SHIPBUILDING AGREEMENT (MANUSCRIPT)

AGREEMENT BETWEEN BENJAMIN CRANSTON [Builder] AND GEORGE GOULDING \"TO BUILD A BRIG OR SNOW, FIFTY FOOT KEEL, NINETEEN FOOT NINE INCHES BEAM..FLUSH DECK, FORECASTLE.. TO PAY HIM FIVE POUNDS.DELIVERY AT NEWPORT, ONE HUNDRED POUND IN MONEY & REST IN GOODS\"; Signed Geor. Goulding and dated Sept. 1733. Measures 6 1/2 x 7 inches. An excellent copy. S001