Virginia tobacco trade in the 1650s
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Virginia tobacco trade in the 1650s
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HCA 13/71 cases mentioning tobacco
Case: ?Naphthalia White John Thomas and others marines of the shipp the delight of Plymouth against John Griddon master of the sayd shipp
Deposition: 1. Thomas Serjeant of Millbrooke in the County of Cornwall Boatswayne of the sayd shipp the Delight aged 35
Details: Barbadoes to Genoa (starting at Plymouth). Was originally meant to be trading trip from Plymouth to Barcelona to Majorca and back to Plymouth; In Barbadoes half the crew of the delight refused to go to Genoa as instructed by the Master
Commodities: Sugar; ginger, Tobacco; and other goods
Folio: HCA 13/71 f.27r
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HCA 13/71 cases mentioning Virginia
Themes
Destination of tobacco shipments
Warehousing, packing, and storage on board ship
Timing of tobacco ships arrival and departure from the James River
Historiography
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