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Title Bill of Lading for Coffee Sent by William Hewitt to Chauvet
Reference MS522/44
Library Senate House Library, University of London
Date 1772
Description A bill of lading detailing the delivery of 20 hogsheads of coffee to the port of London.
Document Type Manuscript, Mercantile Papers
Primary Commodity Coffee
Theme Trade and Commerce
Keywords port, importation, exportation, shipping, wharf
Region Europe
Places England, London
Additional Information A bill of lading is a document that is issued by the transportation carrier to the shipper acknowledging that they have received the shipment of goods and that they have been placed on board a particular vessel which is bound for a particular destination and states the terms in which these goods received are to be carried.
Copyright Senate House Library, University of London