Shipped, in good order and well-conditioned, by John Q. Stevenson
on board the Schooner the Pocahontas whereof Carpenter, is
master, now lying in the port of New-Orleans, and bound for Brazoria
Texas
To say:
Four Keys Bar Lead.
Two Boxes hats, One mattress
One Bale shirting, One Fireiron
One Pair Smiths tongs, One Bellows
One Anvil, Ten Bars Steel,
Two Bundles, One Vice, Twelve
Bars iron, Seven Plough Moulds
being marked and numbered as in the margin, and are to be
delivered in the like order and condition, at the port of Texas
(the dangers of the seas only excepted) unto Mr. J. F. Perry or to
his assigns, he or they paying freight for the said at the rate of
forty cents per each cubic foot------------with 5 Sents
primage and average accustomed. In witness whereof, the master
or purser of the said vessel hath affirmed to 3 Bills of Lading, all of
this tenor and date; one of which being accomplished, the others to
stand void.
Dated in New-Orleans, the 7th day of April 1830
William C Carpenter