Naval Office Shipping Lists for New York, 1713-1765

Location: McKeldin Library
Call Number: Microfilm BN 42n

Description

British naval officers appeared in the colonies as a result of the of Great Britain's Navigation Acts, which represented an attempt to control 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' names, cargo on board, the last port of clearance and often the destination.

The microfilmed lists are arranged by Public Record Office reference file numbers with inclusive dates indicated. An index and bibliography are located on reel one.

The lists cover only short periods of time from 1743 through 1765, and there are incomplete runs for many other years because of loss or destruction of the records.

The shipping lists were reproduced from original documents in the Public Record Office, London. They are located in files CO/5/1222-1229.