The trade of Revolutionary Connecticut, Part 16

Author: Van Dusen, Albert E. (Albert Edward), 1916-1999
Publication date: 1948
Publisher: 1948
Number of Pages: 886


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24 Stiles. I. 497.


25 Stiles, II. rassim. Fall, pp. 81-84. A mmber of other Now London shippers were associated with Nathaniel Shaw, but the ownership was listed as "Nathaniel Shaw & Co."


26 Collier. p. 20. In the summer of 1778 naval quarters in Now York estimated the chances against an unarmed British ship reaching England from New York as three to one. Trevelyan, Part III, p. 346 ftn.


243.


to the considerable success of privateors in the 1778-1782 period.27 The British losses from American privatoers as a whole reached serious proportions and caused grave alarm. Lloyd's of London listed losses, as follows,28


Year


Vorchantmen taken


Retaken


Net 1088


American privateer losses


1776


229


51


178


6


1777


331


52


279


18


1778


359


87


272


16


1779


487


106


381


31


1780


581


260


321


34


1781


587


211


376


40


1782


415


99


316


68


1783


98


13


85


3


In 1779 eighteen prizes were brought into New London; and in 1781, among others, the Hannah, taken by the Minerva. The Hannah's cargo estimated at £80,000 constituted the most valuable single prize taken by a Connecticut privateeraman. Its seizure, incidentally, may have been an important factor in causing Arnold's raid upon New London. 29 Many privateers were destroyed by Arnold's men, but the raid failed to wipe out all such activity as the British had hoped, since at least three prizes were brought into port in November, 1781. 20.


27 These notices were particularly common in the Courant in 1779 and 1780.


A typical notice may be found in the issue for July 20, 1779.


28Adapted from Middlebrook, II, 5. Middlebrook states that Lloyd's figures are far from being strictly accurate.


29 Ibid., II, 163-164; Avery, p. 77. Good fortune alone had saved New London from earlier direct attack. Only unfavorable winds deterred Clinton from attacking in September, 1778 so that he sent General Green on to Bedford where about seventy privateers were turnt. William M. James, The British Havy in Adversity (London, 1926), p. 108.


soCollier, p. 25.


244.


In the later stages of the struggle, privateering became too popular for the good of the regular Army and Navy and the State forces. Pay was low and was often greatly delayed in both services, whereis the possibility of getting rich quickly made privateering very alluring. " On May 27, 1781 Lt .- Col. William Ledyard of New London wrote to Governor Trumbull that the two artillery companies under his command did not fill up because "the great mmmber of Privateers that have been fitted out this season with the great success they have had has taken almost all the men away that would leave home from this quarter."32 Likewise, pen 2 Like tended to prefer privateering to the more disciplined, lower paid service in the Continental Navy. 33


Privateering played an important part, therefore, in the economic life of Revolutionary Connecticut. Its effects were confined largely to coastal and river toms. By and large, privateering did not bring sound prosperity, nor largo overall profits. It brought color and excitement, occasional rich prizes, many fruitless cruises, and frequent complete loss of vessel and capture of the crew. No seaport in Connecticut grewwealthy from privateering not even New London, the chief conter. In fact, New London, in general, languished through the war.


31 Actually a successful cruise did not mean immediate rewards. Sometimes weeks or months passed before the courts and agents proceeded through a slow routine. When the time to pay off came, many had sold their shares; and depreciation had hit the rest. Morse, p. 82.


SZQuoted in Record of Connecticut Men in the Revolution, p. 607 from Trumbull Papers.


33 Harold and Margaret Sprout, Riso of American Naval Power . (Princeton, 1942), p. 11; Carrol Storrs Alden and Allan Westcott, The United States Navy (Philadelphia, 1943), p. 12.


34Caulkins, New London, p. 536.


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The vast majority of the individuals engaged probably lost money, although an occasional operator had good fortune. On the whole, privateering provided a poor substitute for normal peacetime foreign and coastal trade.' 35 It at times retarded the Continental Navy and Army recruiting efforts, but the heavy damage it inflicted upon the British merchant marine probably hastened the end of the War. Connecticut privateersmon captured close to five hundred ships brought into Connecticut ports plus many taken to other friendly ports.36


35 Ibid., Caulkins, Norwich, p. 406; Bollos, p. 573; Wooden, p. 772; Admas, p. 51.


36


Middlebrook, 11, 258.


CHAPTER XVI


Local Trade


1. Introduction


The War bad a severe impact upon looal trade throughout Connecticut. Local markets found their accustomed channels of supplies slowed up or partly diverted, or both. Supply and demand got out of balanco, with demand often outrunning supply which resulted in prices being bid up. Camdssaries for the State and Continental foroes sooured the countryside and bought up large amounts of supplies for the armed forces. Moreover, ounters of wealth tended to draw scarce products ery from their normal market. In most sections, at various times, a real labor shortage developed which curtailed production both of agricultural and of manufactured goods. As is usual in wartime, substitution of more plentiful for soaroo itans was common, even though the substitute was usually less satisfactory.


The effects of the wartime situation varied greatly as regarded individuals and even towns and rural sections. For some merchants the war braight great prosperity; for others it spelled depression or even 1


2. The Hartford market


Hartford affords an excellent case study in the impact of the Revolutionary War upon mercantile activity. Due to its location in the center of the State, safely removed from the likelihood of British


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Jeremiah Wadsworth is an example of the olass which prospered greatly; Governor Trumbull, of the class which was practically ruined.


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incursions, Hartford suffered less interruption of its commercial life. Its agricultural hinterland, also, did not have to fear British attacks, and remained in unusually good condition for sustained production. Moreover, the amount of traffic on the exposed shore road greatly declined, and large amounts of "cross-state" and inter-state trade wero diverted to the middle route through Hartford! To all those items oen be added others which quickened commercial activities. Most of the meetings of the general assembly were hold there as New Haven was considered too dangerous. In addition, supply depots and a French hospital, were located there." Yet despite an unusual number of favoring factors for commercial life, Hartford was deeply and often unfavorably affected by the War and its countless economic repercussions.


A careful study of advertisers in the Courant reveals a remarkably large "turnover" in personnel. Very few of those advertising in 1773, for example, were still advertising five years later in 1778; and fower still in 1783, at the end of the war. Of the thirty-two Hartford merchants appearing at any time in 1773 issues, only ton advertised in 1778; and only seven of the original 1773 group, in 1783. It is noteworthy, though, that most of those who lasted to 1778, still remained active in 1783.


A comparison of two successive war years, tay 1778 and 1779, again shows the great extent of the "turnover." In 1778 thirty-eight Hartford merchants appeared; in 1779, forty. But, only twenty-one appeared in both years. In other words, seventeen of the 1778 group failed to advertise in 1779, and nineteen now advertisers were enrolled. The


2 Robert B. Fast, Business Enterprise in the American Revolutionary Era (New York, 1938), p. 82. During the war part of Hartford's commercial gain was made at the expense of New Haven which was closely restricted by the British. Ibid., 233.


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turnover, therefore, came close to fifty per cent. If one compares, as a random sample, the issue of December 9, 1783 with that of ten years earlier, December 7, 1773, he finds that not one of the thirteen advertisers of the later issue had appeared in the earlier one. Huch can be learned from Courant files about the extent of specialization, and about the personnel of merchants in the different categories of trade.


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Important Hartford Merchants Classified3


(1) Dry Goods (cloth, clothing, ribbons, rugs-and "European goods" in general )


Stephen Austin (& Co.)


Samuel Marsh


Caleb Bull


Stophon Nears


Frederick Bull


George Merrell


William Coit


Willian Rogers


Mrs. Collyer


William Soymour


Peter Colt


Poter Verstill.


Thomas Hopkins


Jeremiah Wadsworth


Samuol Wesootto


William Lalay Daniel Jones


John Burbridge (hatter)


Hugh Ledlio


Cotton Murray ( tailor)


(2) Leather Goods ( shoes, saddles, breeches, oxhides)


Stephen Austin


Frederick Bull


George Morrell


Moses Smith


Caleb and Ebenezer Moor


(3) Druge


Ebenezer and Hezekiah Boardsley


William Jepson


Lynde [ and Marble]


Hezekiah Morrell


Smith and Coit


Solomon Smith


(4) Books


Caleb Bull


Hezekiah Morrell


Nathanial Patton


(5) West Indies Goods (sugar, molasses, rum, .to.)


Joseph Barrett


John Broom


John Caldroll


William Lawrenoo


Solah Norton


Ebenezer Platt


Jeremiah Wadsworth 5


(6) East Indies


(Asiatic) Goods (spices, tea, etc. )


.


Jamos Bull


Mrs. Collyer


William Lawrence


John Skinner


(7) "India Gooda"


Stephen Moars


Samuel Wesootto


3 The List is confined to Hartford merchants who advertised a total of at least four or more times in a period covering all or part of two different years, or more.


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250.


(8) Liquors (wine, brandy, etc. )


Ebenezer Bernard John Chenovard


William Ellery Joseph Hart


(9) Hardware and Glass


Aaron Bull (glass) George Burnham (files, locks)


Consider Burt (spinning wheel s) Josiah Gibbs


(10) Iron, Iron Goods, Stoel


Goorgo Caldwell Peter Colt (steel, 1783) John Morgan


Elnathan Smith (nails) Jared Stovens William Tiley ·


Peter Vandervoort (iron, wholesale) .


(11) Pottery, China


William Ellery


Isaao Seymour


(12) Jewelry, Clocks


E. Austin Enos Doolittle (@looks)


Thomas Hilldrup (watches) James Tiloy


(13) Guns, Powder


Josiah Blakley (powder


Daniel Hinsdale (gunlooks)


(14) Miscellaneous


John Cable bakery


Bevil Webster-indigo


In all, approximately one hundred and fifty-three Hartford and one hundred and sixty-five non-Hartford merchants advertised during the war period. A few of the mon in the list were manufacturers primarily, such as Jacob Ogden of Colebrook, the stoel maker; but the great majority were chiefly merchants of the retail type.


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OLD INNA Of CONNECTICUT


A PLAN OF MAIN STREET, HARTFORD, SHOWING THE BUILDINGS AND OCCUPANTS AT THE PERIOD OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION.


Burr St.


Jonathan Wadsworth, ' Sca Captain.


Samuel Tedrott, Mischant.


Cil. Talrutt's Store.


Cotton Murray's Turern.


Daniel What's Cooper's shop.


Dr. Lemuel Hopkins.


Dr. Ehakim Fish.


Zachariah Pratt. Farmer.


Thomas Sloane a Blacksmith & shop. Win. Pratt, Farmer.


Joseph Pratt, Farmer.


Samuel Wadsworth, Farmer and Son Cupl. "David Bull's Tarein.


Jaines Church, Merchant. John Nevins, Cooper and Butcher.


Haynes Lord.


Old Gove, Shoe maker.


Ebenezer Austin's Goldenutli's shop.


Carrier's listanet shop.


:James Moosklar, Bisher. School house.


First Society Meeting house.


Brown, Chair inaker ..


Stephen Austin, Tailor.


Capt: Howthis.


Watson's Printing ofce.


Wilham Stanley.


Widow Heppy Scyinour or Skinner. . Litt'


SMoses Butler's Tarern ... Samuel Howard, Farmer.


Thomas Seymour, Esqr. Lawyer .-


Parson Whitman. Lane Tucker, Marksmith. -


Gideon Bung's house .-


Elisha Burnham's Blacksouth's shop.


South Meeting house.


Parson Buckingham .-


Dr. Jepson .- a


Parsonage house.


Wm. Adams' Shoe maker's shop.


South Green.


Joseph Talcott, Treasurer.


Pelatiah Pierce, Farmer:


B. Col. Samuel Talcott.


g - Williamn Muscly, Esqr.


g . Dr. John Endicott.


n Timothy Phelps, Cabinet maker.


a - Richard Shepherd, Tailor.


Dr. Jepson and Judge Root. Capt. Caleb Bull .. Dr. Morrison.


· George Smith, Sea Captain.


Court House.


Dr. Mclean.I


.. Dr. Hezekiah Merrils."


J


w. Susy Butter's.


John Chinevard, Sen Captain ...


Thomas Hopkins, Sea Captain.


Flugg Turern.


. Stephen Meers, Various Trades.


. Dracon Ezra Corning, Shoe maker.


Col. Wadsworth.


® Benjamin Payne, Esqr. Lawyer.


. Jaines Caldwell, Sea Cuptain.


Elisha Shepherd, Shoe maker.


River.


Dr. Bull, and Rev. Abraham Beach, Episco pal minister.


a - Old Will Hooker, Butcher and Blacksmith. M .- Burnhain house.


B-Grove house.


9-Aston Bull, Sea Captain and Shoe maker.


Capt. Danicl Sheldon, Farmer.


Amos Hinsdale's Tavern.


from Barber's Historical Collections


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Number of Commercial Advertisements in the Courant


Year


Fron Hartford


From Outside Hartford


Total


1773


32


18


60


1774


29


10


39


1775


30


13


43


1776


33


13


48


1777


18


16


34


1778


38


35


73


1779


40


28


68


1780


33


18


51


1781


51


24


75


1782


27


20


47


1783


37


26


63


Total


368


221


3895


Approximately sixty-two per cent of the advertisements in the decade were by Hartford men, a ratio which holds roughly for most of the individual years. The mmber of advertisers remained fairly steady with a peak . of seventy-five in 1782 and a minimum of thirty-four in 1777. The low total for 1777 can be explained largely by the shortage of paper so that many issues consisted of two pages (one sheet) instead of the usual four, and advertisements were then usually entirely or partially omitted.


Relatively fow Hartford merchants advertised consistently through the war period. Not one advertised in every one of the eleven years -


involved. The leaders in consistency and smount were as followss


4 East Hartford merchants are included in the Hartford group.


Excluded from this table are want-ads, legal notices, lost-and- found, real estate, and goods for sale by the editor(s).


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Name Type of Merchandise Advertisements


Number of


Years


Caleb Bull, Jr.


Clothing, books


107


. 10


Thomas Hilldrup


Watches, liquor, groceries


82


10


Nathaniel Patton


Booka


80


8


George (and Daniel) Merrel


Leather goods and English goods


62


8


Stephen Austin


Leather goods


58


8


James Tiley


Jeweler


57


8


Thomas Hopkins


English and India goods


53


9


William Ellery


Liquor, West Indies goods, china


53


9


Enos Doolittle


Cloaks


42


8


Only Caleb Bull of this group could possibly have had a standing order for advertising space in every issue of the Courant for any substantial part of the decade. As a whole, this group can be considered as among Eartford's leading merchants.


Mon-Hartford merchants, representing zeny parts of Connecticut and of neighboring states as well, also advertised in the Courant. Among the localities which fell into this category were the following:


I. In. Connecticut


Berlin


Yew London


Cansan


Xeur Milford


Colebrook


6


Newtom


East Windsor


Norwich


Enfield6


Northfield


Farmington6


Pooky Hill


Glastonbury


Salisburyº


Goshen


Southington


Hebron


Stafford


Killingworth


Suffiold


Lebanon


Torrington


Litchfield7


Wallingford


Mansfield


Waterbury


Middle Haddemm


Westfield


Middletam 7


Wethersfield7


Now Britain


Windsor6


Now Baron


Woodbury


+


6 Five to nine advertisers.


Ten, or more, advertisers.


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II. Cut-of-State Group


Boston


Springfield


Great Barrington Northampton Pittsfield


Stockbridge


Wilbraham


Providence


South Hadley


Now York


Westchester County (New York)


3. Wethersfield, Middletom and Litchfield merchants


The contingents from Wethersfield, Middletom and Litchfield aro


large enough to give one a good picture of the leading merchants in these toms.


(1) Wethersfield 1


Product


Years Advertising


William Boadle 8


Dry goods


1773-75, 1777-78, 1781


Platt Brooms


Wino


1778, 1780


Leonardus Chester


Dry goods


1775-76


Barnabas Deano


1775, 1783


Thomas Denny


Tanning


1780


Ezekiel Posdiok


Wool and cotton cards


1781


Samual Fanger


Timber


1783


Alexander Eunt Joseph Nay


Fins, paper, groceries


1783


Justus Riley Lovi Riley


Indigo


1776


Jemos Wallace


Dry goods


1778


European, West Indies goods


1783


West Indies goods


1774


West Indies goods


1776, 1779


(2) Middletown


Bates and Austin Samuel Buell William Clay


Dry goods


1782


Silversmith


1777, 1779-80


"Russia duok"


1780


James Cornell


Wino 1783


William Durio


French indigo


1777-78


Wine, sugar, spices


1777-78


E. Fanno Samuel Gill


West Indies goods


1775-76


8 Beadle suffered staggering losses from currency depreciation, became deranged and killed his wife, four children and himself on December 11, 1782. Stiles, Wethersfield, pp. 696-697.


Lime juice


1780-81


West Indies goods


1776


George Watson Joseph Wobb John Wright .


Merchant


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(2) Middletown (Cont.)


Merchant


Produot


Years Advertising


Thomas Groen


English, East and West Indies goods


1775-76


Wensley Hobby


Dry goods


1778-79, 1781-83


Elijah Hubbard


West Indies goods


1783


Mary Jehonet [Johomet]


Dry goods


1775-76


Joseph King


Wine


1778


James Lamb (& Son)


Dry goods


1776-77


Silas Laurens


Salt, oil


1779


Giles Margo


Nail rods


1779


Return Mergo


Copperas


1781


Jonathan Palmer


Rum, salt, breeches


1780


Joshua Plumb


Codfish


1774


John Rogers


Druma


1774-75


Ebenezer Sage


Coats, train oil


1777-78


Comfort Sage


West Indies goods


1782


Lemuel Storrs


Dry and West Indies goods


1782


George Thomson


European and Indies goods


1773


Jacob Whittemore


Teapots


1781


Chauncey Whittlesey


1778


Dr. Willis


Drugs


1773


(3) Litchfield


Abraham Bradley


Tobacco


1773


David Buell


"Camphire car"


1778


Charles Collens


Dry goods


1783


Elijah Frisbio


Dry goods, rum, popper


1777, 1780


Ebenezer Marsh and J. Beers


Oil of vitriol


1783


Moses: Seymour


Copperas


1777


Thomas Shelda


Indigo


1778-9, 1781


Elias Shipman


Dry gooda


1780


Jedidiah Strong


Mulberry plants


1777


Benjamin Tallmadge


East and West Indies goods


1783


4. Individual merchants and their problems


Vost of the merchants continued throughout the war to take goods for goods-a reflection of the desperate shortage of specie. A typical advertisement from New London exemplifies this situation,


9 Tallmadge directed his appeal to the soldiers of the Revolution. Ho had a war record and still headed the Second Regiment so that he apparently hoped to attract the veteran trade. C. C., August 26, 1783.


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JUST IMPORTED BY JABEZ . PERKINS


And to be sold at his Store at Norwich-landing, A Quantity of choice good COD-FISH, fit for any Gentleman's use. Also a few Barrels Liver Oil. N.B. Wheat, Rye, or Indian Corn will be received in pay for FISH.10


On November 3, 1778 William Ellery of Hartford advertised his willingness to exchange "choice Hispaniola molasses" for flour, wheat, rye, or Indian Corn. 11


One can reasonably expect that more than a few of the younger merchants left their shops to join the Army or Havy. This desire is reflected in an advertisement of Leonardus Chester of Wethersfield in 1776 announcing the selling out in wholesale or retail lots of his large stook of iron, wood, English, India and home goods, etc. in order that he could take an motivo part in the War. He would take wheat, rye, corn, flax, flaxseed, beef, pork tallow, lard, butter, cheese, and tobacco, in exchange.12


After the French Alliance was consummated, a trickle of French goods and French money appeared in Connecticut and grow in volume toward the end of the War. S. Austin and Co. of Hartford advertised in 1782:


AN ELEGANT ASSORTMENT of Chintzes and Calliooes Just imported in the last Vessels from France, and to be sold at the store of 3. AUSTIN and CO. Hartford, May 6, 1782.


10 Gazette, January 26; February 2, 9, 1776.


11 c. C., November 3, 1778.


12


April 22, 1776.


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Nathaniel Shaw carried on an enormous amount of local and intra-stato trade. Among the many Connecticut merchants with whom he dealt were Samuel Olcott, Peter Colt, and Ralph Pomeroy of Hartford; Henry Billings, Samuel Broom, Howland and Coit, Andrew, Ebenezer, Jabez and Joshua Huntington, Christopher Leffingwell, John Perit, Leonard Van Buren, and Ebenezer Whiting of Norwich; John Broome and James Rioe of New Haven; Samuel Burling of Middletown; Barnabas Deane of Wethersfield, Theophilus Morgan of Killingworth; John MoCurdy of Lyme; Moses Buch, Thomas Johnson, and Thomas Pelton of Chatham; Phineas Stanton and Doo Newman of Stonington; John Cable and Elijah Hallester of Glastonbury; Abijah Beebe of East Haddam; Samuel Lynd of Saybrook; Sam Squier of Fairfield and Thomas Wickham of East Hampton; and Edward Hallam, Henry Deshon, and John Hulbert of New London. 13


Shaw had a very active trade with the firm of Howland and Coit of Norwich. On January 4, 1779 the Norwich firm sent Shaw a bill for about 23000 with this request "Should be glad if you would send us One Thousand Pounds by Capt. King-should not make this request but we are so Crowded on for Money that we are almost Crazy." Later in that year Shaw's debt reached the impressive total of £13723 10sh. 10d.14


William Ellery ranked as one of the more active Hartford merchants. His acoount books exhibit scores of large and small sales at his store, of which a typical transaction was the following of June 2, 1781.


13 Nathaniel Shaw, "Letters, 1776;" also, "Accounts, 1779.


14. Tbid.


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258.


Benjamin] Waters


To 1 qt. Rumm to Apr. 3 H[w] Egd 1-6


To 1 qt. Jamaica D 3-0


To Cash in Chang [gd States] Money -- 3


To 1 qt. Raum 1 qt. Ditto 6-0


To 1 qt. N Engd Rua 1-6 .


₺ 0-12-315


Ellery traded considerably with Peter Vandervoort, formerly of New York who moved to Hartford at the start of the War. Among the products involved in their trading in 1780-82 were Lisbon wine, raisins, mutton, salt, veal, iron bars, nail rods, and handkerchiefs.16


Ellery dealt with many persons from other parts of Connecticut, and from neighboring states as well, which seems to have been a common phenomenon among leading Fartford merchants. For example, in 1776 Ellery had transactions with Leicester Payne of Woodstock, Uriah Brigham of Coventry, William Wadsworth of East Hartford, David Sexton of Deerfield, Anthony Meworth of Newport, and Benjamin [J]epson of Boston, 17


5. Norwich and New Haven markets


The Norwich market does not appear to have been as active as that of Hartford and vicinity, for the Norwich Packet contained a much lower average of advertising than the Courant, although the overall size of the paper was about the same. 18 Among the more important advertisers were Christopher Leffingwell, Elinkim Perry (leather dressing).


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15 William Ellery's Account Book, p. 172.


16 Boardman Collection, VIII, 3110.


William Ellery's Account Book, passin.


15 "Norwich's business picked up markedly after 1780. Caulking, Norwich, pp. 391, 397, 408.


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Zabdiel Rogers (East and West Indies goods ), Andrew Huntington (United States lottery tickets), Ezra Huntington (maltster), Edmund Darrow (steel, tea, indigo ), Jedidiah Huntington (commissary wanted food for army), Thomas and Russell Hubbard (salt, sugar, tea), Elijah Backus (steel, nails), Dudley Woodbridge (salt), and Samuel Woodbridge (European and West Indies goods).


New Haven as the largest town settlement in the State was represented . by a large mercantile element which, harever, was sorely affected by the War. Like other towns on the Sound, New Haven was fairly closely blockaded; and her foreign trade especially was largely broken up. A moderate amount of coastal trade out of How Haven and other Connectiout parts did continue. For example, in the period of September 27, 1776 through July 2, 1779 ships entered imwards at How Haven from Connecticut ports as follows: from Now London -- thirteon; Norwalk -- three; Middletown -- two; and Stonington -- one. In addition, forty-one ships entered from Massachusetts and Rhode Island ports. 19


Valuable information as to the nature of the shipping interests of revolutionary Now Raven may be gleaned from a brief study of the registry of ships at the port. The year 1779 has been taken as an example.


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19 New Haven Coasters Inward.


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Date of Registration


Ship


Master


Tonnage


When Built


Built


Jan. 11


Sloop Friend- ship


Leverell


30


1778


Killingworth


Elijah Austin, William Eliot and Archibald Austin


Feb. 8


Sloop John


William Davidson


36


Prize Vessel


?


Amos Morris, Isaac Hotchkiss, and John Hemingway


Feb. 15


Schooner Sally


Elijah Forbes


40


Prize


?


Elias Shipman, Joseph Howell, Benjamin Sanford, Russell Clark,and Elijah Forbos


Feb. 23


Sloop Lord Sterling


William Brintpal


35


1776 Branford


Porrepont Ed- wards, Janos Gilbert, Thazas Wooster, Josiah Burr, Michael Todd


Mar. 6


Schooner Betsy


Christopher Hughes


70


Prize


?


Josse Leaven- worth, Robert Fairchild, James Gilbert, James Driscoll, and Henry Daggett


Mar. 9


Sloop Fanny


William Miles


30


Prize


?


Joseph Howell, Eben [?] Samiol Huggins, Timothy Atwater, Willian Miles


Mar. 11


Sloop Goodwill


Ben jamin Brown


30


1772 Derlig


Benjamin Brown, Benjamin Sanford William Holms, Gad Willis, Thaddeus [Cock]


Way 29


Schooner Dollz


Ebenezer Barkor


35


1770 Massachusetts Pierrepont Ed-


warda, John Russill, Enoch Staples, Edmund Rogers


Sept. 14


Sloop Sally


Benjamin Mallory


15


1774 Glastonbury


Joseph Mallory, Enos Hemmingway, Leverett Parde, Abijah Parde


There


amora


Hubbard, Jr.


261.


Date of Registration


Ship


Master


Tonnage


When


Built


Where Built


Dec. 2


Schooner Friendship


William Miles


45


1773


Plymouth


Omers


Joseph Howell, Joseph Trow- bridge, (Caleb [Tr -- ], Ebenezer Peck, William Milos20


From a study of the thirty three ships registered at New Haven in the period of January 11, 1777-October 23, 1782 the following data has been assembled:




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