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Waterford's Maritime World: The Ledger of Walter Butler, 1750-1757

Waterford's Maritime World: The Ledger of Walter Butler, 1750-1757

Mannion, John

Hardcover

EconomicsGeneral World HistoryIrish History

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ISBN10: 1801510164
ISBN13: 9781801510165
Publisher: Four Courts Press
Published: Jul 1 2022
Pages: 288
Weight: 1.20
Height: 1.10 Width: 6.10 Depth: 9.30
Language: English
In October 1750 Walter Butler, a Waterford sea captain, purchased a ship in the port of Bordeaux and had it refitted there before loading it with wine, brandy, and other French produce for his home port. Renamed the Catherine after his wife, the ship spent the winter in Waterford where Butler and his men prepared for a voyage to Newfoundland. She departed for the fishery in April 1751 with passengers (seasonal migrants) and salt provisions, returning home in the fall. Over the next six years The Catherine completed three more round trips to Newfoundland and voyages to London, Tenby, Dublin, Cork, Lisbon, Cadiz, and Seville. The brig was captured off St. Lucar by a French privateer in spring, 1757. Butler's account of the Catherine survives (Prize Papers, High Court of Admiralty). The ledger contains the most detailed description of a Waterford ship, shipmaster, and crew for the eighteenth century. It is a record of everyday economic exchanges with merchants, traders, artisans, and labourers in Waterford city and in the ports and fishing harbours visited by the Catherine overseas, in England, Wales, France, Iberia, and in faraway Newfoundland.

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