Sold – President Martin Van Buren Signs a Ship’s Passport For a Whaler Out of Massachusetts
Document Signed as President, Washington, August 7, 1840, being a beautifully engraved ship’s passport for the Barque Pleiades under Captain G.T. Allen, out of Wareham, Mass. It is countersigned by Secretary of State John Forsythe. The Pleiades was a whaler that carried about 25 men.
Document Signed as President, Washington, August 7, 1840, being a beautifully engraved ship’s passport for the Barque Pleiades under Captain G.T. Allen, out of Wareham, Mass. It is countersigned by Secretary of State John Forsythe. The Pleiades was a whaler that carried about 25 men.
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