Shipping book, 1752-1760.

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Shipping book, 1752-1760.

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Part of a shipping book including receipts from the masters of various ships for amounts of hard money to be transported to people at various ports. From January, 1752, to April, 1752, James Beekman was in Kingston where he made several remittances of cash to New York merchants. After April of 1753 the remittances are directed to London merchants from Beekman at New York. They are usually made in Spanish milled dollars, in ounces of silver, or in pistoles (gold coin). There are a few remittances to English merchants at other places than London, as well as certain West Indies ports, Surinam, and Madeira.

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New-York Historical Society

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Beekman, James, 1732-1807

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Beekman family.

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