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Extract from An act, for the relief and protection of American seamen
Act for the relief and protection of American seamen
1 sheet (1 unnumbered page) ; 21 x 11 cm.
Sections 5 and 6 of the act passed on May 28, 1796, concerning American seamen detained or seized by any foreign power. Signed: A true extract:-- [blank] To be distributed by district collectors "from time to time ... to all masters of ships and vessels of the United States."--section 6.
Several editions noted. In this edition the title ends "pro-"; section 5 contains twenty-five lines of text and section 6 contains twenty lines.
The only known copy, held by the American Antiquarian Society, is signed in ms. by William Ellery, district collector for the Treasury Department at Newport, R.I., from 1790 to 1820. Typographical evidence suggests imprint date before 1810.
Presumably printed by Henry Barber, the only printer active at Newport, R.I., in 1796 and 1797, or by Ann Barber who succeeded her husband and operated the printing office of the Newport Mercury from 1800 to 1809.
Microform version available in the Readex Early American Imprints series.
Electronic text and image data. [Chester, Vt. : Readex, a division of Newsbank, Inc., 2002-2004. Includes files in TIFF, GIF and PDF formats with inclusion of keyword searchable text. (Early American imprints. First series ; no. 47979).