(MARITIME.) Articles of Agreement for the Brigantine Fair American of Philadelphia

(MARITIME.) Articles of Agreement for the Brigantine Fair American of Philadelphia bound for the West Indies, accomplished by shipmaster Azel Howard and signed by each member of the crew. Folio, unbound; repaired tear, other minor separations. Philadelphia, 1800

on a 1790s broadside form printed in baltimore with the act for the government and regulation of seamen in the merchants' service printed on verso. The imprint below the Act reads "Baltimore: Printed and Sold by W. Pechin, No. 15, Baltimore-Street" and on the accomplished portion of the form the date 179- has been crossed out and filled in as 1800. "[Articles of Agreement] rank among the more valuable and comprehensive research sources, providing important information for a great number of marine subjects"--Stern, American Maritime Documents, page 17.
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