheads of rum from Martinique, signed by Benjamin Lincoln and Thomas Melvill, Boston,1802.

Authors

Benjamin Lincoln Jr.
Thomas Melvill
District of Massachusetts, Port of Boston and Charlestown

Files

Description

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.

Transcription

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)

PDF

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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