Fitting Out a Ship in Late Colonial America

Ships were a very common sight in Annapolis in the 18th century as they are today. But back in the late colonial period they were of a very different nature than the ones which we see today.

Today we can read about the ships which used to visit Annapolis and see recreations of various ships which visit the city from time to time, but they don't give us a full view of what the ships were like inside and how they were equipped.

But if we open some of the records books of the port and the merchants we can peek inside these ships which vanished over 200 years ago.

In November 1763, the Johnson, a Ship advertised as Carolina built, about 8 years old and capable of carrying 400 hogsheads of tobacco was offered for sale, being condemned by the Court of Vice Admiralty in Annapolis. Charles Wallace took notice and offered to buy the vessel and all her tackle for £605 after the ship failed to sell at auction. 

The ship is described as being about 180 tons burden in the Bottomree Bill in the Records of the Court of Vice Admiralty.

The ship had the following inventory of tackle, apparel and furniture:

2 Short Do.                             1 Tarpawlin

3 Boom irons                         40 spare pins

2 Spare Futtock Plates         20 Sheaves Do.

2 Spare Chain plate Bolts    Top Blocks 1

1 Iron Crow                             Buoy Ropes 2

Some old iron                         Swivel Guns 1

1 Catt Block & Tall                 1 Spitt

1 Runners & tackles              1 Scrubing Brush

6 Iron Bound Hogshead        12 Hand Spikes

Scrapers 3                              1 Iron Pot & Hooks

Buckets 1                                2 Pair Cann Hooks

Hencoops 4                            with sundry other articles too teadious to insert

1 Drawing Knife

2 Wood Buoys

1 Iron Hearth

The Ship had the following inventory of ships stores:

Boatswains Stores                                                      1 Logreel line and Board

One Sheet Anchor and Cable                                     2 Speaking Trumpets

One Bower Do. and Do.                                              2 Do. Lantherns

Standing and Running Rigging Compleat                 1 Spun yarn winch and bolt

One Spare Hawser                                                      1 Tand Line

2 Box Compasses                                                       1 Ensign & Pendant

1 Iron Bound Catt Block                                               Carpenters Stores -

1=5 Cord Yaul wi.th Oars & Rudder                           1 Barr.l Turpentine

a large Quantity of spare Blocks                                1 Do. Tarr almost Full

Dead Eyes etc.                                                             1 Axx

2 Main sails                                                                   1 adds

1 Main topsail                                                                1 Hammer

1 Fore do., foresail                                                       Caulking Tools Compleat

1 Mizen Do.                                                                   1 Saw

1 Spreit sail                                                                   1 Chizel

1 Fore stay sail                                                              2 Steering sail booms & Irons

1 Jbb                                                                               2 Pump spears with Boxes

1 Main top mast stay sail                                              3 Pump Brakes

1 Main top Gallt. sail                                                      1 Pump Hook

1 Fore top Do.                                                                6 Lower Pump Boxes

1 Lower Steering Sail                                                    4 Upper Boxes

1 Top mast Do.                                                               2 Long Pump Bolts

The total valued at £335 and the hull valued at £350

Though not conclusive, it is likely that this ship was renamed and registered as the Freemason in Annapolis on January 7, 1764 by Charles Wallace & Company with Robert Bryce serving as Master. On January 14^th, the Freemason left Annapolis for Barbados carrying trunks of European goods, 4000 bushels of corn, 5 barrels of flour, 1000 staves and heading, 3 quarter casks Madeira, some Lion hoch, 30 bushels pease, and 4000 feet of plank.. This ship, a 132 ton hackboat, was built in North Carolina in 1753. While in Barbados, Charles Wallace & Company sold the Freemason.

The next well documented ship we have which is associated with Wallace, Davidson and Johnson is the Kitty & Nelly, named for Mrs Wallace and Mrs Davidson. She was a 200 ton ship built by John Ball of Annapolis in 1773. Registered in the Patuxent River Naval District on August 23, 1773 she had a square stern and a crew of 16 men and was owned by Charles Wallace and John Davidson.

She left Annapolis on October 25th with James Buchanan as her master and arrived in Dover, England before December 26th, getting to her moorings in the Thames river on January 3, 1774. Here she began unloading her cargo on January 5th, which included 529 hogsheads of tobacco of which 275 were consigned to Joshua Johnson, 4 tons of bar iron, 33 tons of pig iron and 18,000 staves and heading and 22 pairs of ash oars. Unloading was completed by January 22nd. It was hoped that she would be ready to return to Annapolis on February 20th, but she was found to have a leak caused by wind shock and a rotten stern. The rudder was also ruined by John Ball making the main piece too slender.

It was recommended by Joshua Johnson that she ought to have her quarterdeck carried forward to the mainmast and none of that high work at the bow, before her next voyage to London. It is not known if this work was completed at any time.


The commission on the sales of the 275 hogsheads of tobacco from the Kitty & Nelly amounted to £253.8.2.

By February 19th, the Kitty & Nelly has a new stern and was loading with goods for Annapolis. Loaded on this voyage were Mr Charles Carroll's goods, Hall, Gilbert & Hall's, Buchanan & Cowan's and William Bonds, along with all the planter's goods and some of the goods for Wallace Davidson & Johnson. The outfitting of the Kitty & Nelly cost nearly £500.

She left London on March 4th or 5th of March for Gravesend to clear and load with indentured servants, which was done in two days. She then proceeded on her voyage and got within six miles of the Downs when wind shifted to the eastward and began to blow so hard that they were forced to cut her cable and run for Hope Bay.

The Kitty & Nelly arrived in Annapolis on May 12th with European and East India goods on 18 cockets, valued at upwards of £12,000, as well as 16 indentured servants. 

She again left Annapolis for London on August 30th with James Belt now serving as her master and a crew of 14 men. Her cargo included 545 hogsheads of tobacco, all of which were consigned to Joshua Johnson, 18 tons of pig iron, 18,388 staves and heading and 122 handspikes.About October 29th she arrived in England.

The Kitty & Nelly left Annapolis for a third trip to London from Annapolis. Unfortunately we do not know when she left, but she arrived in England about October 16, 1775 with 531 hogheads of tobacco consigned to Joshua Johnson.

Below you will find the records from the Order Books of Wallace Davidson & Johnson for supplies for the Kitty & Nelly. It is hoped they are of some use to researchers and reenactors.

(from Maryland State Archives, Chancery Court (Chancery Papers, Exhibits) Wallace, Davidson Johnson, Order Books, 1771/4/25-1775/11/16. MSA S 528-27/28) 

Order Books

14 November 1772

For Wallace Davidson and Johnson for the Ship (Presumably the Kitty & Nelly)

Canvas

8 bolts sail cloth no 1

14 do 2

8 do 4

10 do 7

Screns

1 pr double screns

1 pr shorter do

1 pr single do

1 pr shorter do

1 cable 13 inches 120 fathom

1 ditto 12 ½ do 120 do

1 towline 4 ½ do 120 do

1 hauser 6 ½ do for shrouds 140 do

1 coil 4 do 100 do for topmast shrouds

80 fathom 4 ½ do for mizzen shrouds & topmast backstay

1 coil 3 ¾ inch rope

1 do 3 ½ do

3 do 3 do

3 do 2 ½ do

3 do 2 ¼ do

5 do 2 do

5 do 1 ¾ do

8 do 1 ½ do

3 do 12 thread ralline

3 do 9 do do

1 do 6 do do

1 do 3 thread worming

1 pr main tacks 5 inches 11 fathom each

1 pr fore do 4 ½ inches 9 fathom each

2 pr sheets 3 ¾ inches 76 fathom

2 bouy ropes 4 inches 17 fathoms ea

Main stay 8 ½ inches 12 fathoms

Fore stay 8 ½ inches 8 fathoms

Bolt rope for a suit of sales

8 coils 3 yarn spun yarn

4 do 2 ditto

30 lbs sewing twine

5 lbs whipping ditto

8 doz marline & house line

2 hand lines

6 logg lines

Ship Chandlery

3 wood box compasses

6 ½ minutes glasses

4 ¼ minute do

2 ½ hour do

1 hour glass

4 canns

4 bowls

4 platters

1 quart black jack

1 pint black jack

1 speaking trumpet

1 spy glass

1 doz knives & forks

1 ensign jack & pendant

6 pewter spoons

2 pewter dishes

2 do basons

6 do plates

1 tea kettle

2 quart tin saucepans

3 lanthorns

2 palm irons

2 doz sail needles

4 short tarr brushes

4 paint do

2 hand leads

1 tinder box & steel

2 tom hawkes

1 pump hammer

1 handsaw

200 pump nails

1 side pump leather

2 mopps

2 scrubbing brushes

Paints

56 lbs ground white lead

56 lbs do Spanish brown

34 lbs do green paint

21 lbs yellow do

21 lbs red do

3 lbs lamp black

Oakum

1500 lbs oakum

Order Books

No Date [1774]

For use of the Kitty & Nelly

15 doz red port wine

2 do mountain

2 do Lisbon

3 groce of porter

One hundred of loaf sugar

One jar of raisins

One trail of do

Twelve pounds of almonds

Three pounds of green tea

Three boxes of lemons

The last well documented ship we have which is associated with Wallace, Davidson and Johnson is the Nancy, named for Mrs T. Johnson Jr. at the request of Joshua Johnson. She was a 160 ton ship built in Maryland in 1774. Registered in the Patuxent River Naval District on August 24, 1774 she had a square stern and a crew of 13 men and was owned by Charles Wallace and John Davidson.

The Nancy left Annapolis for London on October 18th with James Buchanan as her master. She carried a cargo of one quarter cask of Madeira, 423 hogsheads of tobacco, all of which were consigned to Joshua Johnson, 25 tons of pig iron and 16,000 staves and heading. About January 7, 1775 she arrived in England.

She left London about February 8th and arrived in Annapolis on May 5th loaded only with ballast. 

The Nancy again left Annapolis for London on June 16th with James Buchanan as her master and a crew of 12 men. She carried a cargo of 481 hogsheads of tobacco, 431 of which were consigned to Joshua Johnson, 45 tons of pig iron and 16,500 staves and heading. About July 31st she arrived in England.

We have no further records on the Nancy. Below you will find the records from the Order Books of Wallace Davidson & Johnson for supplies for the Nancy. It is hoped they too are of some use to researchers and reenactors.

(from Maryland State Archives, Chancery Court (Chancery Papers, Exhibits) Wallace, Davidson Johnson, Order Books, 1771/4/25-1775/11/16. MSA S 528-27/28) 

Order Books

No Date (previously listed order was 1773)

For Wallace Davidson & Johnson (presumably for the ship Nancy)

Cordage

1 cable 12 inches 120 fathoms

1 do 11 do 120 do

1 towline 4 ½ do

1 shroud hauser 6 in 140 fathoms

1 coil 4 in 100 fathom for topmast & shrouds

1 do 4 ½ do fo mizzen shrouds & back stays

1 do 3 ¾

1 do 3 ½

2 do 3

3 do 2 ½

4 do 2 ¼

5 do 2

5 do 1 ¾

5 do 1 ½

5 do 1 ¼

4 do 12 thread ratline

2 do 9 do

1 do 6 do

1 do 3 strand worming

2 do hamber line

1 do 3 ¾ in 76 fathom for sheets

1 pr main tacks 5 in 11 fathom

1 pr fore do 4 ½ 9 do

1 main stay 8 in 11 fathom

1 fore do 8 do 8 fathom

Main & fore topmast stay 4 strands 4 ½ in

2 bouy ropes 4 in 17 fathoms ea

800 wt 3 yarn spun yarn

300 do 2 do

8 doz marline & houseline

Bolt rope for a set of sails

30 lbs sewing twine

6 lbs whipping twine

2 hand lines & leads

6 log lines

Shipchandlery

4 28 second glasses

4 14 do

2 ½ hour glasses

1 2 hour do

Ship Blocks

2 single blocks 13 in for runners

4 do 11 do bushed & with steel pins for quarter blocks

2 dbl & 2 single 13 in blocks for main tackles

4 dbl 13 in for topsail halyards

12 single 9 in for main & fore braices & clew garnits bushed

4 sheves for the yardarms 4 ½ diameter 1 ¾ thick bushed

2 do for topmast heads 7 ½ diameter 1 ¾ bushed

Canvas

12 bolts no 1

20 do 2

10 do 4

8 do 6

Anchors

1 anchor 12C

1 do 11C

1 do 3C

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Cheese in Late Colonial Maryland...

This article is an update of an earlier article I wrote on the subject of Cheese in Late Colonial Maryland. It is hoped the new information will be of interest to reader.

Cheese is a very common item imported into the British North American Colonies. But with so many varieties available today, it can be quite a struggle to discover which cheeses are well documented as being consumed in places like Annapolis.

Luckily for us, the order books of Wallace, Davidson and Johnson provide a very good insight into many of the goods which were being imported between 1771 and 1775.

On 25 April 1771, they ordered 5ct Double Gloucester cheese, 2ct Single Gloucester cheese and 2ct Cheshire Cheese.

Then on 4 August 1771, they ordered 5ct Double Gloucester cheese, 2ct Single Gloucester Cheese and 5ct Cheshire cheese.

And on 26 November 1771, they ordered 3ct each of Gloucester cheese and Cheshire cheese.

This is as far as we have progressed through their order books at the moment, but it is clear that, with no reference to any other types or styles of cheese, these are the three main types of cheese being imported into Annapolis in the early 1770s.

So what are these three different types of cheese which are no longer common features of the American market.

Following a cattle plague which all but wiped out the Old Gloucester cows, the area surrounding Gloucester was replaced with the Longhorn. By 1789, production of Gloucester cheese was estimated at more than 1000 tons.

There are two types of Gloucester cheese, single and double.

Single Gloucester cheese were typically the same diameter but half the height of Double Gloucester cheeses.

Double Gloucester cheese was a prized cheese, comparable in quality to the best Cheddar or Cheshire cheese, and was exported out of the County, where Single Gloucester cheese tended to be consumer within the County.

Single Gloucester was sometimes known as the hay maker’s cheese; as it was matured for a short time it was ready for eating by farm laborers during the haymaking season.

Double Gloucester cheese has a characteristic light orange hue given by the addition of annatto to the milk. This has been a traditional characteristic of the cheese since the 16^th century when producers of inferior cheese used a coloring agent to replicate the orange hue achieved by the best cheese makers who were probably making the cheese from the evening’s milking to which was added the separated cream of the morning’s milking. During the summer months the high levels of carotene in the grass would have given the milk an orange color which was carried through into the cheese. This orange hue was regarded as an indicator of the best cheese. 

Flavor levels depend on the age of the cheese. Most Double Gloucester is sold at about 4 months of age and has a firm close texture and a clean mellow, creamy or buttery flavor. Older cheeses will develop more complex and nutty flavors.
    

The first reference to Cheshire cheese is in 1586, where it is recorded as "more agreeable and better relished than those of other parts of the kingdom." From 1739, the Royal Navy only bought Cheshire cheese with London being the major market for Cheshire cheese.

Cheshire Cheese is sold at different ages and like all cheese, as it matures, its taste and texture will develop. Young Cheshire is naturally bright and white in color. It is a firm bodied cheese with a crumbly texture that breaks down easily in the mouth. It has a mild, milky taste and aroma and is clean on the palate with a very slightly tangy finish.

As Cheshire matures so it becomes firmer in texture and slightly darker in color. The flavors become more complex but the cheese remains clean tasting with no hint of bitterness. The crumbly texture remains but the cheese has a drier mouth feel.

Now it would be wrong to assume that all cheese was in fact imported into the Province. In fact an article in the November 11, 1773 issue of the Virginia Gazette relates that cheese production has recently been begun in Frederick County and they are producing the best cheese on the continent, perhaps in part due to the large influx of German immigrants. Unfortunately there is no detailed information about the style of cheese which is being made in that part of Maryland, though its German origins are clearly mentioned in the article.

The sale of country made cheese, in addition to imported English cheese, also shows up in Annapolis at the store of James Dick & Stewart in Church Street in their advertisement in the June 23, 1774 issue of the Maryland Gazette. They operated a store in Frederick Town and it is quite likely that the cheese mentioned is from that place.

So the next time you are seeking out a cheese which is appropriate for the 1760s and 1770s, be sure to pick up some Cheshire and Single or Double Gloucester cheese. You can't go wrong with those choices.

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Highlanders, Harry and the Great Mogul...

It's hard to buy a deck of reproduction 18th century playing cards without noticing the wrapper in which they are sold.

We are always quick to notice the "tax stamp," but what do we know about the other side of the package? Perhaps the most common reproduction deck of cards are the "I. Hardy" cards which are claimed to be based upon a deck which was printed about 1765.

On the other side is the picture of "The Great Mogul." This is part of a grading system of playing cards. The finest cards were called "Moguls," the next best "Harrys," and those with imperfections "Highlanders." Tradition has it that the finest, the Moguls, were named after the Mogul emperors, the Harrys, were named after Henry VIII, and the Highlanders, after Bonnie Prince Charlie.

And to ensure that the necessary duty was paid, each ace of spades was printed in the Stamp Office at Somerset House, and then given to the card printers once they had paid the duty for them.

"I. Hardy" mentioned above is actually James Hardy who operated from 1798 to 1824. The ace in this pack is number 33 which places it some time before 1817. (Ace number 37 was used from 1817 to 1820)

The other common playing card available as a reproduction today, in this case an example of a Harry's Card, is the Aesop's Fables cards which were first manufactured around 1759 by John Kirk.

Unfortunately there are currently no examples of the last sort of card, the Highlanders, but above you can see an example of a Highlanders wrapper. This example is from Henry Hart about 1757.

 

(from Maryland State Archives, Chancery Court (Chancery Papers, Exhibits) Wallace, Davidson Johnson, Order Books, 1771/4/25-1775/11/16. MSA S 528-27/28)  

And finally we can't forget to mention the merchant connection to playing cards, in this case that of Wallace, Davidson and Johnson and their orders for all of these various qualities of cards, as seen above in their order books, this order being placed April 25, 1771.

So the next time you go selecting 18th Century playing cards to buy, you will have a better understanding for the wrapper and information upon it as to what was inside.

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That Utilitarian Product of the 18th Century... Tinware

After a recent trip to Colonial Williamsburg and with the continuing advance on the completion of the tinsmith shop the as part of the Armory , I became interested in the sorts of tinware which were being imported into Annapolis in the late colonial period.

Once again I turned to the order books of Wallace Davidson and Johnson to give me some insight into the sorts of tinware which were being ordered to supply the stores of the late colonial Maryland as well as in private orders with Wallace Davidson and Johnson.

Examples of painted tin canisters found at the Margaret Hunter Shop in Colonial Williamsburg

Examples of painted and unpainted tin canisters and a bread grater at the Governor's Palace Kitchen in Colonial Williamsburg

Examples of scalloped pans at the Governor's Palace Kitchen in Colonial Williamsburg

Examples of tin coffee pots at Charlton's Coffee House in Cololnial Williamsburg

Reproduction tinware made by Bill McMillian and for sale at the Prentis Store in Colonial Williamsburg

(from Maryland State Archives, Chancery Court (Chancery Papers, Exhibits) Wallace, Davidson Johnson, Order Books, 1771/4/25-1775/11/16. MSA S 528-27/28)  

Order Books

25 April 1771

For Wallace Davidson and Johnson

Tin Ware

12 double sheets tin plates @ 8d

12 single ditto 4/.

12 very small pudding pans 7/.

12 larger ditto 9/.

6 nutmeg graters 9d

6 painted do 1/6

6 pocket do 1/6

18 pound tin canisters 5/.

12 half pound canisters 3/.

4 painted sugar boxes 4 sizes 4/.

12 glass chamber lamps with candlesticks 9/.

6 tin do with spouts 7/.

6 quart tin kettles 5/.

6 3 pint do 7/.

6 2 quart do 8/.

2 gallon camp do with covers 1/6

2 ½ gallon do with do 1/8

2 2 gallon do with do 2/.

2 doz quart tin pots 5/.

1 doz pint do 3/.

1 doz pepper boxes 1/8

3 horn lanthorns 1/8

3 do 2/.

2 doz cake pans 4/.

1 doz scalloped do 4/.

1 doz ¼ tt tin canisters 2/.

½ doz tinder boxes 6/.

1 doz funnels sorted 6/.

1 doz sauce pans 3/9

1 doz porringers 5/.

Order Books

25 April 1771

For Thomas Johnson

Tin Ware

1 doz small tin patty pans for tarts & hallow molds to shape the upper crusts on & marking irons to mark them

1 doz tin patty pans for cheese cakes

A tin to bake goose pie in

3 doz small tin queen cake pans

                1 doz of them round

                1 doz of them diamond

                1 doz of them hearts

1 doz tins or stone shells to scallop oysters

Order Books

25 April 1771

For Charles Wallace

Tin Ware

1 doz Naple biscuit pans to hold 6 cakes each

Order Books

4 August 1771

For Wallace Davidson and Johnson

Tin Ware

12 double sheets tin plates

12 single ditto

12 very small pudding pans

12 larger ditto

6 nutmeg graters

6 pocket do

6 painted do

18 pound tin canisters

12 half pound do

2 painted sugar boxes, 2 larger do & 2 larger do

12 glass chamber lamps with candle sticks

6 tin do with spouts

6 quart tin kettles

6 3 pint do

6 2 quart do

2 gallon camp do with covers

2 ½ gallon do with do

2 2 gallon do with do

2 doz quart tin pots

1 doz pint to

1 doz pepper boxes

3 horn lanthorns

3 do

2 doz cake pans

1 doz scalloped do

½ doz quart sauce pans, ½ doz pint do

1 doz funnels, 3 sizes

Order Books

26 Nov 1771

For Wallace Davidson and Johnson

Tin Ware

The same as sent p Williamson

Order Books

20 March 1772

For Wallace Davidson and Johnson

Tin Ware

2 doz double tin plates

2 doz single do

3 doz pudding pans sorted

3 doz nutmeg graters sorted

1 doz painted sugar boxes

1 doz chamber lamps

1 doz hanging do

24 kettles sorted

3 doz pint & quart pots

2 doz pepper boxes

6 lanthorns

12 doz single cake pans sorted

2 doz cheesecake pans

1 doz ¼ lb canisters

1 doz 1 lb do

1 doz tinder boxes

1 doz porringers

1 doz saucepans

6 overs

6 cheese toasters

6 doz naple biscuit pans 6 cakes each

1 doz tin pudding pans in the shape of half a Marsh Million with flat covers

1 doz tin colanders sorted

½ doz tin fish kettles sorted

½ doz tin fat strainers shaped like a sugar loaf

1 doz flat tin candlesticks with extinguishers

Order Books

25 March 1772

For John Davidson

Tin Ware

1 Tin Colander

1 large strong tin skimmer

Order Books

24 October 1772

For Richard Tilghman Earle (Store at Chester Mill, Queen Anne County, just east of present day Centreville)

Tin Ware

1 doz tin quarts @ 5/.

1 do pints 2/6

1 doz do quart sauce pans 5/.

1 doz do pocket graters 2/6

1 doz do pepper boxes 2/.

1 doz do flower do 3/.

1 doz do quart funnels 5/.

1 doz do best block tin ramekins 5/.

1 doz do large round patty pans 3/6

1 doz scalloped do 3/6

1 doz biscuit frames 14/.

3 doz pans sorted from 7/ to 16/.

1 doz dish candle sticks 7/.

Order Books

14 November 1772

For Wallace Davidson and Johnson for the Ship (Presumably the Kitty & Nelly)

Ship Chandlery

2 quart tin saucepans

Order Books

24 May [1773]

For Wallace Davidson and Johnson

Tin Ware

2 doz tin pudding pans sorted

4 doz nutmeg graters sorted half of the japanned

2 doz quart pots

2 doz pint do

2 doz quart & pint saucepans

6 doz pepper boxes

3 doz pound canisters

2 doz half pound do

2 doz quart & point funnels

1 doz quart black jacks

½ doz large melon pudding pans

1 doz japanned candlesticks with snuffers

1 doz painted candlesticks

½ doz egg slices

1 doz bread graters

1 doz druging boxes

3 genteel neatly japanned & painted plate warmers

Order Books

17 October 1773

For Charles Carroll of Carrolton

Tin Ware

4 best strong horn lanthorns in tin large

4 best gardeners watering pots large well painted

6 quart tin pots

12 pint do

(appears to now switch to goods for ER)

Tin Ware

2 egg slices

1 large bread rasp

2 pierced lanthorns

12 quart mugs

2 large tin pans

Order Books

12 and 24 November [1773]

For Charles Carroll of Carrolton

Tin Ware

20 good tin pound canisters

Order Books

25 December 1773

For Charles Carroll of Carrolton

Tin Ware

20 good tin pound canisters

Order Books

14 December 1773

For William Bond

Tinware

1 doz funnels sorted

½ doz painted candle boxes

Order Books

21 November 1773

For Hall Gilbert & Hall

Tin Ware

1 doz tin pepper boxes 1/8

2 nests tin buckets sorted

6 quart saucepans

6 pint do

3 sugar boxes

1 doz nutmeg graters

3 tin lanthorns

Order Books

No Date [1773]

For Buchannan & Cowen

Tinware

3 doz pound & ½ pound canisters 4/.

1 doz tin quart saucepans 4/6

1 doz pint do 3/.

1 doz large do 6/.

1 doz tin kettles 9/.

1 doz large do 1/.

1 doz do 1/3

½ doz cheese toasters 5/.

2 doz nutmeg graters 2/.

2 doz pepper boxes 1/9

1 doz tin lanthorns 22/.

Order Books

No Date [1773]

For Archibald Buchannan

Tinware

1 doz pound canisters

1 doz ½ pound do

½ doz quart saucepans 5/

½ doz pint do 2/6

½ doz tin kettles 12/

1 doz nutmeg graters 20d

½ doz tin lanthorns 24/

½ doz small do 20/

1 doz quart pots 5/

1 doz tin milk pans 12/

1 doz do 15/

1 doz pint pots

1 doz cheese toasters

1 doz apple toasters

Order Books

No Date [1773]

For Wallace Davidson and Johnson’s Nottingham Store

Tinware

2 doz pudding pans

2 doz pepper boxes

6 tin kettles sorted

1 doz quart saucepans

1 doz pint do

Order Books

19 March 1774

For Wallace Davidson and Johnson

Tinware

3 doz pound canisters

2 doz half pound do

Order Books

29 September 1774

For William Bond

Tin Ware

½ doz coffee pots

1 doz tin nutmeg graters

½ doz painted sugar boxes

2 doz 1lb tea canisters

2 doz ½lb do

2 doz pepper boxes

½ doz tin lanthorns

Order Books

No Date (previously listed order is 1774)

For Wallace Davidson and Johnson

Tin Ware

2 doz double tin plates

2 doz single do

3 doz tin pudding pans well sorted

2 doz nutmeg graters half japanned

3 doz pound canisters

1 doz half pound do

2 nests painted sugar boxes

2 doz quart pots

1 doz pint do

2 doz saucepans sorted

2 doz pepper boxes

1 doz lanterns half horn

1 doz tinder boxes flints & steels

2 doz funnels quart & pint

1 doz bread graters sorted

1 doz coffee pots sorted

½ doz candle boxes

½ doz colanders

Order Books

17 November 1774

For Wallace Davidson and Johnson’s Nottingham Store ordered by Edward Botelar

Tin Ware

1 doz quart sauce pans

1 doz pint do

1 doz large pudding pans

1 doz do sorted

6 sugar boxes (plain tin)

6 do japanned

1 doz pocket graters

6 milk kettles sorted

1 doz ½ pound canisters japanned

1 doz plain do

1 doz pound do

Order Books

No Date (previously listed order is 1774)

For Wallace Davidson and Johnson’s Queen Anne Store

Tin Ware

½ doz tin lanthorns 1/8

1 doz tin pans 10/.

1 doz do 12/.

1 doz do 14/.

1 doz nutmeg graters with cases 3/.

1 doz quart tin pots 5/.

1 doz sauce pans 5/.

Order Books

No Date (previously listed order is 1774)

For Wallace Davidson and Johnson’s Pig Point Store

Tin Ware

6 quart pots 5

6 pint do 3 ½

6 quart saucepans 5

6 pint do 3 ½

1 doz japanned pocket grater 3/.

1 doz pepper boxes 1/8

Order Books

8 January 1775

For Charles Carroll of Carrolton

Tin Ware

12 quart tin pots

12 pint do

Order Books

1 August 1775

For Alexander Ogg

Tin Ware

2 doz gallon tin pans

1 doz smaller do

1 doz tin quart pots

1 doz pint do

1 doz small funnels

1 doz large do

3 doz gallon do

3 doz pepper boxes

2 doz tin quart sauce pans

1 doz do pint do

2 doz nutmeg graters

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