Bills of lading
Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: Written receipts given by a carrier for goods accepted for transportation.
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Baldwin and Company papers
Collection
Call Number: MS 56
Overview:
A shipping firm based in New York trading with Europe, South America and various ports in the United States. The principal partner in the firm was Simeon Baldwin of New Haven. The records include account books, correspondence, papers dealing with the general business of the firm and papers dealing with the individual ships. The records for each of the 124 ships consist of bills of lading, manifests, freight lists, settlements of earnings, letters of instruction to captains, captain's accounts...
Dates:
1818-1876
Found in:
Manuscripts and Archives
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Baldwin and Company papers
San Francisco Custom House records
Collection
Call Number: WA MSS S-2436
Overview:
Collection consists primarily of printed forms completed in manuscript: appraiser's reports, manifests, certificates of entry, receipts, invoices, oaths and other shipping records that document maritime traffic in San Francisco during the Gold Rush.
Dates:
1850-1861