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Act for the government and regulation of seamen in the merchants service

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Burnham,John

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Printed form on verso is a ship's list, completed in manuscript: ""It is agreed between master, seamen or mariners of the [Brigantine Anne, John Burnham] master, now bound from the port of [Saybrook to New York and to Savanah in Georgia and the West Indies & back ...] That in consideration of the monthly or other wages against each respective seaman or mariner's name hereunder set ... [1797]."" Some signatures are marks and some designated runaway or negro.
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