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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | Bills of Lading |
| Reference | MS464 |
| Library | Senate House Library, University of London |
| Date | 1728-1788 |
| Description | Nine printed bills of lading, completed in manuscript, for ships bound for Marseilles, including those for Le Décidé bound from Salonika, 1728; St Jean l'Évangéliste, from Istanbul, 1733; Le Benjamin, from Smyrna, 1763; Sainte Marie, from Port Maurice, 1765; La Fortune, from St Pierre, Martinique, 1765; La Napolitaine, from Naples, 1778; L'Aimable Marguerite, from Smyrna, 1779; S. Giovanni Battista, from Genoa, 1787 and 1788. Also includes a similar bill of lading for La Vièrge de Grace, bound from Marseilles to St Malo, 1729. Merchandise carried included raw cotton, yellow wax, fish, oil, vinegar, soap, coffee and silk. |
| Document Type | Manuscript, Mercantile Papers |
| Language | French |
| Primary Commodity | Miscellaneous |
| Sub-commodity | Cotton, Oil, Coffee |
| Theme | Trade and Commerce |
| Keywords | soap, fish, silk, importation, exportation, wharf, port, shipping |
| Region | Europe, Middle East |
| Places | France; Greece, Turkey, Istanbul; Italy |
| 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 |