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U.S. / European Shipping Archive 1800-1814
The Widow Bermingham & Sons Collection

A fresh to the market remainder collection of the early 19th Century Maritime Shipping Papers of the St. Sebastian Basque international trading company of The Widow Bermingham & Sons.

- The collection provides an eclectic window into T.W. Bermingham & Sons extensive maritime trading and agency businesses handling the ships/cargoes of  many U.S. shipping adventures originating in Boston, Salem, New York, and Baltimore, bound for the St. Sebastian trading company, chosen likely for its neutral autonomous Guispasco republic strategic location at the Atlantic Bay in Basque country, where Spain borders France.
The original unresearched papers provide salient details and results of the Napoleonic Wars, the Barbary War, and the Undeclared War with France Germain, to unlocking the critical issues facing early shipping entrepreneurs who were trying to capture the very high European commodity prices caused by these wars and resulting government policies.
They reveal a likely widespread use of the "neutral" St Sebastian trading company as an effective strategy to overcome changing British and French restrictions on shipping destinations / cargoes that turned disastrous just when it had become a most popular strategy for early 19th Century American merchant traders and shipping companies.
They reveal disastrous consequences of the 1801-9 Jeffersonian foreign policies - Non Importation Act 1806, Embargo Act 1807, Non Intercourse Act 1809 - on the Salem (and other) merchant shipping entrepreneurs, including John Gardner and several of his local contemporaries.

US/European Shipping Papers 1800-1814

A fascinating collection of papers and documents showing the importance of the North Atlantic trade and the problems created  by the French confiscations of American shipping in the first two decades of the 19th century. Most of these papers are linked to the Hiberno/Hispanic company, the Widow  Bermingham and Sons of San Sebastian.
The Berminghams were a prominent Galway family, some of whom emigrated to St. Sebastian. There they established a shipping agency providing facilities for the import and export of goods between St. Sebastian and North America and Europe. The port of San Sebastian was a key centre for the importation of American products from the southern states of the US and the Caribbean islands, most notably, Cuba, that transited through east coast ports such as Boston, Philadelphia, Salem, before heading across the Atlantic to San Sebastian. The documents show that, after the sacking and destruction of St. Sebastian in August 1813 by the British and Portugese forces, the Bermingham family moved its operation to Pasajes (spelt in the documents as Passages) a small Spanish port about ten kilometres from St. Sebastian. The documents contain a passport issued on the 19th of March 1849 by the town of Bayonne allowing Richard Bermingham, described as a native of St. Sebastian and  a ‘rentier’ to travel to Bordeaux. Richard Bermingham was seventy years old at the time. Another member of the wider family was Rafael Echaigue y Bermingham (1815-1887), who became the Spanish Governor of Puerta Rica and later the Philippines in the 19th century. As a manuscript collection, w.a.f.

*An amazing survival [See Full Listing]

The Documents are classified as follows:
(1) Eight sequestration orders issued by the Government of Guipuscoa at the Port of St Sebastian relating to the confiscation of US ships and their cargoes. Seven of these ships were sequestered on the 28th of December 1809 and one of them, the Trim of Baltimore, on January 1, 1810.
(2) Five laisser passer documents issued by Isaac Cox Barnet, agent for the United States of American in Bordeaux. All are signed by Isaac Barnet and all with the seal of the United States. The documents relate to passes provided to US captains and seamen to travel freely to St. Sebastian.
(3)  Twenty nine bills of lading, all signed by the respective ships’ captains, for goods to be delivered by US ships to the Widow Bermingham and Sons. The bills of lading are for the period 1800 to 1814.
(4) Five certificates issued by the port of Philadelphia attesting to the import and transfer of goods (cocoa, white and brown sugar) from La Guira and Havana, Cuba, to ships bound for St. Sebastian. All of these documents relate to 1806.
(5) Two certificates (duplicates) bearing the seal of the state of New York signed by John Keese, notary public, dated October 12, 1801. The document relates to the acquisition by Thomas Tinson and John Noble of that ‘good American ship’ the Eliza of Charlestown, captained by Webster Brown. The ship was sold by George Alexander Wyllie of the City of London as attorney to Samuel Wyllie of Charlestown, the late owner.
(6) A sworn affidavit of Samuel Cooper, notary public for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, dated, 14, August, 1800, certifying that Eben[ezer] L Boyd, merchant, presented an invoice and bill of lading ‘the sole property of John Parker Boyd’ for goods to be shipped on the Schooner, Betsy, to the Widow Bermingham and Sons in St. Sebastian. On the verso is a sworn statement (with Spanish seal) by Juan Stoughton, Consul General for Spain, in New Hampshire, Massachusetts stating that Samuel Cooper is a notary public in Boston. Included in these documents is a very detailed list of the cargo of Savannah sugar, Carraccas cocoa, North Carolina tobacco, Georgia tobacco, James River tobacco.
(7)  A sworn affidavit of John Gardner, Justice of the Peace for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, dated May 15, 1807, relating to bill of lading for Gardiner Greene and Thomas L Winthrop, merchants of Boston, for goods to be exported to the Widow Bermingham and Sons of St. Sebastian. This document is accompanied by a certified document from the Collector’s Office of the District of Boston and Charlestown with a detailed list of the same goods, along with the ships that transported them to Boston to constitute the cargo on the Schooner, Amazon, captained by Luther Peirce. The detailed list of the Collector’s Office, signed by Benjamin Weld, Collector, shows goods that were imported from Havana and India. This document also includes a sworn French document from the office of Marc-Antoine Alexis Giraud, the French Consul at Boston, affirming that John Gardner was a justice of the peace in Boston.
(8) Parchment document, July 14, 1801, issued by the High Court of Admiralty for England restoring the ship called the Nancy, captained by Alexander Fraser, which had been captured by the private ship of War, Ajax (captain David Picoh) and brought to Jersey to be returned to its owner Fermin de Tastet.
(9) Passport for Richard Bermingham, aged 70, to travel from Bayonne to Bordeaux in 1849.
(10) Prices Current at Amsterdam the 8th December 1800.
(11)One of the earliest issues of Hope’s Philadelphia Price Current for June 10, 1805.
(12) Prince’s London Price Current Friday the 6th of August 1812
(13) Prices Current at Bilbao the 20th of July 1815.
(14) Prices Current at Gibraltar from the 3rd to the 9th of April 1817.
(15) Havana Price Current November 21st 1817.
(16) Dissolution of partnership document dated March 25, 1807 of the London co-partnership of Bainbridge, Ansley, and Co. Signed by Geo Bainbridge, John Ansley, John Bainbridge, Thos Brown.
(17) Document signed and sealed by Don Juan Bautista Bernabeu, Consul General of Spain in Maryland for the ship Nimrod, captained by Daniel Fitch, certifying that the ship is carrying a cargo of cocoa from Baltimore to San Sebastian. Dated 4 September 1807.
(18) A printed letter from the merchants Ventura Gomez de la Torre & Grandsons in Bilbao affirming that despite the momentary stop in the payments of their London house, Gomez de la Torre Mazarridos & Co, that they have recommenced their payments having received funds of consideration from the said Bilbao house. Dated Bilbao June 16, 1814.
(19) 15 A charter party document. London, 22 February 1814. Ship the Enighert with a cargo of grain proceeding from London to Passages in Spain. Signatures of Charles Barry and Richard King.

Further details on some of these documents

Sequestration Orders on American Ships at St Sebastian
Eight Sequestration Orders of American ships made by the Government of Guipuscoa at the port of St. Sebastian. Seven of the ships were sequestered on the 28th of December 1809 while the eighth, The Trim of Baltimore, was sequestered on the 1st of January 1809. The documents, each comprising four folio pages, are in a standard printed format claiming the vessels in the name of the Emperor and King (Napoleon) at the port of St. Sebastian. The names of the boats and their respective captains are written in by hand along with very detailed inventories of the goods that each ship contained (cocoa, cotton, indigo, pepper, rum, tobacco, etc). In some cases the cargoes had been sold prior to the introduction of the sequestration order of December 28, 1809. A number of these boats may be cross checked in Greg H. Williams’ The French Assault on American Shipping 1793-1813 (2009)

The names and captains of the ships were as follows:
The Hetty of Salem captained by Zebulon Woodbury (see Williams, p. 180) sequestered at St. Sebastian on December 28, 1809. Considerable details on its confiscated cargo of brown and white sugar, cocoa, pepper, coffee, etc, are provided.
The Wells of Salem, a three masted ship, captained by Zacariah G. Lamson (see Williams, p. 360), sequestered at St. Sebastian on December 28, 1809. Considerable details on its confiscated cargo of cotton, white and brown sugar, tobacco,indigo, rum, etc, are provided.
The Eleanor of Baltimore, captained by Samuel Gover (there appears to be a mistake on Williams, p.124, where he gives Thomas Gove as the master) sequestered at St. Sebastian on December 28, 1809. It had a cargo of 27 hogsheads of tobacco and 150 bales of cotton. Details on how the Widow Bermingham and Sons agency assisted in the opening of the ships compartments so as to air its cargo.
The Exchange of Baltimore, captained by William Dyl (Dyer in Williams, p. 135) sequestered at St. Sebastian on December 28, 1809. Considerable details on its cargo including 21 hogsheads of tobacco and 119 bales of cotton.There are details of the captain ordering 17 bales of cotton to be thrown into the sea so as to help balance the ship and stop it from sinking in the highs that it had experienced across the Atlantic. Again there are details of the Widow Bermingham and Sons agency having to periodically air the ship’s hold in order to stop the cargo from rotting.
The Betsey of Salem, captained by Thomas Holmes (Williams, p. 80), sequestered at St. Sebastian on December 28, 1809. Considerable detail on its cargo which included fish oil, rice, white and brown sugar, pepper, cocoa, cotton, tobacco, beans, etc.

The Enterprise of Salem, captained by James Brown (Williams, p. 133), sequestered on December 28, 1809 in the port of St. Sebastian. Its hold contained 328 bales of cotton and a hogshead of tobacco.  
The Post Boy of Baltimore, captained by Alexander Adams (Williams, pp. 293-4), sequestered on December 28, 1809 in the port of St. Sebastian. Its hold contained thirty hogshead of tobacco, one hundred and forty six bales of cotton – six of the latter were owned by Captain Adams.  
The Trim of Baltimore, captained by Simmonel Bunbury (Williams, p. 344), sequestered on January 1, 1810 in the port of St. Sebastian. It contained 22 hogsheads of tobacco, 30 sacks of indigo, 511 sacks of cocoa, and 49 sacks of rocon.

Laisser passer documents:
No 72 – Laisser passer for Peter Trend, an American sailor taken on the American ship Portland and set at liberty on request. Aged 23 years going to Santander to embark on the American ship Hette. Issued on May 3, 1800.
No 96 – Laisser Passer for Henry Davis, captain of the American brig, the Polly from Boston, now at St. Sebastien, aged 34 years, going to St Sebastien to embark on the said brig the Polly, 12 July 1800 (l’an 25eme de l’indépendance des États-Unis de l’Amérique). Countersigned on the back of this document with the seal of the Spanish government in Bayonne on July 23, 1800
 No 97 Laisser passer for John Attridge, aged 26 years, going to St. Sebastien to embark on the American brig Polly of  Boston. Issued in Bordeaux on July 12, 1800 (l’an 25eme de l’indépendance des États-Unis de l’Amérique). Countersigned on the back of this document with the seal of the Spanish government in Bayonne on July 23, 1800. Countersigned on the back of this document with the seal of the Spanish government in Bayonne on July 23, 1800
 No 99 – Laisser passer for Edward Thompson an American sailor from Charleston in the state of South Carolina, going to St Sebastien to embark on the American ship the Polly from Boston. Issued on July 15, 1800 (l’an 25eme de l’indépendance des États-Unis de l’Amérique). ). Countersigned on the back of this document with the seal of the Spanish government in Bayonne on July 23, 1800
No 100 – Laisser passer for George Morris, an American sailor, native of New York, aged 27 years, going to St Sebastien to embark on the American ship, the Polly. Issued 15 July 1800 (l’an 25eme de l’indépendance des États-Unis de l’Amérique). Countersigned on the back of this document with the seal of the Spanish government in Bayonne on July 23, 1800.

Bills of lading for ships sailing from St. Sebastian to North American and European ports each containing the signature of the captains of the boats transporting the articles.
(1)    Shipped…by Widow Bermingham and Sons in and upon the good brig called the Neutrality now riding in the harbour of St. Sebastian and bound for Boston. To say one trunk containing silk gloves and stockings for account and risk of Mr. Edward Edes, citizen of the United States of America and resident in Boston….Signed by Ahira Wadsworth in St. Sebastian on April 15, 1801
(2)    Duplicate of item (1) Signed by Ahira Wadsworth.
(3)    Shipped …by the Widow Bermingham and Sons of St. Sebastian now in Passage in and upon the good ship called the Nymph…master James Hutcheson now riding at anchor in the Port of Passage…bound for Bordeaux to say two hundred and twenty full puncheons containing twenty five thousand seven hundred and sixty five gallons of rum….Date in Passage 14th of May 1814. Signed James Hutcheson. On verso in manuscript ‘Deliver the contents on the other side to Mr. John Batbedat, ore order. Passage 15th May 1812. Widow Bermingham and Sons.
(4) Shipped by the Widow Bermingham and Sons upon the good schooner called the Experiment. Master Seth Barnes now riding at anchor in the Port of St. Sebastian and bound for Charleston. To say five thousand nine hundred and seventy five bars of iron, for account and risk of Captain Seth Barnes, a native citizen of the United States of America.. Dated in St. Sebastian on the 5th day of September 1801. Signed Seth Barnes.
(5) Duplicate of item (5). Signed Seth Barnes.
(6) Shipped by the Widow Bermingham and Sons in the good brig called the Risk. Master James Cantwell. Now riding in the harbour of St. Sebastian and bound for Lisbon. To say Two thousand four hundred and twenty four bars of double flat square iron. Six boxes containing axes. Fifty nine casks and sixty five bags containing biscuits. The whole for account and risk of Messrs Robert and Alexander McKim of Baltimore, citizens of the United States. Dated in St. Sebastian the tenth day of September 1801. Signed James Cantwell.
(7)  Duplicate of item (7). Signed James Cantwell.
(8) Shipped …by Widow Bermingham and Sons in and upon the good cutter called the Success. Master George Dolbel. Now at anchor in the harbour of St. Sebastian and bound for Jersey. To say 149 casks of black resin and one more in question which if found to be delivered. 5 casks Farr. 5 casks of Spirits of Turpentine. 2 pipes of Hendaye liquor and 60 planks... 6 boxes of soap. 6 bags of coffee and 9 barrels of butter which were brought by said vessel and are returned in her for want of sale. . Dated in St. Sebastian on the 7th day of July 1802. Signed George Dolbel.
(9) Shipped by...Widow Bermingham and Sons of St. Sebastian now at Passages..in the good ship called the Prince Regent how riding at anchor in the Port of Passages. Master Thomas Burghess…bound for Gottemburg or Memel to say one hundred and eighteen full puncheons containing thirteen thousand six hundred and eight three gallons of rum ….Dated in Passages the 12th May 1814. Signed by Thomas Burghes.
(10) Shipped by…the Widow Bermingham and Sons at St. Sebastian now in Passage …upon the good ship Young Peggy…Master John La Croix. Now riding at anchor in the Port of St. Sebastian …bound for Jersey to say seven cases and one bale containing French threads, shirting, linnens, shawls, cambricks, cottons and French tick….Dated in St. Sebastian 19th May 1814. Signed John La Croix. Further details of cargo (including pepper, shoes, bales of shirts, trousers and drawers, hampers of hams, hampers of cheese, barley in bulk, 30 writing books and 27 barrels of oysters) on verso.
(11) Shipped by…the Widow Bermingham and Sons of St. Sebastian now at Passage…upon the good ship the Nymph. Master James Hutcheson. Now riding at anchor at the Port of Passage…bound for Bordeaux. To say eight boxes of tallow candles and  a  sopha [sofa?]. Dated in Passage 14th May 1814. Signed James Hutcheson. On verso ‘Deliver the contents on the other side to Mr. John Batbedat, or order. Passage 16th May 1814. Widow Bermingham and Sons.’
(12) Shipped by…Widow Bermingham and Sons of Passage…upon the good ship St. Joseph…Master Dom Salahambere. Now riding at the Port of Passage …bound for St. John de Luz. To say Twenty nine pipes and three shorsheads brandy and eleven hogsheads of wine…Signed in Passage on 26th February 1814  D. Salahambere.
(13)  Shipped by…Widow Bermingham and Sons of St. Sebastian now at Passage….upon the good ship Oseaz master Carl M Linobom. Now at the Port of Passage bound for Bilbao. To say one hundred and twenty puncheons of rum. Dated in Passage 2 April 1814. Signed Carl M Linobom
(14) Shipped by the Widow Bermingham and Sons of St. Sebastian now in Passage upon the good ship called the Nymph. Master James Hutcheson. Now at the Port of Passage …bound for Bordeaux. To say five hundred and twenty full puncheons containing twenty five thousand seven hundred and sixty five gallons of rum. Dated in Pasage 14 May 1814. Signed James Hutcheson.
(15) Shipped by the Widow Bermingham and Sons of Passage upon the good ship La Esperinsa. Master Ramon de Manene. Now at the Port of Passage bound for Saint Jean de Luz. To say thirty four bales, eleven barrels of wine and twenty pipes of brandy. Dated in Passage the 8th March 1814. Signed Ramon de Manene.
(16) Bill of lading in French. Document in French. Juan de Arlara master of the chassemarée called the San Antonio from San Sebastian now in Bordeaux travelling to Saint Sebastian. Received from Monsieur O’Finn one chest containing fashionable objects to be delivered to the Widow Bermingham and Sons in St. Sebastian. Signed on June 9 in Bordeaux 1806 by Juan de Arlara.

Bills of lading for ships sailing from Boston to St. Sebastian containing the signatures of the captains of each ship. Included in this section a number of bills of lading signed by the shipper John Coffin Jones, a friend of Quincy Adams, and the Speaker of the Massachusetts House of Representatives (1802-3)
(1) Shipper Richards and Jones. Boat: the Brig Eliza and Mary, travelling from Boston to St. Sebastian (Widow Bermingham and Sons). Master Joseph Starr. Cargo: One hundred and eighty four quintals of large white dry codfish. Dated: Boston, October 20, 1800. Signed; Joseph Starr.
(2) Shipper John C Jones native citizen of Massachusetts . Brig called the Aurora. MasterThomas Waltham. Now in Boston and bound for St Sebastian. To say 91 cases of Caraccas Cocoa, 112 bags of pepper, 24 casks of rum, tobacco, 906 codfish, 21 bags of Havana sugar… Dated in Boston May 19, 1806. Signed Thomas Waltham. John C Jones the shipper was John Coffin Jones, a prominent Boston merchant. He was the Speaker of the Massachusetts House of Representatives (1802-1803). He was a legislative colleague of John Quincy Adams.
(3) Duplicate of item (2). Signed Thomas Waltham.
(4) Shipper Colburn and Gill native and resident citizens of the United States of America. The brig called the Aurora. Now in Boston and bound for St Sebastian. Master Thomas Waltham. To say one hundred and thirteen boxes of brown Havana sugar. Dated in Boston 19th May 1806. Signed Thomas Waltham
(5) Shipper John C Jones citizen of Boston Massachusetts. Brig called Hannat. Master George Macy. Now in the harbour of Boston and bound for St Sebastian. To say one hundred and twenty five thas (?) and thirty four barrels of seahorse oil. Fifteen hundred and sixty four quintals of codfish and forty three barrels of Carracas cocoa. Dated in Boston May 29, 1806. Signed George Macy.
(6) Bill of loading of the United States of America. Shipped…by John C Jones. Brig called the Nina America. Now riding at anchor in Boston and bound for St Sebastian. Master Truman Bartlett. To say 40 barrels of beef …136 barrels of oil 41 bags of pepper 12 casks of rum 16 quintals (?) tobacco…Dated at Boston 14 May 1806. Signed Truman Bartlett.
(7)  Shipper John C Jones a native citizen of the United States. Brig called the [name indecipherable] Master Josiah Carver. Now in the harbour of Boston and bound for St Sebastian. To say twenty six casks of rice, one hundred and twenty five bags of Caraccas cocoa, seventy two bags of brown sugar, one thousand and twenty quintals of codfish and two boxes of cloves. Dated in Boston June 24 1806. Signed Josiah Carver.
(8) Shipper John Coffin Jones and Richards and Jones. Ship called the Cecilia. Master John Kenrick. Ship now in the harbour of Boston and bound for San Sebastian. To say fourteen hundred and eighteen ox hides. Dated in Boston July 25th 1806. Signed John Kenrick. Also with the signature of John C Jones.
(9) Shipper John C Jones. Ship called the Cecilia. Master John Kenrick. Now in the harbour of Boston and bound for St Sebastian. To say eighty nine cartons of caraccas cocoa. Dated in Boston July 31, 1806. Signed John Kenrick.
(10) Shipper Richards and Jones. Ship called the Cecilia. Master John Kenrick. Sixty---and seventeen bags Caraccas Cocoa. Dated in Boston July 25th 1806. Signed John Kenrick.
(11) Shipper Richards and Jones. Ship called the Argo now in the harbour of Boston and bound for St. Sebastian. Master William Hunt. To say forty three hogsheads, two--- and sixteen barrels of brown sugar. Dated in Boston June 17th 1806. Signed William Hunt. On the verso a signed acknowledgement of payment of twelve thousand three hundred and seventy two rials from the Widow Bermingham and Sons. Dated St. Sebastian 4th of September 1806. Signed by William Hunt.
(12) Shipper Richards and Jones. Ship called the Argo. Now in the harbour of Boston and bound for San Sebastian. Master William Hunt. To say one hundred and three bags of coffee and twenty six bags of Caraccas cocoa. Dated Boston June 16, 1806. Signed William Hunt.  On the verso ‘received from Widow Bermingham and Sons 2,173 rials amount of the freight on the other side. Signed St. Sebastian 4th September 1806, William Hunt.
(13) Shipper Stephen Trales (?). Ship called the Argo. Now in the harbour of Boston and bound for St Sebastian. Master William Hunt. To say one hundred and sixty two casks of whale oil on the sole account and risqué of the shipper, residing in Boston and a native citizen of the United States. Signed in Boston June 1, 1806 William Hunt. On the verso ‘Received of the Widow Bermingham and Sons twenty three thousand seven hundred and ninety four rials amount of the freight. Signed St. Sebastian 4th September 1806. William Hunt.

Five folio Certificates for the Port of Philadelphia, bearing the stamp of the Philadelphia Custom House, issued in 1806, and countersigned by the distinguished Spanish economist, Valentin de Foronda, then Consul General of Spain in Philadelphia.
On the recto these certificates detail the cargo of ships bringing goods from the Spanish ports of Havana and La Guira which were then transferred to ships in Philadelphia to bring them to St. Sebastian. Four of the certificates refer to cargoes from the Spanish ports that were transferred to the brig, Mercury, captained by Davis, which was destined to sail to St. Sebastian. The fifth certificate refers to the cargo being transferred to the Lovely Matilda, captained by O’Connor, and also destined for St. Sebastian. On the verso of each document the Spanish Consul General for the United States in Philadelphia, Valentin de Foronda certified as to the type of cargo on each ship and the Spanish ports (Havana or La Guira) where it was loaded. Each of these verso pages is in Foronda’s hand with his signature and the seal of the Spanish government. The documents accompanied the cargoes to St. Sebastian where they were transferred to the Widow Bermingham and Sons shipping agency.
Valentin de Foronda y González de Echávarri (1751-1821) was the Spanish Consul General in Philadelphia between 1801-7. He was  a distinguished author and is regarded as one of Spain’s best economic writers of the late 18th and early 19th centuries.

Sworn Affidavits:
Commonwealth of Massachusetts  -
(1) Folio affidavit that Thomas Cooper is a Judge of Common Pleas, a Justice of Peace and a Notary Public residing in Boston, sworn by Thomas MacDonagh, British Consul in the New England States. Folio affidavit sworn by Ebenezer Little Boyd, on behalf of  John Parker Boyd, merchant, ‘native and citizen of the United States’, before Samuel Cooper, Notary Public, and Judge of the Court of Common Pleas, on August 14, 1800. Signed by both Ethan Boyd and Samuel Cooper. On the verso a further affidavit sworn and sealed by Don Juan Stoughton, Consul General for Spain for New Hampshire Massachusetts. Considerable detail on the contents. Considerable detail on the cargo of the schooner, Betsy, captained by Manson, consigned from Boston to the Widow Bermingham and Sons in St. Sebastian. The cargo contained thirty boxes of white sugar, thirty boxes of brown Savannah sugar, thirty three barrels and one hundred and twenty three bags of cocoa, twenty eight hogsheads and five barrels of tobacco, …The cargo contained cocoa from Carraccas and tobacco from Wilmington, North Carolina, from Georgia and from the James River. Signatures of Samuel Cooper, Thomas MacDonagh, Ebenazer L Boyd, Don Juan Stoughton, Captain Manson   
(2) Folio affidavit sworn by Gardiner Green and Thomas L Winthrop of Boston, Merchants, on an invoice and bill of lading sworn before John Gardner, Justice of the Peace for the County of Suffolk on May 25, 1807. This document includes a further sworn statement by N. Maupin, acting for the Consul General of France, Marc-Antoine Alexis Giraud, that John Gardner is a justice of the peace in Boston, Suffolk County. This document contains considerable details on the cargo shipped by Gardiner Green and Thomas L Winthrop on the schooner, Amazon, captained by Luther Peirce, consigned to the Widow Bermingham and Sons in St. Sebastian. There is a separate bill of lading signed by the captain, Luther Pierce, detailing the cargo – eighty seven boxes of white sugar, fifty eight boxes of brown sugar, fourteen hundred and twenty eight bags of sugar, two hundred and fifty six bags of cocoa, one hundred bags of  pepper, eighty five bags of coffee, one hundred and seventy eight matts of cinnamon, and four and one third tons of logwood.
As an Archive, w.a.f. 
We are grateful to Antoin Murphy for cataloguing this lot.