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Tobias Lear

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Lear, as general commercial agent of the U.S. at Cape Francois, certifies that Joseph Arnaud's accounting of the cargo of the Brig Rainbow - contained on verso - is accurate and complete. Lear was once private secretary to Gen. Washington. Cape Francois, Santo Domingo is now Cap Haitien, Haiti.

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Form of a Verification of the Delivery of Merchandise at a foreign Port, to be executed by a Consul or Agent of the United States. I Tobias Lear, Genl. Commercial Agent of the United States of America, at the City of Cape Francis do declare, that the facts set forth in the preceding certificate, suscribed by Joseph Arnaut of the said city merchant, and dated the tenth day of Sept. 1801 in my opinion, just and true, and deserving of full faith & credit In testimony whereof I have hereunto suscribed my name and affixed the seal of my office, at the City of Cape Francis this twelfth day of Sept 1801 Tobias Lear N.B. of the Consul can, from his own knowledge, certify that the facts set forth are just and true, then insert after the word are, to my knowledge just and true. -- If it is only matter of opinion, then insert, in my opinion, just and true, and deserving of full faith and credit. [Verso] " 28 One do Ribbons " 2&38 Thirty Crates Earthenware " 2?&27 Seven Bags Corks " 20 One Cask Cutlery " 39&45 Seven Cases Glass Ware " 14 One do Turnery Articles " 40&41 One do & One Bundle Harness & Whips " 30&31 Two Cases Mathematical Instruments PL 15.16&17 Three Trunks Cotton Hosiery IT 1.2.&3 Three Trunks Ladies Shoes & Half Boots L " Two Pipes " " Six ? Madura Wine " " Four Quarter Casks PL " One parcel Cassimere ? 3 One Case States ? 12.13&15 Three Casks Look.g Glasses WHICH, according to the Bills of Lading for the same, were shipped on board and said Brig Rainbow at the port of New York in the United States of America, on or about the tenth day of August 1801 and consigned to me, by Benjamin Lacey_Supercargo of the said Brig Rainbow aforesaid, GIVEN under My hand in the City of Cape Francois this Tenth day of September 1801 [signed] J Arnaud Produced 22 Oct 1801

Creation Date

10-22-1801

City

Cap

County

Cap-Haitien Arrondissement

State/Province

Nord Department

Country

Haiti

Creator Life Dates

1762-1816

Keywords

Tobias Lear, Cape Francois, Joseph Arnaud, verification, trade, merchandise, Cap Haitien, Haiti, Santo Domingo, 1801, Brig Rainbow, Benjamin Lacey

Resource Identifier

080420-23

Date Digital

2-17-2014

Document Type

Manuscript

Disciplines

Economic History | History | Legal

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.

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Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 License.

Form of verification of the delivery of merchandise, signed by Tobias Lear, Cape Francois, Santo Domingo (present-day Cap Haitien, Haiti), 1801.

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