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Subseries 2.2
Bills of lading, 1831-1867
Boxes 52-83, OP1
Scope and Content Note
The subseries consists of bills of lading held by William G. Porter and Company from 1831-1867. Bills of lading are contracts between William G. Porter and Company and the owners of ships detailing the type, quantity, and destination of materials being transported. Because the company worked in consignment shipping, the bills of lading are the receipt of shipment documenting the company's shipping work, and show that by 1860, the company was shipping primarily cotton from planters in Alabama and Georgia. Materials shipped by the Apalachicola River, usually by steamship, are labeled as bills of lading by river and those sent by sea to New York, New York; Boston, Massachusetts; or foreign destinations, usually by schooner, brig, or bark, are labeled as bills of lading by sea. Steamships include Agnes, Apalachicola, Laura, South Carolina, Oswechee, Benjamin Franklin, and The Wave. Also employed were the schooners Patrick Henry, Columbia, Creole, and Monterey and the brigs General Wilson, Georgiana, and Laura Jones.
Arrangement Note
Arranged in alphabetical order.
| By river | ||
| Box | Folder | Content |
|---|---|---|
| 52 | 1 | 1831 November-December |
| 52 | 2 | 1832 |
| 52 | 3 | 1833 February-December |
| 52 | 4 | 1834 |
| 52 | 5 | 1835 |
| 52 | 6 | 1836 January-November |
| 52 | 7 | 1837 |
| 52 | 8 | 1838 January-November |
| 52 | 9 | 1839 |
| 52 | 10 | 1840 |
| 53 | 1 | 1841 |
| 53 | 2 | 1842 |
| 53 | 3 | 1844 January-April |
| 53 | 4 | 1845 August-December |
| 53 | 5 | 1846 |
| 53 | 6 | 1847 June-December |
| 53 | 7 | 1848 |
| 54 | 1 | 1849 January-April |
| 54 | 2 | 1849 May-December |
| 54 | 3 | 1850 |
| 54 | 4 | 1851 January-June |
| 54 | 5 | 1851 November-December |
| 54 | 6 | 1852 |
| 55 | 1 | 1853 January-May |
| 55 | 2 | 1853 September-December |
| 55 | 3 | 1854 January-February |
| 55 | 4 | 1854 March-May |
| 55 | 5 | 1854 June-December |
| 56 | 1 | 1855 January-February |
| 56 | 2 | 1855 March-May |
| 56 | 3 | 1855 June-October |
| 56 | 4 | 1855 November-December |
| 56 | 5 | 1856 January-February |
| 56 | 6 | 1856 March-May |
| 57 | 1 | 1856 June-September |
| 57 | 2 | 1856 October-November |
| 57 | 3 | 1856 December |
| 57 | 4 | 1857 January |
| 58 | 1 | 1857 February |
| 58 | 2 | 1857 March |
| 58 | 3 | 1857 April-October |
| 58 | 4 | 1857 November-December |
| 59 | 1 | 1858 January |
| 59 | 2 | 1858 February |
| 59 | 3 | 1858 March-April |
| 59 | 4 | 1858 May-November |
| 59 | 5 | 1859 December-1858 January |
| 59 | 6 | 1859 February-May |
| 60 | 1 | 1859 July-August |
| 60 | 2 | 1859 September-October |
| 60 | 3 | 1859 November-December |
| 60 | 4 | 1860 January-February |
| 60 | 5 | 1860 March-May |
| 60 | 6 | 1860 June-December |
| 60 | 7 | 1861 January |
| OP1 | 6 | 1861 January-April |
| 61 | 1 | 1861 February |
| 61 | 2 | 1861 March-June |
| 61 | 3 | 1865 June-December |
| 61 | 4 | 1866 January-February |
| 61 | 5 | 1866 March-June |
| 61 | 6 | 1866 July-August |
| 62 | 1 | 1866 September-December |
| 62 | 2 | 1867 January-June |
| By the sea | ||
| 62 | 3 | 1831-1833 |
| 62 | 4 | 1834 |
| 62 | 5 | 1835 |
| 62 | 6 | 1836 January-April |
| 62 | 7 | 1837 January-May |
| 63 | 1 | 1836 May-December |
| 63 | 2 | 1837 January-September |
| 63 | 3 | 1837 October-December |
| 63 | 4 | 1838 |
| 63 | 5 | 1839 January-March |
| 63 | 6 | 1839 April-July |
| 64 | 1 | 1839 August-December |
| 64 | 2 | 1840 January-May |
| 64 | 3 | 1840 August-December |
| 64 | 4 | 1841 January-September |
| 64 | 5 | 1841 October-December |
| 64 | 6 | 1842 |
| 65 | 1 | 1843 January-March |
| 65 | 2 | 1843 April-August |
| 65 | 3 | 1843 September |
| 65 | 4 | 1843 October-December |
| 65 | 5 | 1844 January-April |
| 66 | 1 | 1844 May-September |
| 66 | 2 | 1844 October-December |
| 66 | 3 | 1845 January-April |
| 66 | 4 | 1845 May-December |
| 67 | 1 | 1846 January-July |
| 67 | 2 | 1846 August-December |
| 67 | 3 | 1847 January-April |
| 67 | 4 | 1847 May-August |
| 67 | 5 | 1847 September-December |
| 67 | 6 | 1848 January-May |
| 68 | 1 | 1848 June-December |
| 68 | 2 | 1849 January-February |
| 68 | 3 | 1849 March-May |
| 68 | 4 | 1849 June-September |
| 68 | 5 | 1849 October-December |
| 68 | 6 | 1850 January-February |
| 69 | 1 | 1850 March |
| 69 | 2 | 1850 April-August |
| 69 | 3 | 1850 September-December |
| 69 | 4 | 1851 January-February |
| 69 | 5 | 1851 March [1 of 2] |
| 70 | 1 | 1851 March [2 of 2] |
| 70 | 2 | 1851 April-August |
| 70 | 3 | 1851 September [1 of 2] |
| 70 | 4 | 1851 September [2 of 2] |
| 71 | 1 | 1851 October-December |
| 71 | 2 | 1852 January-February |
| 71 | 3 | 1852 March |
| 71 | 4 | 1852 April-May |
| 72 | 1 | 1852 June-September |
| 72 | 2 | 1852 October-December |
| 72 | 3 | 1853 January-February |
| 72 | 4 | 1853 March |
| 72 | 5 | 1853 April-July |
| 73 | 1 | 1853 August |
| 73 | 2 | 1853 September-October |
| 73 | 3 | 1852 November-December |
| 73 | 4 | 1854 January-February |
| 73 | 5 | 1854 March [1 of 2] |
| 73 | 6 | 1854 March [2 of 2] |
| 74 | 1 | 1854 April-May |
| 74 | 2 | 1854 June-August |
| 74 | 3 | 1854 September |
| 74 | 4 | 1854 October-December |
| 75 | 1 | 1855 January-February |
| 75 | 2 | 1855 March-May |
| 75 | 3 | 1855 June-August |
| 75 | 4 | 1855 September-October |
| 75 | 5 | 1855 November-December |
| 76 | 1 | 1856 January-February |
| 76 | 2 | 1856 March |
| 76 | 3 | 1856 April-May |
| 76 | 4 | 1857 March-May |
| 76 | 5 | 1857 June-August |
| 77 | 1 | 1857 September-December |
| 77 | 2 | 1858 January-April |
| 77 | 3 | 1858 May-August |
| 77 | 4 | 1858 September-October |
| 77 | 5 | 1858 November-December |
| 78 | 1 | 1859 January |
| 78 | 2 | 1859 February |
| 78 | 3 | 1859 March |
| 78 | 4 | 1859 April-June |
| 78 | 5 | 1859 July-August |
| 78 | 6 | 1859 September-October |
| 79 | 1 | 1859 November-December |
| 79 | 2 | 1960 January-February |
| 79 | 3 | 1860 March |
| 79 | 4 | 1860 April-July |
| 79 | 5 | 1860 August-September |
| 80 | 1 | 1860 October-December |
| 80 | 2 | 1861 January-February |
| 80 | 3 | 1861 March-May |
| 80 | 4 | 1865 May-August |
| 80 | 5 | 1865 September |
| 80 | 6 | 1865 October |
| 81 | 1 | 1865 November |
| 81 | 2 | 1865 December |
| 81 | 3 | 1866 January |
| 81 | 4 | 1866 February |
| 82 | 1 | 1866 March [1 of 2] |
| 82 | 2 | 1866 March [2 of 2] |
| 82 | 3 | 1866 April |
| 82 | 4 | 1866 May-June |
| 82 | 5 | 1866 July-August |
| 82 | 6 | 1866 September |
| 83 | 1 | 1866 October-December |
| 83 | 2 | 1867 January-June |
| Ledgers | ||
| BV6 | - | bills of lading, 1848-1850 |
| BV7 | - | bills of lading, 1851-1852 |
| 83 | 3 | bills of lading, 1855 December-1859 November |
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