RIAMCO

Rhode Island Archival and Manuscript Collections Online

For Participating Institutions

Joseph Trowbridge bill of lading (RLC.Ms.566)

Redwood Library and Athenaeum

50 Bellevue Avenue
Newport, RI 02840
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Scope & content

This collection consists of a framed bill of lading for Captain Joseph Trowbridge to ship hay and corn from New Haven, Connecticut, to Newport, Rhode Island, for the use of the French army stationed in Newport during the American Revolutionary War (1775-1783).