GB 0096 MS 651 - Bill of Lading, 1782

Single sheet

GB 0096 MS 651 1782 Collection (fonds) Single sheet Unknown
A bill of lading is a document which is issued by the transportation carrier to the shipper acknowledging that they have received the shipment of goods and that they have been placed on board a particular vessel which is bound for a particular destination and states the terms in which these goods received are to be carried.

Bought from Jabez Elliott in 1965.

Printed bill of lading completed in manuscript for the ship Sprightly Packett, 19 Oct 1782, at Bristol and bound for Cork with eight hogsheads of dye goods.

Single item.

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English
5¼" x 9¾"

Collection level description.

The University of London holds other bills of lading at MSS 464 and 466.

Compiled by sarah Aitchison as part of the RSLP AIM25 Project. Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997. Aug 2001 Avon Bristol Europe Western Europe UK England London Sprightly Packett , merchant ship, c1782 Trade Water transport Maritime transport Transport Vehicles Ships County Cork Ireland Cork

Bought from Jabez Elliott in 1965.

Printed bill of lading completed in manuscript for the ship Sprightly Packett, 19 Oct 1782, at Bristol and bound for Cork with eight hogsheads of dye goods.

Single item.

Access to the items in the collection is unrestricted for the purpose of private study and personal research within the controlled environment and restrictions of the Library's Palaeography Room. Access to archive collections may be restricted under the Freedom of Information Act. Please contact the University Archivist for details.

Copies may be made, subject to the condition of the original. Copying must be undertaken by the Palaeography Room staff, who will need a minimum of 24 hours to process requests.

• anglais

• latin

English

The University of London holds other bills of lading at MSS 464 and 466.

Collection level description.

Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.

• anglais