REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE APPOINTED TO INQUIRE INTO THE OPERATION OF THE ACT FOR THE RELIEF AND PROTECTION OF AMERICAN SEAMEN, AND REPORT WHAT AMENDMENTS ARE NECESSARY TO BE MADE THERETO. 28TH FEBRUARY 1797.
[Philadelphia: William Ross? 1797]. [3], 20-41, [1 blank] pp, with pages 33-34 consisting of two folding tables [as issued]. Stitched and untrimmed, light scattered foxing. Very Good. This early effort to provide a system of social insurance for American seamen, who otherwise lacked any safety net, examines their characteristics with..... More