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Brig Two Sisters


Havana, Cuba to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
21 April 1800

No. 1 Form of a Report or Manifest for a Ship or Vessel of the United States from a Foreign Port
Report and Manifest of the Cargo laden on board the Brig Two Sisters whereof Richard Watson is master, which cargo was taken on board at Havannah, Cuba burthen 127 tons, built at Talbot County in the State of Maryland and owned by Stephen Dutilk merchant at Phil^a as per Register granted at Philadelphia the 24th day November -'98 and bound for Phil^a.
Columns headings are: Line number; Marks; Number inclusive; Packages and contents; by whom shipped; To whom configured, or if to configured; Place of Configuree's residence; ports of destination.

SD   1@60  sixty boxes brown Havana sugar --------- J.N.M.Fontmoing---Stephen Dutilk & J.J. Maguire------------------Phil^a----Phil^a
SD   1@20  twenty bbls^s white Havana sugar ------- J.N.M.Fontmoing---Stephen Dutilk & J.J. Maguire------------------Phil^a----Phil^a
IM   1@50  fifty boxes brown Havana sugar --------- J.N.M.Fontmoing---Stephen Dutilk & J.J. Maguire------------------Phil^a----Phil^a
T.J. --    forty two jersons? indigo -------------- J.J. Maguire---J.N.M.Fontmoing---Stephen Dutilk & J.J. Maguire---Phil^a----Phil^a
VR   --    five jersons indigo -------------------- J.N.M.Fontmoing---Stephen Dutilk & J.J. Maguire------------------Phil^a----Phil^a
SD   --    one hundred & sixteen boxes segars ----- J.N.M.Fontmoing---Stephen Dutilk & J.J. Maguire------------------Phil^a----Phil^a
SD   --    two hundred hides ---------------------- J.N.M.Fontmoing---Stephen Dutilk & J.J. Maguire------------------Phil^a----Phil^a
SD   --    one tin box of chocolate --------------- J.N.M.Fontmoing---Stephen Dutilk & J.J. Maguire------------------Phil^a----Phil^a
SG   1@60  sixty boxes white sugar ---------------- Sebastian Laza----Stephen Girard*--------------------------------Phil^a----Phil^a
CPHG   --  seventy five boxes segars -------------- Tw^s Gimbal-------Charles Huger & Co-----------------------------Phil^a----Phil^a
MasW   --  thirteen hogsheads tobacco ------------- Tw^s Gimbal-------Joseph Coulter  -------------------------------Phil^a----Phil^a
JHH    --  twenty hogsheads tobacco   ------------- Tw^s Gimbal-------Joseph Coulter  -------------------------------Phil^a----Phil^a        
            six thousand oranges ------------------ Capt. R. Watson---Capt. R. Watson -------------------------------Phil^a----Phil^a
            three barrels limes    ---------------- Capt. R. Watson---Capt. R. Watson -------------------------------Phil^a----Phil^a
            two kegs of tamarind   ---------------- Capt. R. Watson---Capt. R. Watson -------------------------------Phil^a----Phil^a
            two bags of sponges    ---------------- Capt. R. Watson---Capt. R. Watson -------------------------------Phil^a----Phil^a
            twenty four pine apples---------------- Capt. R. Watson---Capt. R. Watson -------------------------------Phil^a----Phil^a
            nineteen boxes segars * --------------- Capt. R. Watson---Capt. R. Watson -------------------------------Phil^a----Phil^a

cabin passengers
1  P L Denison? - six ?    two bags apparrel
2  P C Berger? -  three ?  one box apparrel, bed & bedding

Sea Stores:
half barrel of beef
half barrel of pork                                  no impressment
one BM of bread                                      letters dele^d port office
two gallons of brandy
      
                  
Transcriber's Notes:

*  An asterisk indicates an error on the part of the original recorder, not the transcriber,
   or is used to call your attention to additional information in the 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.

^  A ^ followed by a letter indicates that the letter was superscripted.

*  Passenger numbers assigned by transcriber for ease of reference.

*  Could this have been the famous philanthropist of Philadelphia named Stephen Girard

*  The nineteen boxes of segars were for:
      2 for J Dutlik
      7 for Jn Norton?
     10 for E. Jenkins? 

National Archives and Records Administration, Film M425, Reel 1.
Transcribed by Harry Green, formatted by Ines Mannhardt, members of the
Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild
27 May 2008



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