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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC01450.185.01 |
| From Archive Folder | Documents Relating to 1776 |
| Title | Legal document outlining sale of shares in a ship |
| Date | 29 January 1776 |
| Author | Brown, James (fl. 1776) |
| Document Type | Legal document; Business and financial document |
| Content Description | James Brown is selling and conveying his shares in the captured ship "Ginney" (probably a prize of privateers) to Captain Ephrem Perkins. Document says "Ginney" was taken by the schooners "Boston Revenge" and "Generell Warde." Brown received 12 pounds, 12 shillings. Brown signed his mark with an "X." Witnessed by Adam Wellman, Samuel Stevens, and Benjamin Pinden. On verso, the shares are sold again. James Perkins, presumably a relative of Ephrem Perkins, is selling Ephrem's shares in the ship "Jenny" to Ebenezer Parsons for 13 pounds, 6 shillings, 8 pence. The Perkins sale is dated 27 August 1776 from Ipswich, Massachusetts and is witnessed by Daniel Rogers and Nathaniel Harley. |
| Subjects | Military History Revolutionary War Privateering Maritime Commerce Merchants and Trade Finance |
| People | Brown, James (fl. 1776) |
| Place written | Gloucester, Massachusetts |
| Theme | The American Revolution; Naval & Maritime; Merchants & Commerce |
| Sub-collection | The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1493-1859 |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859 |