Original printed and manuscript document - February 19, 1820 bill of lading for "one thousand Spanish milled silver dollars contained in a box" from Gibraltar to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania shipped via "the good Ship called the 'Hope.'"

Simple black wood frame: H 9.5 inches x L 11.75 inches. Document: approx. H 5.5 inches x L 8.25 inches. Document has not been examined outside of frame. Will be shipped in frame with glass as acquired from estate. Light toning to sheet but it is doubtful that that the backing board/sheet is acid-free. Combination of printed and handwritten ink text. Frame's brown backing paper has ink inscription "Property of E. Lee Dorsett" (Edward Lee Dorsett, 1883-1967, was a prominent physician in St. Louis, Missouri as well as a naval historian and author). Backing paper also offers a partial transcription of the document's text but written by a different hand than Dr. Dorsett's. Partial transcription of document's text as follows: "Shipped by the Grace of God, in good order and well conditioned, by Henry McCall by order of Dr. John Martin for his sole acct. + risk in and upon the good Ship called the Hope whereof is Master, Under God, for this present Voyage, Thos. Dixey, Jr. and now riding at Anchor in the Bay of Gibraltar and by God's Grace bound for Philadelphia to say, One thousand Spanish Milled Silver Dollars contained in a box . . . And so God send the good Ship to her desired Port in Safety. Ames. Dated in Gibraltar 19 Febry 1820 Thos. Dixey Jr." Spanish dollars were among the most widely circulated coins during in the Americas into the first half of the 19th century. Jpeg images provided upon request.…