1709

"Large Tinn Kettels" in Old Whaling Center.

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 Large Tinn Kettels  in Old Whaling Center.
Manuscript receipt for "2 Large Tinn Kettels with Covers (and) 2 Quart Potts and 12 Pint Cups..." purchased by Town of Newbury Port (Mass.) from Joseph Johnson, Aug. 1778. Signed by Johnson Jan. 22, 1779. 3 1/4 x 8. Upper portion of large crown watermark. Docketed. Some damp toning, short tear at bottom, else about very good. Newburyport was a prominent shipbuilding and whaling center, and focus of privateering during the Revolution. "The captains of old Newburyport had participated vigorously in the triangular trade, importing West Indian molasses and exporting rum made from it."--wikipedia.