SHIPPING ARTICLES FOR THE NAVAL SERVICE, FOR PERSONS TO SERVE NOT EXCEEDING FIVE YEARS. "WE, THE SUBSCRIBERS, SEAMEN, AND OTHERS, DO, AND EACH OF US DOES, HEREBY AGREE TO AND WITH_____ OF THE UNITED STATES NAVY... TO ENTER THE SERVICE OF THE NAVY OF THE UNITED STATES, AND IN DUE AND SEASONABLE TIME TO REPAIR ON BOARD SUCH VESSEL OF THE NAVY AS WE MAY BE ORDERED TO JOIN... [On verso: AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR THE ENLISTMENT OF BOYS FOR THE NAVAL SERVICE AND TO EXTEND THE TERM OF THE ENLISTMENT OF SEAMEN... APPROVED, MARCH 2D, 1837.| AN ACT TO AMEND THE ACT ENTITLED "AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR THE ENLISTMENT OF BOYS FOR THE NAVAL SERVICE, AND TO EXTEND THE TERM OF ENLISTMENT OF SEAMEN... APPROVED, FEBRUARY 20, 1845].
[Washington? 1845?]. Broadsheet, 17" x 21.5". A printed form, to be completed in manuscript; this copy has no manuscript additions. The top section prints in three parts the Agreement for enlistment in the Navy. Eight columns follow, for enlistment date, the recruit's signature, rating, wages per month, wages advanced, bounty paid, signature of sureties for wages advanced and for bounty paid, and witnesses. The verso prints the Acts approved on March 2, 1837 and February 20, 1845. Light toning and dusting. Old folds, several archival tape repairs and reinforcements along folds or paper edges. Good+.
OCLC: 78191356 [1-Huntington][as of March 2013]. Item #29888
Price: $150.00