1779 Agreement for Loan - April 6, 1779 - Agreement to Loan Son for a Fishing Voyage for 6 Galons of Oyle & 1 Barel of Makeral.

Agreement to loan son for a fishing voyage for 6 "galons of oyle" & "1 barel of makeral". Fishing is an ancient practice that dates back to at least the beginning of the Upper Paleolithic period about 40,000 years ago. Isotopic analysis of the remains of Tianyuan man, a 40,000-year-old modern human from eastern Asia, has shown that he regularly consumed freshwater fish. Archaeology features such as shell middens, discarded fish bones, and cave paintings show that seafood was important for survival and consumed in significant quantities. Fishing in Africa is evident very early on in human history. Neanderthals were fishing by about 200,000 BC. People could have developed basketry for fish traps, and spinning and early forms of knitting in order to make fishing nets to be able to catch more fish. Read more at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fishing