A handwritten bill of lading, a legal document issued by a carrier to a shipper detailing the goods being shipped, mentions articles being carried from Calcutta on this day on the ship Alexander Hodgdon, bound for Boston.

They are “three bales and one parcel; of rice goods; one small blank trunk; one old writing desk; and assorted sundry papers and writings”.

The goods were to be delivered to the executor or administrator of the estate of the late John Reeves. There is no information on the sender from Calcutta.

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