US-RNR-ms566 Guide to the Joseph Trowbridge bill of lading1780 Finding aid prepared by Elizabeth Delmage. Funding for processing and cataloging this collection was provided by the van Beuren Charitable Foundation. Redwood Library and Athenaeum 2014 October 09
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 Trowbridge, Joseph, 1736-1790 Joseph Trowbridge bill of lading 1780 Trowbridge (Joseph) bill of lading 0.2 linear feet (1 oversize folder) Bill of lading for Captain Joseph Trowbridge (1736-1790) of New Haven, Connecticut, for a shipment to Newport, Rhode Island, to be used by the French troops stationed there during the American Revolutionary War. RLC.Ms.566 Biographical note

Captain Joseph Trowbridge (1736-1790) was born in New Haven, Connecticut, on June 15, 1736, where he also worked as a mariner and merchant. Trowbridge died on December 17, 1790, in Savannah, Georgia, while away on one of his voyages.

Collection information

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Joseph Trowbridge bill of lading, RLC.Ms.566, Redwood Library and Athenaeum.

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).

This collection is arranged in chronological order.

Administrative information

Gift of Ralph E. Carpenter, Jr.

This item was found in a frame prior to its processing in 2014.

 Names

Subjects

Rhode Island--History--Revolution, 1775-1783 United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1793--Participation, French RIAMCO Browsing Terms Rhode Island/Local Interest Military Titles

Types of materials

Bills of lading Occupations

Functions

Additional information

Trowbridge, Francis Bacon. The Trowbridge genealogy: History of the Trowbridge family in America. New Haven, CT.: Printed for the compiler, 1908. 1 Bill of lading1780 Oct 7