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Lot Number: 137
Click for a Printable PageSign-in to Bid or Register to Bid Estimate Range: $800 - $1,000 |
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Rarely Encountered Official Early UNITED STATES Partially-Printed Enrollment Form for Sale of a Vessel |
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c. 1800-Dated Federal Period, Partially-Printed Shipping Vessel Bill of Sale and Enrollment Form from the early 1800s displaying an impressive official “American Eagle” Vignette, with 3 pages, measuring 8" x 13", Unaccomplished, Complete, Fine. An extremely rare blank official form ready to be completed, no place or date specified but for “18--” so as to be completed for enrolling a specific ship. These printed forms were to be filled out to certify that ships were conforming to: "An act for enrolling and licensing ships or vessels to be employed in the coasting trade or fisheries, and for regulating the same." This form further provides for the enrollment of the Vessel by the new owner. The form has some natural creases, light to moderate scattered tone, and an area of charring at the right edge of the 3rd page.An official Act of Congress is directly referred to in this rare form, which was approved by members of the Second U.S. Congress (convened March 1791 - March 1793) on February 18, 1793. The majority of the Act's 37 Sections pertain to the Regulation and Standardization of the Maritime Trade. A critical method of commerce until the development of turnpikes, canals, and railroads, as the primary means of transporting goods. Such regulation entailed the Registering, Enrolling, and Licensing of Vessels (then called “Vessel Documents”); and the regulated collection of trade manifests, customs, and duties on vessels. The participants were cod and Whalers and Fishermen, or those involved in the "Coasting Trade," meaning short-distance trade conducted between ports or navigable rivers on the same coast. The Act is an important early law protecting the American maritime trade from foreign competitors. Protectionist measures included a licensing system ensuring that only American vessels, "shall be... entitled to the privileges of ships or vessels employed in the coasting trade or fisheries." This special Licensing, for which a fee was levied, was limited to "Citizens of the United States." It thus promoted the American Whaling and Cod fisheries, while providing additional protection to American shipping, which was increasingly harassed by French and British naval vessels and privateers. |
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Lot Number: 137
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Estimate Range: $800 - $1,000 |
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