From Quetil(?) de la Roque: Shipping Receipt (unpublished)
Philaa: 25 March 1786

Shipped in good Order and well conditioned, by Benjn: Franklin Esqr. in and upon the good Ship called the Diligent of Cadiz whereof is Master for this present Voyage de la Rocque and now lying in the Delaware and bound for Havre de Grace—To say, Two Barrills Hams and One small Case Being marked and numbered as in the Margin,

A Limozin One Barrill M Grand One Barrill One Box—

and are to be delivered in the like good Order and well conditioned, at the aforesaid Port of Havre de Grace (the Danger of the Seas only excepted) unto Andrew Limozin or to their Assigns, he or they paying Freight for the said Goods Eighteen Livres Tournois with Primage and Average accustomed. In Witness whereof the Master or Purser of the said Ship hath affirmed to three Bills of Lading, all of this Tenor and Date; the one of which three Bills being accomplished, the other two to stand void.

quetil estre delaroque

[design of a ship in the background of the initial “s” in “Shipped” and below it: Philadelphia: Printed for W. Woodhouse.]
[On the back are calculations.]
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