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1787162443London: Printed by Charles Eyre and Andrew Strahan 1787 i.e. 1788. Among the earliest Parliamentary responses to the British slave trade First edition of the first British law to regulate slave shipping preserved in its original volume of yearly parliamentary acts. The law bound 54th in this volume pioneered techniques of popular abolitionist appeal. The Slave Trade Act 1788 limited the number of enslaved persons that could be transported on British ships. It also required that all ships carried a doctor to monitor the conditions of the enslaved persons. The Act was supported through Parliament by Sir William Dolben 1727-1814 and Charles Stanhope 1753-1816. LoGerfo notes of their campaign that "the machinery used to appeal to the literate public would also be used in the future" p. 450. This volume collects 57 acts passed by the 16th Parliament of Great Britain which met from November 1787 to July 1788 and was led by Pitt the Younger. Like all Parliamentary statutes of this period the Slave Trade Act was separately printed with a general title page for inclusion in the yearly volumes of acts. Most of these statutes were printed with their own title pages included in the signatures and pagination - here all such pages have been removed. These laws were printed in limited numbers usually estimated at around 1100 copies only. The volume includes laws against chimney sweeps and child labour and measures to compensate dispossessed American loyalists in the years after the Revolution. Folio 304 x 191 mm pp. 1012 = 900 title pages of individual acts removed. Woodcut device to title page woodcut head- tailpieces and initials to contents. Contemporary quarter sheep spine lettered and with black morocco label in gilt marbled paper sides. Bumping and wear minor loss to spine ends joints cracked but holding firm slight browning and foxing to endpapers and contents slight marking to edges: a good copy. ESTC N58828; N58797 Slave Trade Act. James W. LoGerfo "Sir William Dolben and "The Cause of Humanity": The Passage of the Slave Trade Regulation Act of 1788" Eighteenth-Century Studies Vol. 6 No. 4 Jun. 1973. unknown
1713186652London: Printed for John Baskett Printer to the Queens most Excellent Majesty And by the Assigns of Thomas Newcomb and Henry Hills deceas'd 1713. A foundational document in the transatlantic slave trade First edition of a major development of the transatlantic slave trade which greatly expanded the market for British slave traders in the Americas and helped establish Britain as the predominant slave trading power. After the War of the Spanish Succession Spain ceded to Britain the exclusive right to import African slaves into Spanish America. This monopoly the Assiento was delegated to the newly formed South Sea Company and held until 1750. The supposed value of the Assiento was the basis of the South Sea Bubble. In fact the restrictive terms - slave numbers were capped and all shipments were heavily taxed by the Spanish Crown - resulted in the South Sea Company never making substantial profit from the agreement. Nonetheless the Assiento played a major role in boosting and consolidating Britain's role in the Atlantic slave trade. The front free endpaper contains a detailed contemporary owner's note naming the binder of the volume - John Worrall - the price paid how it was constructed and how the book should be used: a very unusual survival. The notes state "This book Intituled State Pamphlets was bound by John Worrall for 2s. 2d. and containes 425 leaves". Little is recorded of John Worrall. He was apprenticed from 1674 to 1682 and was working at Warwick Court in 1709 and at Fleet Ditch in 1722. He died in 1726 all from Howe p. 103. The notes continue that the contents are consecutively numbered in manuscript and to use that numbering not the pagination of the original pamphlets. It specifies that "Remarks" are to be "entred in the proper cleane leaves as the observation thereof sees best" - blanks are bound between the tracts. It then notes that the manuscript table should be placed as the second leaf as is found. It refers the reader to another volume with more detailed instructions - it is evident the volume was held in a library which anticipated wide use. The nine other works bound in the volume - an inventory is available on request - date from 1688 to 1714 and are tracts on religion law and politics alongside the Treaty of Utrecht. It includes Jonathan Swift's first political work A Discourse of the Contests and Dissensions between the Nobles and Commons in Athens and Rome 1701 - this copy is the second issue with most of the first edition type corrected and reset. 10 works bound in 1 vol. quarto 206 x 156 mm. Contemporary calf red morocco label to style covers ruled in blind edges sprinkled red. 19th-century ownership signature "S. Louise Langdon" to verso of manuscript contents leaf. Joints and extremities restored slight staining to endpapers a little browned occasional trimming to pagination. Overall very good. ESTC T4476 another issue only has Baskett in the imprint; Kress 5020; Sabin 2227. Ellic Howe A List of London Bookbinders 1648-1815 1950. unknown
179635853New York 1796. Single page 9-1/2" x 15-3/4" entirely in manuscript. Headed with names of three cases pending in the New York District Court followed by Harison's letter to Rawle. Old folds with a pinhole at a fold intersection no text loss. Short fold split expertly repaired. Very Good.<br/><br/> Harison 1747-1829 was President Washington's appointee in 1789 as the first United States Attorney for the District of New York. He served until 1801 when Edward Livingston succeeded him. His correspondent William Rawle was Washington's appointee as U.S. Attorney for Pennsylvania. Rawle was founder and first president of the Historical Society of Pennsylvania president of the Pennsylvania Abolition Society and a highly respected writer on governmental matters.<br/> The Slave Trade Act of 1794 passed by the Third Congress and signed by President Washington was the first American regulation of the international slave trade. It prohibited Americans from trading in slaves to any foreign country. Harison had brought several cases under the Act as noted in this Letter: The United States vs. The Brigantine Active; and two by George Geer for himself and the USA vs. Elisha King. Harison explains "The above Suits were commenced upon the Act prohibiting American Citizens from carrying on the Slave Trade in foreign Countries." <br/> Harison's problem: "The principal witness is supposed to have been prevailed upon by undue Methods to quit this District is thought to be either in Philadelphia or Baltimore." If he's in Philadelphia "I will esteem it a Favor if you will take every regular Method of procuring his Testimony." If he's in Baltimore please "recommend the Business to the Attorney for the District of Maryland. The Public is in every Point of View interested in the Event." Diligent research has uncovered no additional information on these cases. unknown books
1779469421779 A PARIS, chez l'Auteur - 1779 - Edition Originale - in-8 -Couverture muette - VIII-160 pages - Bel exemplaire, non coupé -Réf. 46942.
1760711721 vol. in-12 br., Chez Jacques Vatar, Libraire, Place du Palais, aux Etats de Bretagne, Rennes, 1760, XXXII-276 pp. et 3 ff. n. ch.
1766357746London: R. Davis 1766. Revised Edition. Hardcover. Poor copy in quarter leather over paper-covered boards with paper labels to the spine. Spine bands worn with some loss. Panel edges bumped and rubbed as with age. Text remains clear without blemish. Physical description: 453 pages. Subjects: Agriculture England; Periodicals; Early works to 1800. Commerce England; Periodicals; Early works to 1800. Technological innovations England; Periodicals; Early works to 1800. Industrial arts Great Britain; Periodicals; Early works to 1800. London: R. Davis hardcover
1766museumrusticumLondon: R Davis; J Newbury; L Davis and C Reymers 1766. Third Edition Corrected. Hardcover. Pages are clean with text block . Museum Rusticum et Commerciale: Or Select Papers on Agriculture Commerce Arts and Manufactures. Drawn From Experience and Communicated by Gentlemen Engaged in These Pursuits full 6 volume set Third Edition Corrected. Revised b the members of Society for the Encourage of Arts Manufactures and Commerce in 1766. Numerous plates including foldout tables and woodcut illustration.Pages are clean with text block solidly bound hinges weak / separating with prior poor repair original leather boards show heavy rub wear and bumping spines show cracking to leather and title bands no longer present. R Davis; J Newbury; L Davis and C Reymers hardcover
179212195Düsseldorf: s.n. 1792. Contemporary mottled calf rebacked restored marbled endleaves. <p>      ILLUSTRATED PATTERN AND PRICE BOOK OF STEEL KNIVES AND FORKS MANUFACTURED AT SOLINGEN with the strict governmental guidelines for craftsmen and their commercial partners.<br />       The “City of Blades†Solingen was the largest sword knife and scissor manufacturer in the West. It employed over four thousand workers and exported globally. Through their rigid guild system est. 1571 the knife makers protected their trade secrets. Legal standards and strictures ensured the Solingen bladesmiths dominated the market and were the sole suppliers to elite merchants who commissioned bulk orders and custom products. Ordinary tradesmen — like the owner of this book — could only purchase ready-made items and had to pay cash.<br />       KNIVES FOR COBBLERS WOOD- AND LEATHERWORKERS BUTCHERS HUNTERS FARMERS TAILORS GARDENERS WEAVERS AND COOKS form the largest section in the volume. Each blade has a schematic manuscript illustration with separate costs for the work of smiths and for grinders. Many models adopt Dutch English French Flemish and Portuguese designs for the local chic and for export. Only the leatherwork knives are illustrated in watercolor 95 pieces marking a specialty of the owner of this sample book.<br />       THE SECTION ON FORKS HAS ONE HUNDRED THIRTY-EIGHT WATERCOLOR ILLUSTRATIONS and price lists of large carving tools to dainty ones for desserts 65 models. This other house specialty addressed the increasing adoption of forks by upper- and middle-class families in later 18th-century Europe.<br />       ANOTHER SECTION SHOWS HANDLES. These were exclusively manufactured by artisans called Reyder. Each of the two hundred three models listed was available in a range of specified styles and materials. The cost of each type of custom work like turning polishing and coloring is itemized. THE MOST PRIZED EXAMPLES ARE OF FINELY DECORATED BONE EBONY ANTLER GOAT HORN GUAIAC OR PALM WOOD. Look-alikes of “false deer horn†“false guaiac wood†etc. fit other budgets with imitation luxury finishes and less expensive materials. The illustrated examples of knives showcase eighteen different handle decoration options including black red white yellow or green dye black marbling and fine lacquer painting in abstract or foliate patterns. Seven handles are inscribed with German verse. In good condition some light staining hand soiled throughout.<br /> ¶Daniels Vollständige Beschreibung der Schwert-Messer- und übrigen Stahl-Fabriken zu Solingen 30-62.</p> s.n. unknown
1744152191744 1 volume comprenant 2 parties reliées ensemble (1 volume composed of 2 parts linked together), reliure plein veau brun grand in-octavo carré (binding full calfskin in-octavo), dos 5 nerfs (spine with 5 raised bands) - entre-nerfs à double filets or à fleuron au fer évidé et rinceaux aux angles avec des petits fers en remplissage (between the raised bands double gilt lines - floweret with hollowed out blocking stamp - with foliages executed in the curved lines in angles - with small blocking stamp in filling) - pièce de titre comportant le titre abrégé de l'ouvrage sur fond grenat avec filet or (garnet label of the title with the title abbreviated by the work with gilt line) - pièce de sous-titre manquante (it misses the label of subtitle) - rinceaux en tête et en pied (top and at the foot of spine with foliages carried out with the curved line), dos légèrement défraîchi (spine lightly faded), coiffes supérieure et inférieure légèrement défraîchies (head and tail of the spine lightly faded), petit accident à l'échancrure de tête du quatrième plat (small accident in the top indentation of the back cover), plats avec de petites mais profondes épidermures (small but deep scratches on the covers), filet sur les coupes (gilt line on the cuts) - manque de dorure (blurred gilding), coupes frottées par endroits jusqu'au carton et notamment aux coins (rubbed cuts in places up to the cardboard in particular in corners), toutes tranches rouges (all red edges) - décolorées (colourless edges), pages de garde en papier peignées à motif "coquille sur fond caillouté" (painting endpapers - model shell on paved bottom), page de faux-titre frontispice (half title page frontispiece), texte à manchette (marginal note), illustrations : 1 figure in texte pour la première partie - pour la seconde partie : 17 figures in texte et 8 planches hors-texte dont 2 avec des petites déchirures - 1 planche hors-texte déreliée - 2 planches repliées hors-texte déreliées dont 1 incomplète et orné de bandeaux - lettrines et de culs-de-lampe (illustrations : 1 picture in text fort he first part - for the second part : 17 pictures in text and 8 plates full page engraving of which 2 with small tears - a plate full page engraving dislodged - 2 folding plates full page engraving dislodged of which an incomplete and illuminated of headpieces and dropped initials and of tailpieces), naissances de rousseurs (beginning of the redness marks), de mouillures claires à mouillures brunes (of light waterstains in dark waterstains), quelques pages abîmées et/ou salies (some damaged andor made dirty pages), pour le premier volume (fort he firts volume) : 2 feuillets de pièces liminaires (2 leaves of introductory pieces) + 512 pages et 5 feuillets de Table des Matières (5 leaves of Table of contents) - pour le second volume (fort he second volume) : 376 pages et 6 feuillets de Table des Matières (6 leaves of Table of contents) avec Privilège du Roy, 1744 à Paris Chez Pierre-Jean Mariette - ruë Saint Jacques aux Colonnes d'Hercule,
1789WRCAM47977Madrid 1789. 3pp. Folded folio sheet. Two worm holes very minor soiling else fine. This royal decree liberalized the tightly controlled trade between Spain New Spain and the Captaincy of Caracas. The Crown hoped to spur navigation and commerce and lessen the incentive for smuggling. Export duties on goods traveling to the Indies were to be slashed by ten percent but penalties against contraband would still be enforced. unknown books
1778WRCAM37240Madrid: Pedro Marin 1778. 219262pp. plus engraved leaf with royal coat of arms. Quarto. Contemporary mottled calf gilt spine gilt extra. Edges of covers slightly worn corners heavily worn. Modern bookplate on front pastedown old book dealers' descriptions on front pastedown. Contemporary ownership inscription "Castillo" on titlepage. Occasional minor soiling and dampstaining in upper margins of a few leaves remainder of text fresh and clean with wide margins printed on heavy paper. Very good plus. Detailed rules and regulations governing Spain's late 18th-century commercial policy in Latin America with a preliminary section of nineteen pages providing a summary of the articles and tariffs documented in the main portion of the text. With this REGLAMENTO. the Crown terminated Cadiz and Seville's monopoly of trade with Spanish America allowing other cities of the realm to participate. In addition to much information on commerce and numerous tariffs on a large variety of Spanish and American goods several sections discuss shipping ports and other maritime activities directly related to commercial activity. The work also includes the text of concessions granted to Louisiana. PALAU 255843. SABIN 68890. MEDINA BHA 4845. Pedro Marin unknown books
1702605135Wittenberg, J. Hake, 1702. 4to. 8 Bl. Geheftet.
1731WRCAM46721London 1731. 31pp. Folio. Vertical fold reinforced with tissue. Minor soiling. Very good. A protest against a Bill to restrain the northern colonies from trading with the French and Dutch sugar islands. One of five editions published all rather scarce. Only four copies of this edition noted by ESTC - at the National Archives New-York Historical Society University of Michigan and the University of Minnesota. European Americana also notes Yale and JCB. ESTC N15514. EUROPEAN AMERICANA 731/37. unknown books
1731WRCAM46722London 1731. 31pp. Folio. Vertical fold reinforced with tissue. Very light foxing and wear. Very good. A protest against a bill to restrain the northern colonies from trading with the French and Dutch sugar islands. One of two editions published. Only four copies located by ESTC: British Library Bibliothèque National John Carter Brown Library and University of Minnesota. ESTC T20672. HANSON 4222. EUROPEAN AMERICANA 731/39. unknown books
179022350La Rochelle 1790 une lettre (de 4 pages, une grande feuille pliée en deux) manuscrite à l'encre brune sur les 3 premières page sur papier velin bleuté ligné filigrané, format : 20 centimètres de large x 25,5 centimètres de haut, adresse de la lettre au centre de la 4ème page à l'encre brune : à Mr Louis Admyraud négociant de la Rochelle, Chez Mr Vincent, Rue St Joseph à PARIS, lettre signée SUIDRE , La Rochelle, le 10 Juillet 1790,
179022351La Rochelle 1790 une lettre (de 4 pages, une grande feuille pliée en deux) manuscrite à l'encre brune sur les 3 premières page sur papier velin bleuté ligné filigrané, format : 20 centimètres de large x 25,5 centimètres de haut, adresse de la lettre au centre de la 4ème page à l'encre brune : à Mr Louis Admyraud négociant de la Rochelle, Chez Mr Vincent, Rue St Joseph à PARIS, Marque Postale : "LA ROCHELLE" en noir, lettre signée SUIDRE , La Rochelle, le 27 Juillet 1790,
179022352La Rochelle 1790 une lettre (de 4 pages, une grande feuille pliée en deux) manuscrite à l'encre brune sur les 3 premières page sur papier velin bleuté ligné filigrané, format : 20 centimètres de large x 25,5 centimètres de haut, adresse de la lettre au centre de la 4ème page à l'encre brune : à Mr Louis Admyraud négociant de la Rochelle, Chez Mr Vincent, Rue St Joseph à PARIS, Marque Postale : "LA ROCHELLE" en noir, lettre signée SUIDRE , La Rochelle, le 17 Juillet 1790,
179222254La Rochelle 1792 une lettre (de 2 pages, une feuille) manuscrite à l'encre brune sur la première page sur papier velin ligné filigrané, format : 19 centimètres de large x 23 centimètres de haut, adresse de la lettre au centre de la 2ème page à l'encre brune : à Mr L. Admyrault Paris, LA ROCHELLE, LE 24 AVRIL 1792,
179028800La Rochelle 1790 une lettre (de 4 pages, une feuille pliée en deux) manuscrite à l'encre brune e sur papier velin ligné filigrané : "J. GAILLARD", format : 19,5 centimètres de large x 25,5 centimètres de haut, adresse de la lettre au centre de la 4ème page à l'encre brune : à Mr L. Admyrault Négociant de la Rochelle chez Mr Vincent, rue st Joseph à Paris , LETTRE DE MR NICOLAS SUIDRE [NÉGOCIANT ARMATEUR NÉGRIER A LA ROCHELLE] A ADMYRAULT LOUIS NÉGOCIANT ARMATEUR NÉGRIER A PARIS : " NOUVELLES DE LA ROCHELLE : MR BELLEAU REMPLACE MR DE LA COSTE A LA MUNICIPALITE, ME DE LA COSTE A ETE NOMME PRESIDENT DU DIRECTOIRE ....JE SOUHAITE QUE LE COMITE DES RAPPORTEURS FASSE DROIT SUR NOTRE DEMANDE POUR L'ALTERNAT, MR DE MISSY A BIEN FAIT DE REMERCIER, C'EST MR POUPET, CI-DEVANT COURTIER EN EAU-DE-VIE QUI L'A REMPLACE......... AINSI IL N'Y AURA PLUS DE NEGOCIANTS DANS LE DISTRICT DE LA ROCHELLE, NI AU DEPARTEMENT.... NOUVELLES SUR LES ARRIVAGES DE CAFFE....PRIX DES SUCRES BRUTS....LE NAVIRE "LE BON PERE" SERA ICI D'ICI LE MOIS DE SEPTEMBRE ...LA RARETE DU NUMERAIRE EST GENANTE POUR LE COMMERCE..;", LA ROCHELLE, le 31 JUILLET 1790
179111066[Toulon] Imprimerie de Mallard, Imprimeur du Roi & du Département du Var 1791] in-4 de 3 pp. la quatrième blanche, dérelié
1713PHO-1341A Paris, Chez Pierre Ribou et Rouen chez Jean Baptiste Machuel (tome 5), 1713. 6 volumes in-12, relié plein veau époque, dos à nerfs orné avec pièce de titre et tomaison, tranches marbrées, Tome 5, reliure légèrement différent avec tranches rouges, coins et coiffes usés .T1,27p-501p-1f(table); T2, 1f-465-1f (table);T3 ,1f-402-3f(table);T4,1f-367-2f(table);T5 ,3f(titre, épître)-467-2f(table),T6 3f(titre, épitre)244 -2f (table) .Illustré de 63 planches la plupart repliées, dont un portrait et 3 grandes cartes (manque la carte du Japon) ; quelques vignettes dans le texte , quelques planches au tome 5 volantes, 1 planche doublée.
1788126576Rouen: 1788. Dupont de Nemours refuted First edition written in response to the Eden Treaty of 1786. Bound at the rear is Tableau du maximum des denrées et aliments dans le district de Rouen Rouen: de l'Imprimerie du District et du Journal de Rouen an 2e de la République 1793/4. Octavo 208 x 128 mm. Contemporary quarter roan spine lettered in gilt marbled paper boards and endpapers. Extremities rubbed boards scuffed contents generally bright with occasional soiling some chipping and unevenness to title leaf else a very good copy. Goldsmiths' 13590; McCulloch p. 145. hardcover
17745521Marseille 1774. No Binding. Very Good. Folio - over 12 - 15" tall. Two folio bifolia 43.1 x 27.7 cm each with letterpress text woodcuts and manuscript text on the first leaf. Retaining deckle edge on all sides folded and annotated as typical of such documents one of the documents a bit weak at the folds otherwise very well preserved. Two rare folio-size maritime insurance policies from 1770s Marseille relating to mercantile voyages to France's American colonies in the Caribbean and valuable witnesses to the more practical bureaucratic aspects of maritime trade in late 18th-century France. Each document is illustrated with the three large woodcut seals of the city and carries in letterpress the standard legal formulas particular to Marseille as well as extensive manuscript notes and signatures completing the policy. The earlier of the two policies signed in May of 1774 relates to the vessel La Gentille likely the frigate later recorded as having taken part in the 1780 Battle of Martinique a stalemate between the French and British navies during the American War of Independence. The second policy signed on 3 November 1777 concerns the Bon Pasteur a ship under the command of captain Pierre Antoine Massier. Historical records show that this policy was nearly redeemed: Returning from Martinique in late December the Bon Pasteur was fired upon by the British frigate Westmoreland off the coast of Cabo de Gata in Spain boarded by six men each armed with a brace of pistols and a saber and Captain Massier roughly handled. The English suspected that the Bon Pasteur was not carrying goods from Martinique but from New England tobacco rice which would have been in violation of the protectionist economic policies common in both the French and British colonies in the Americas. After several sailors aboard the Bon Pasteur were thoroughly questioned the ship was sent on its way and its insurers in Marseille breathed a sigh of relief. OCLC does not locate any institutional copies of Marseille policies of this sort. B.-M. Emerigon and P. S. Boulay-Paty Traité des assurances et de contrats à la grosse vol. 1 pp. 54-5; Bulletin de la Socété archéologique historique et artistique vol. 3 pp. 277-8; Observations sur le Mémoire justificatif de la cour de Londres 1780 pp. 12-3. books
1796WRCAM54712Mostly at sea from New York with stops in Calcutta Saint Helena Ascension Island and Cornwall England 1796. 246pp. Square folio. Original crude burlap covers stab-sewn with thick string. A bit toned and foxed occasional ink or tobacco burns. Very good. A remarkable artifact of early American naval commerce containing the sailing directions and shipboard activities of the "Ship Washington of Philadelphia" which sailed from New York to Calcutta rounding the southern tip of Africa and visiting Saint Helena and Ascension Island before crashing on the rocks at Cornwall England on the way to Hamburg Germany. The log contains a navigational ledger with locations headings wind and weather remarks along with occasional sick lists names of men "unfit for duty" those put on light duty temperatures and other information. The remarks are quite detailed and specific regarding shipboard work and activity. <br> <br> The captain of this final voyage of the ship WASHINGTON was Samuel Hubbart but the identity of the sailor who kept this log is unknown. The ship departed New York on July 4 1795 and reached Calcutta on August 31. Without the need for recording navigational data while in port the log's author switches from the ledger-style format and writes longer more-detailed daily entries describing the crew's activities. The crewmen mentioned include pilots boatswains carpenters coopers caulkers sailmakers and others. Most of the entries pertain to the maintenance of the ship while anchored in the bay. Numerous mentions are made of crew on board fixing various equipment including types and amounts of supplies. A few entries note the employment of Indian "Cooleys" on board the ship making various repairs. An interesting incident of September 17 bears relating: <br> <br> "Hearing a noise upon the main Deck Mr. Naylor went to see what was the matter - upon engaging found Abraham Moor had struck Thomas Williams the Cook as Moor said for wanting to trouble a girl which Moor had on board - Mr. Naylor told him he should not ill use that man for he had every reason to believe it to be false what he alledged against the Cook. Moor said he did not come here to be jawd by a black Man.S." <br> <br> After swearing he would "never go home" on the WASHINGTON Moor literally jumped ship just after this confrontation and hid on another ship before being found and brought back to the WASHINGTON "in irons." <br> <br> In early November a few entries mention the ship receiving a supply of sugar taking on "Three Burr Load of Sugar" on November 7 and two more "Burr Load" two days later. Subsequent entries detail the loading of several "Burr Load of Bales" and "one hundred bags of ginger." <br> <br> Over the course of the ship's time at Calcutta the author mentions encounters with at least four other American ships: the GANGES the HAMILTON the MAJOR PINKNEY of Charleston and the "American Ship Camilla of New York arriv'd here from London." <br> <br> By early February the WASHINGTON left Calcutta for the voyage to Hamburg spelled variously here as "Hamborough" and "Hamburgh" though the ship would never make it to Germany. On March 15 and again on April 6 the recordist notes an inventory of the ship's water supply. By March 23 the ship reaches a point "prependicular on Cape Lagulas Bank" the southernmost point of Africa. About a week later the punishment of a drunken sailor is reported: <br> <br> "Joseph Gonrabbysp who has for some time past been addicted to Drunkeness and no person on board having given him any liquor he was discovered this morning to have taken from the Ships stores about half a Gallon of rum and from his being frequently very drunk there is no doubt of his having been Guilty of the same offence before for which Capt. Hubbart is necessitated to order his Boatswain to flog him. Accordingly mustered all hands aft and give him one and a half dozen lashes." <br> <br> On April 16 the WASHINGTON arrived at the remote island of Saint Helena in the South Atlantic Ocean sending "the Boat on shore with an Officer to the Governor for permission to Anchor." Here the WASHINGTON restocked supplies including water potatoes & other vegetables rice and bread before embarking for Ascension Island which they reached on April 25. The author remarks on the "number of remarkable rocks like pyramids" and "a low point of black Rocks with a fine white sandy beach back of it" witnessed at Ascension Island. The WASHINGTON spent one night at Ascension where a group of men went ashore in order to "spend the Night in Catching Turtle in the different Bays." The crewmen caught twelve turtles and brought them aboard ship before continuing their journey. <br> <br> While heading north to Europe the WASHINGTON was boarded on May 17 by the "Quebec British Frigate Cap J Cook in Company with the Carnatic 74 Rear Admr Powel with a convoy of 21 sail of Transports & Gun boats with 10000 Troops on board bound for Martinico Martinique." On June 7 they again encounter another ship "a Spaniard from some port in South America bound for Cadiz out 3 months & 10 days - we cannot understand rightly what port she was from." <br> <br> Then on June 18 disaster struck the WASHINGTON as it ran aground at the Lizard Rocks off Cornwall England. The log book records the ship's demise: <br> <br> "The weather still very thick and hazy. At 9PM hearing the Surf break on shore took in all the studding sails Braced the Yards sharp and hauled to the Southward finding ourselves in amongst the Rocks off the Lizard have all aback and endeavored to get her out from among them but the Flood tide making very strong drove the Ship so hard upon the Rocks that with every endeavour we found it impracticable to get her off she having settled on them & the strength of the tide Thumping her very hard upon the Rocks sounded the Pump and found she made water very fast. Fired several Guns as a signal of Distress which brought several boats off from the Shore to our assistance." <br> <br> For the next couple of weeks the crew of the WASHINGTON participated in "discharging the cargo" from the ship so that it is not "plundered by the natives" sending everything to Falmouth "where the Goods are deposited under the protection of a Custom house Yaught." The log book mentions one crewman of the WASHINGTON "threatening revenge on Captain Hubbart." Another crewman is put "under a Guard of Soldiers" after selling off some of the muslin stored in the bales rescued from the wreck. Here the ship's log ends along with the career of the Ship WASHINGTON. <br> <br> A unique record of the last voyage of an early American trading vessel with insight into late 18th-century navigational methods and the commercial interests of Federal-era America. unknown books
1729658131729. London: printed and sold by J. Roberts 1729. London: printed and sold by J. Roberts 1729. English Trade in the West Indies Trade. Great Britain. Amhurst Nicholas 1697-1742 Attributed. Observations on the Conduct of Great-Britain With Regard to the Negociations and Other Transactions Abroad. London: Printed: And Sold by J. Roberts 1729. 61 1 pp. Octavo 7-3/4" x 4-1/2". Stab-stitched pamphlet in later plain wrappers. Light rubbing minor wear to spine ends and corners light soiling to title page and verso of final leaf. Light toning to text light foxing to a few leaves. A nice copy. $100. First edition. Attributed in some sources to Nicholas Amhurst this pamphlet defends Sir Robert Walpole then chancellor of the exchequer against accusations of neglecting England's West Indian commerce to the advantage of Spain. It describes English expeditions to counter Spanish influence and in the interest of fairness lists English ships taken by Spain since the Treaty of Hanover 1725. English Short-Title Catalogue T41776. unknown
