Description:

Bill of lading for Hotwells water and double refined sugar, shipped by Noblett Ruddock on the ship the George from Bristol to Dublin, 1720. Hotwells Water is water from Hotwell Spring in Bristol.
Ruddock was a merchant of Bristol with many trading interests. He invested in the trading of slaves and dealt in slave-produced goods such as sugar and tobacco.

A bill of lading is an official record of goods being carried on a ship.

Date: 1720

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