Coasting Manifest for the Barque San Francisco, Beverly 1849

This document shows the goods being transported to San Francisco by Thomas Remmonds and his crew in 1849. The items mentioned include materials for constructing houses, boots, soap, hats, salt, overalls, tobacco & iron. An engraving of the ship and some other documents pertaining to this voyage are owned by the Beverly Historical Society.

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This print of the vessel San Francisco is included in the book, *The* *Argonauts of ’49: History and Adventures of the Emigrant Companies from Massachusetts, 1849-1850 (Octavius Thorndike Howe, Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1923).* The original painting is in the collections of the Beverly Historical Society.

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[COASTING MANIFEST]

MANIFEST of the whole Cargo on board the Barque, San Francisco whereof Thomas Remmonds is Master, Burthen Two Hundred & Sixty Eight 40/95 tons, bound from the Port of Beverly for San Francisco

Marks and Numbers	No. of Entry	Packages and Contents	Shippers	Residence	Consignees	Residence
	1.	39,680 fete No 3 Boards
	2.	24,333 feet No 4 Boards
	3.	1,500 feet No 4 Planks
	4.	1,150 feet Spruce Joist¹
	5.	27 Thousand Shingles
	6.	50 Wood Doors	Beverly Joint		Beverly Joint
	7.	900 Lights window Sashes glazed²	Stock San	Beverly	Stock San
	8.	One House Frame 36 by 36 feet	Francisco Co		Francisco Co
	9.	Six House Frames 28 by 16 feet
	10.	Ten Thousand bricks
	11.	One hundred casks nail
#1 to #10	12.	10 Cases Boots 12 pairs ea = 120 pair
	13.	2 cases Boots 12 pair ea = 24 pair	Foreign	$63.00
#11 to #14	14.	4 Cases Men’s Brogans³ 200 pair	Domestic	12000.00	$15063.00
	15.	100 Boxes Brown Soap	Manufactures	3000.00
	16.	1 Case palm leaf Hatts contg⁴ 11 dozen
	17.	150 Bags fine Salt
	18.	Nine dozen pair Overalls
	19.	Four Boxes Tobacco = 100 lbs.⁵
	20.	2100 lbs. Iron
	Twenty			Thos.	Remmonds

1 Joist = floor or roof support
2 Lights = side windows, sashes – window frames, glazed – already placed in frames
3 Brogans = rough work shoes
4 Contg = containing
5 Lbs = pounds

Citation

Coasting Manifest for the Barque San Francisco, 1841. National Archives, Waltham, MA.

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