Ship Surprise
Report and Manifest of the Cargo laden on board the Ship Surprise whereof Thomas Hewitt is master, which cargo was taken on board at Calcutta, burthen 350 tons, built at Calcutta, India in the State of ________ and owned by John Lynch merchant at Philadelphia as per Register granted at ___________ the day of _____ and bound for Philadelphia
Columns represent: Marks; Number inclusive; Packages and contents; by whom shipped; To whom configured, or if to configured; Place of Configuree's residence; ports of destination.
FG One thousand four hundred wsxty six bags sugar Barber Palmer Co & W^m P White to wes? Philadelphia Philadelphia
S 1@ 9 Nine hundred bags pepper
1@ 5 Two bales Benah cloth
G 1@38 Thirty eight bales gunates?
IL 1@2 Two bales refuse gunates?
1@7 Seven bales checks?
8 one bale muslins
9 one bale handkerchiefs
10 one bale bare ???
IL six boxes legaes
IL 123 two bales legaes
sixty eight bags ginger
H 1w11 eleven bales humel copas
D 1w3 three bales F\Darca Doreas Electon John Perot
BwS 874 eight hundred and seventy four bags cegars
1 one trunk bale goods
2w5 two bales goods Tho^s Hewitt
3w4 two ??? cegars
S&N 1w8 eight bales merchandise Savage &Dugan
O&W 1 one bale checks
Two pieces Based onions
Two pieces printed Dun stuff George Grams esq.
Two w muslin David Cormack
Two piesces muslins James Norris
Six pieces struped Gunates James Norris
Two pieces Bandannos James Norris
Two pieces Madrass James Norris
two hogsheads cotton. one piece Sprigg & ??? James Norris
one do striped gingham James Norris
one small box cegars James Norris
one small box sundry cloth Reuben Clarsbey
one small trunk Reuben Clarsbey
one small trunk John Ladle
nine bags sugar John Willis
Nine pieces Bandammos John Willis
two pieces striped ginghanm John Willis
one small bale handlerchiefs John Willis
one small trunk clothes W^m Dabor
twenty pieces handkerchiefs John Hoggess
two palempoors John Hoggess
one Bonplants one box becklaces
stores eight bags bread, one barrel beef Lyons to J. Lynch
one do Pork ones w peas
part of a bag coffee four gallons plums
Columns represent: Number, Name, Baggage
1 Mrs Arkins two trunks, bed & bedding
2 Juliana Rosina two trunks, bed & bedding
Transcriber's Notes:
? Indicates a letter or number which could not be determined due to the
condition of the manifest or handwriting of the original recorder.
^ Indicates letters are omitted and the following letter is superscripted.
Ancestry.com claims arrival date Feb 28, 1800.
National Archives and Records Administration, Film M425, Reel 1.
Transcribed by Harry Green a member of the
Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild
6 June 2008
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