Port of Savannah records, 1765-1858.

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Port of Savannah records, 1765-1858.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/84841583

This collection contains six records pertaining to Savannah's port. Included are a list of ships and vessels, their captain, where they were built, and their cargo, for January 5, 1765 to July 5, 1767. Also in the collection are records of Georgia's exports for 1786, manifests for the sloop Friendship, 1791, and the ship Shepherdess, 1799, and a record of the value of foreign and coastwise exports and the value of imports from Europe. One volume of arrivals and clearances in the port of Savannah, January9, 1855-August 21, 1858, is missing, as noted November 4, 1971. These miscellaneous records were brought together as a collection by the Georgia Historical Society.

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Georgia Historical Society

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SNAC Resource ID: 8329555

Georgia Historical Society

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Shepherdess (Bark)

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Port of Savannah (Ga.)

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The Port of Savannah, founded in 1733, acted as one of the largest eastern ports of North America, and exported the first bale of cotton from the colonies to England in 1764. From the description of Port of Savannah (Ga.) waterfront pass, 1918. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 38475688 From the description of Port of Savannah slave manifests, 1852-1860. (Georgia Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 137281878 From the description of Port of Savannah records, 1765-1...

Friendship (Sloop)

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