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Title
By the president of the United States of America. suffer the brig Cadet, Albert A Farnham
Contributor
Savage, Edward, 1761-1817, engraver
Adams, John Quincy, 1767-1848, signer
Clay, Henry, 1777-1852, signer
Congdon, Theodore G., donor
Date Created and/or Issued
1826
Contributing Institution
Huntington Library
Collection
Prints and Ephemera
Rights Information
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Description
Image of a lighthouse on a rocky promontory with ships sailing nearby and image of a ship at sea at the top of a letter of safe conduct certificate for the brig Cadet granting the ability to pass without "hindrance, seizure, or molestation;" embossed United States seal at bottom left; signed by President John Quincy Adams and Secretary of State Henry Clay.
Artist supplied by cataloger based on similar item in collection (priTEC 0168).
Type
image
Extent
1 engraving : uncolored ; overall 37.78 x 26.99 cm (14 7/8 x 10 5/8 in.)
Identifier
priTEC 0176
http://hdl.huntington.org/cdm/ref/collection/p9539coll1/id/23907
Language
English
Subject
Lighthouses--Pictorial works
Safe-conducts
Ships--Pictorial works
Intaglio prints--1825-1850. (gmgpc)
Source
Theodore G. and Eleanor S. Congdon Maritime Collection.
Naval
Prints
Prints and Ephemera, Huntington Digital Library

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