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Preferred Citation

W.A.V. Clark's Account with George Eames, 1730 Jan, Manuscript # 2000.24, John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Library, Colonial Williamsburg Foundation

Acquisition Information

Purchase, 1981.

Alternative Form

Microfilm available.

Scope and Content Information

Account of goods consigned to and that have in other ways fallen into the hands of George Eames, merchant, St. Christopher's-Nevis-Anguilla. Lists and values five ships, "Martha," "Swan," "Groton," "Lark," and "Snow Queen," and their cargoes. Commodities on board include fish, planks, shingles, staves, tobacco, guns, naval stores, peas and flour.

Index Terms

Persons:

• Eames, George.

Corporate Names:

• Groton (Ship)
• Lark (Ship)
• Martha (Ship)
• Snow Union (Ship)
• Swan (Ship)

Subjects:

• Firearms --History --18th century.
• Fish trade --History --18th century.
• Food industry and trade --History --18th century.
• Lumber trade -- History --18th century.
• Merchants --West Indies --History --18th century.
• Naval stores --History --18th century.
• Ships --Cargo --History --18th century.
• Staves and stave trade --History --18th century.
• West Indies --Commerce -- History --18th century.

Genre and Form Terms:

• Mercantile Accounts --18th century.