Compiled by Sara E. Lewis
From an index to the Virginia Gazette, produced in 1950 by Lester J. Cappon and Stella F. Duff of the Institute of Early American History and Culture (Omohundro Institute) with additional Gloucester material not captured by the indexers. Kingston Parish (Mathews) was part of Gloucester County when the Virginia Gazette was published in Williamsburg. Occasional posts about world and local events that captured the bloggers fancy are included to put local listings in context. Please review primary source material before citing.

Thursday, August 23, 2018

November 27, 1766 - Dunbar, Hearding, McCunn, Emms (Eames), Clarke, Patterson, Hubbard, Anderson, Meriwether, Tomson, Wilkinson, Powell


Entered in the district of YORK river.

Sept. 13. Lovely Lucy, Richard Dunbar, from Philadelphia, with 9 hhds. of rum, 3 hhds. of loaf sugar, 1 box of chocolate, 14 barrels of brown sugar, 1 bag of snakeroot, and 10 lbs. of Jesuits bark.
18. Lucy, John Hearding, from St. Christoper’s, with 23 hhds. of rum, 10 hhds. of brown sugar, and European goods.
14. Murdoch, John McCunn, from Glasgow, with European goods.
30. William and Mary, John Days, from London, in ballast.
15. Betsy, Richard Emms, from Bristol, with European goods.

Cleared.

Sept. 4. Tom, Joseph Clarke, for Liverpool, with 352 hhds. of tobacco, 6000 staves, 2000 lock stocks, 40 walnut planks, 1000 feet of inch thick oak boards, 10 three inch cypress planks, 8 casks of pearl ash, 25 tuns of pig iron, and 1 hhd. of rum.
6. Prince William, John Patterson, for Glasgow, with 480 hhds. of tobacco, 15 tuns of pig iron, 4 bags of cotton, 1000 feet of inch plank, and 18,000 staves.
8. Good Intent, George Hubbard, for London, with 481 hhds. of tobacco, and 9411 staves.
8. Rachael and Mary, William Anderson, for London, with 652 hhds. of tobacco, 3 hhds. and 8 barrels of ginseng, 1 hhd. of snakeroot, 20 tuns of bar and 5 tuns of pig iron, 1 hhd. of rum, and 13,000 staves.
9. Friendship, Barnabas Chadwick, for Piscataway, with 20 bushels of wheat, and sundry goods returned.
13. Rialto, David Meriwether, for Bristol, with 207 hhds. of tobacco, 45 tuns of pig iron, half a tun of hemp, 225 oak and 7 pine planks, 24 walnut logs, 565 walnut planks, 87 oars, 14,000 staves, and 1 hhd. of rum.
17. Mary, Richard Tomson, for London, with 439 hhds. of tobacco, 16,700 staves, 300 oars, and 15 tuns of pig iron.
89. Madeira Packet, George Wilkinson, for London, with 348 hhds. of tobacco, 23 tuns of pig iron, 5 pipes, 4 hhds. and a quarter cask of Madeira wine, 11,000 staves, and a casks of ginseng.  
October 4. Jane and Elizabeth, Hudson Powell, for Barbados, with 1485 bushels of born, 500 bushels of oats, 286 bushels of pease, 4 hhds. of tobacco, 3250 staves, 510 pieces of heading, 13,000 shingles, 2 bags of snakeroot, and 1000 smart hoops.

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