East Florida Naval Officer Naval Office Shipping Lists for 1764-1769

Location: McKeldin Library
Call Number: Microfilm BEa 77r

East Florida. Naval Officer. Naval Office Shipping Lists for 1764-1769.
1 Reel.

Description

British naval officers appeared in the colonies as a result of the passage of Great Britain's Navigation Acts, which represented an attempt to control colonial trade. The quarterly officers' lists detail all aspects of colonial shipping, including date of entry; name, construction and registration of ship; tonnage, number of guns carried, crew members, cargo, the last port of clearance and often the destination.

The Proclamation of 1763 established the province of East Florida; thus, a naval officer was stationed at the port of St. Augustine in 1764.

The microfilmed lists are arranged by Public Record Office reference file numbers with inclusive dates indicated. A summary of the shipping lists and a bibliography appear at the beginning of the reel.

The shipping lists were working documents. Due to loss or destruction, none of the series is complete.

The East Florida returns are complete for the period November 14, 1764 to June 24th 1769, except for the quarter between December 25th, 1766 and November 1767.

The Public Record Office in London holds the original documents in files CO 5/573.