Peter identified such containers as tierce, barrel, hogshead and tun.  Would a
typical storage reference been in wet or dry measure and what would have been
the relative capacity of each of those containers mentioned?

Ron

Joe Mosier wrote:

> As Peter Bergstrom says barrels of various sizes were the norm.  In fact
> they were normative enough that goods packed in another fashion were so
> labeled in newspaper ads.  The Norfolk Herald regularly listed cargos in
> their shipping news section.  Dry goods from Europe would usually be
> indicated in a listing that might read: "ship Paragon, Dickson, 52 days from
> Liverpool, salt & crates, Wm. Pennock"
>
> Joe Mosier
> Library Archivist
> Chrysler Museum
> Norfolk, Virginia
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