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Billhead - Caesar & Co., New Orleans, LA, December 20, 1836
This bill of lading from Caesar & Co. documents the shipment of 100 hogsheads of sugar and 220 barrels of molasses aboard the vessel "Nashville" from New Orleans to New York. The cargo is consigned to Moses Taylor. Freight charges are specified as Five Dollars and Eighty Cents per hogshead of sugar and Two Dollars and Fifty Cents per barrel of molasses. The document is dated December 20, 1836, and signed by Jackson (Master) and Franklin & Ames. The item features a small engraved vignette depicting a ship loading cargo, along with decorative script for sections such as "SHIPPED." and "Contents unknown to". The form was printed and sold by Benjamin Levy in New Orleans. 3.
Associated People/Businesses
- Jackson (Master)
- Levy, Benjamin
Geography
No geographic information available.
Subjects
- Shipping
- Mercantile
- Sugar trade
- Molasses trade
- New Orleans
- New York
- 19th Century
- Bill of Lading
- Engraving
- Antebellum Era
Physical Location
Arc.MS.56, Box 23, Folder 11