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Author: Howard, Amy (ID633)
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this might be how Tomas met Poppy; Poppy might have commissioned shipping on Tomas? ship, and Tomas 
this might be how Tomas met Poppy; Poppy might have commissioned shipping on Tomas? ship, and Tomas was the caretaker of the first order; after that, Poppy placed personal orders from Havana directly through Tomas.
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SA residents earned Crown money through sale and shipping
Date Created: 2023-10-12 20:56:17
Source: The King?s Coffer (ID 83)
Author: Bushnell, Amy (ID 32)
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The third category of royal revenues in Florida came from shipping. In St. Augustine, founded as the result of a naval action, ships were highly important. The townspeople were descendants of seafarers, and their only contact with the outside world was by sea. The bar at the entrance to their harbor was shallow at low tide, especially after the great hurricane of 1599, which altered many coastal features. Use of the harbor was consequently restricted to vessels under 100 tons or flat-bottomed flyboats on the Flemish model. Some of the galliots, frigates, barges, pirogues, launches, shallops, and tenders belonging at various times to the presidio were purchased in Spain, Vera Cruz, or Havana, but a surprising number were constructed locally, perhaps in the same San Sebastian inlet where present-day inhabitants build shrimp boats. AN311 The people of St. Augustine referred to their boats fondly by name (Josepfe, Nuevo San Agustin) or nickname (la Titiritera, la Chata). Storms, shallows, and corsairs guaranteed that no vessel would last forever, but woe to the master who by carelessness or cowardice lost one! One source of the crown income from shipping was freight (fletes). Freight charges in the Caribbean were high… Whenever possible, the royal officials and the governor would buy a boat to transport the supplies rather than hire one. And since it cost 300 ducats a year to maintain the presidio boats whether they were in use or not, and the seamen had to be paid and rationed in any case, the vessels were kept in service as much as possible. [Note 52: Pedro Beltran de Santa Cruz, Havana 11/20/1655] In them the chief pilot and other shipmasters carried loads of supplies out to the missions and maize back to the town. They patrolled the coast, putting out extra boats after a storm to look for shipwrecks, survivors, and salvage. They also made trips to Havana, Vera Cruz, Campeche, and across the Atlantic. On any of these trips the shipmasters might execute private commissions and carry registered goods for those willing to pay the freight. AN312 (Bushnell KC)