REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE OF COMMERCE AND MANUFACTURES, TO WHOM WAS REFERRED ON THE 5TH INSTANT, THE PETITION OF THOMAS JENKINS, AND SONS.8TH DECEMBER, 1800...
[Washington: 1800]. 4pp, folded, untrimmed. Very Good to Near Fine.
Writing from Hudson, New York, Jenkins explains that his firm, for the sum of $25.00, "purchased the hulk of the late British ship, Admiral Duncan, which was consumed by fire in the port of New-York." They took the hulk to Hudson where, with the assistance of ship carpenters, they built a ship on it. Jenkins wants "an act to be passed that will authorize the Collector of the port of Hudson, to issue an American register, for the said ship." His carpenters certify that, in accordance with regulations of the United States, "three-fourths of the said ship is new built with timber, plank, and other materials of the produce of the United States." Seventeen ship carpenters sign their attestation in type at the end. A scarce item, NAIP locating only six copies. Evans 38853. NAIP w021627 [6]. Item #23222
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