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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