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Description
U.S. certificate for the brig "Mary Torrans" noting the ship's weight as 176 tons, that it carries no guns, and has a crew of 10. James Madison signs as President of the U.S. and Smith as Secretary of State of Pennsylvania. 1809.
Transcription
By the President of the United States of America Suffer the Brig Mary Torrans of Philadelphia Thomas Brown master or commander of the Burthen of one hundred seventy six & 72/95 tons or thereabouts mounted with no guns navigated with ten men To pass with her Company Passengers Goods and Merchandise without any hinderance seizure or molestation the said Brig appearing by good testimony to belong to one or more of the Citizens of the United States and to him or them only Given under my Hand and the Seal of the United States of America the ninth day of November in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and nine James Madison By the President, R. Smith Secretary of State State of Pennsylvania District of Philadelphia Countersigned by John Graff
Creation Date
11-9-1809
City
Philadelphia
County
Philadelphia
State/Province
Pennsylvania
Country
United States
Creator Life Dates
1751-1836
Keywords
James Madison, Robert Smith, Mary Torrans, Philadelphia, ship, Pennsylvania, secretary of state, president, merchandise, November 9 1809
Resource Identifier
110404-06
Date Digital
March 2014
Document Type
Manuscript
Disciplines
Legal | Political History | United States History
Format (medium)
manuscript
Format (IMT)
Language
en-us
Digitization Specifications
800ppi 24-bit depth color; Scanned with an Epson 15000 Photo scanner with Epson Scan software; Archival master is a TIFF; TIFFs converted to PDF with Adobe Acrobat XI Pro.
Source
The original from which this digital representation is taken is housed in The Littlejohn Collection at Wofford College, located in the Sandor Teszler Library.
Recommended Citation
Madison, James and Smith, Robert, "Ship's certificate issued to the Brig "Mary Torrans" of Philadelphia. Parchment, signed by James Madison and Robert Smith. 1809." (1809). Broadus R. Littlejohn, Jr. Manuscript and Ephemera Collection. 178.
https://digitalcommons.wofford.edu/littlejohnmss/178
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