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It might have been a result of the "slop chest" practice aboard ship,
an indirect reference. The "slop chest" carried "ready made" clothing
for the crew, out of which, wages were deducted, I read in reference
to the South Street Seaport, in New York City. There are stories about
songs and chanteys resulting from the sailor that might have to go
naked for part of the voyage, when his earnings were less than the
extra clothing required from the "slop chest" which some also
attribute to the merchandising of ready made clothing spawning and
industry in "pret-a-porter" clothes that "landlubbers" also had.
Indirectly I might think that other ways of balancing the limited
"shares" in commercial voyages (i.e., exchange of North American
ginseng for Chinese trade ceramics, or with a middle-man, an English
ship in mid-ocean full of ceramics) may have lead, of course (?) to
bringing back some of the transactions, or the personal purchase?
George Myers
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