The Voyage of the Ship Rachel (1802-1805)
Inventory of the Ship Rachel
An accounting of the inventory of the Ship Rachel on 27 Oct 1802, as received by Captain Calvin Bunker. Click on the image below to view the full document in a new window.
Source: "Peele Family Papers, 1753-1871", Box 4, Folder 1, MH 5, Finding Aid; Phillips Library, Peabody Essex Museum, Salem, Mass.
Transcription
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Inventory, Stores
Capt. Bunker's receipt for storage
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Inventory of Provisions, Stores & Clothes shipped on board the Ship Rachel, Calvin Bunker Master, bound on a sealing voyage to the South Pacific Ocean, from thence to China, and from thence to Salem in the United States of America.
Viz.
50 Casks Wine
65 Barrels Beef
40 Barrels Pork
200 75 ? Bread
25 Barrels Flour
12 Barrels Meal
4 Hogsheads Molasses
1 Hogshead Rum
8 Barrels Rum
1 Barrel Geneva
3 Barrels Sugar
2 Hogsheads Cider
8 Cord Wood
100 Bushel Potatoes
81 Baize [coarse, green, woolen] Shirts
60 Jackets
30 Pair Trousers
24 Hats
36 Pair Stockings
4 Casks Rice
30 Blankets
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brought up
8 Barrels pickled Cabbage
3 Barrels Bacon
3 Half Barrels Tongues
10 Quails Cordage
15 Pieces Duck
34 Bushels Beans
7 Bushels ?
700 lbs Coffee
1 Hogshead Barley
4 Cannon
17 Muskets
2 Sealing Boats
72 Sealing Knives
24 Beaming Knives
38 Steels
3 Grindstones
3 Boxes Chocolate
Quarter Chest Bahia Tea
25 lbs Pepper
1 Cask Raisins
4 Barrels Salmon & Mackerel
84 lb ?
225 lb Butter
200 lb Cheese
200 lb Powder
300 lb Shot & Langridge
140 Oars
24 Handspikes
200 lb Leather
80 Bushels Corn
2 Kegs of Tobacco. 89 lbs.
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Salem, October 27th, 1802
Received the within stores on board the ship Rachel
Calvin Bunker
Page 1
Inventory, Stores
Capt. Bunker's receipt for storage
Page 2
Inventory of Provisions, Stores & Clothes shipped on board the Ship Rachel, Calvin Bunker Master, bound on a sealing voyage to the South Pacific Ocean, from thence to China, and from thence to Salem in the United States of America.
Viz.
50 Casks Wine
65 Barrels Beef
40 Barrels Pork
200 75 ? Bread
25 Barrels Flour
12 Barrels Meal
4 Hogsheads Molasses
1 Hogshead Rum
8 Barrels Rum
1 Barrel Geneva
3 Barrels Sugar
2 Hogsheads Cider
8 Cord Wood
100 Bushel Potatoes
81 Baize [coarse, green, woolen] Shirts
60 Jackets
30 Pair Trousers
24 Hats
36 Pair Stockings
4 Casks Rice
30 Blankets
Page 3
brought up
8 Barrels pickled Cabbage
3 Barrels Bacon
3 Half Barrels Tongues
10 Quails Cordage
15 Pieces Duck
34 Bushels Beans
7 Bushels ?
700 lbs Coffee
1 Hogshead Barley
4 Cannon
17 Muskets
2 Sealing Boats
72 Sealing Knives
24 Beaming Knives
38 Steels
3 Grindstones
3 Boxes Chocolate
Quarter Chest Bahia Tea
25 lbs Pepper
1 Cask Raisins
4 Barrels Salmon & Mackerel
84 lb ?
225 lb Butter
200 lb Cheese
200 lb Powder
300 lb Shot & Langridge
140 Oars
24 Handspikes
200 lb Leather
80 Bushels Corn
2 Kegs of Tobacco. 89 lbs.
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Salem, October 27th, 1802
Received the within stores on board the ship Rachel
Calvin Bunker
