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Pennsylvania Naval Form, 1785

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Post-Revolutionary War to Civil War

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Rare 1785 "Pennsylvania Naval Office" Document

December 29, 1785, Certificate of Ownership issued by the Naval Office, Port of Philadelphia, PA, Fine.
Original Partially Printed, 13.25" x 8.25" Document accomplished in Manuscript. "In Pursuance of an Act... titled, 'An Act for preventing Frauds, and regulating Abuses in Trade,' Jeremiah Simonson of New York mariner maketh Oath that the Schooner Catharine whereof himself is at present Master, being a squaw sterned Vessel, of the Burthen of Fourteen Tons... was built in New Jersey in the Year, One Thousand Seven Hundred and Eighty five and that Gozen Ryson of Staten Island is at present sole Owner thereof." Arthur Engle signed the certificate for the Port of Philadelphia under an embossed seal at top left. Simonson signed at lower right. Lightly toned; uneven margin at lower left, and minor archival reinforcement on verso. This is the first such Pennsylvania naval form that we have offered.



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