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By the president of the United States of America. suffer the ship Mary of New Bedford

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Title: By the president of the United States of America. suffer the ship Mary of New Bedford
Contributor: Savage, Edward, 1761-1817, engraver
Van Buren, Martin, 1782-1862, signer
Forsyth, John, 1780-1841, signer
Congdon, Theodore G., donor
Date Created and/or Issued: 1839
Contributing Institution: Huntington Library
Collection: Prints and Ephemera
Rights Information: For information on use of Digital Library materials, please see Library Rights and Permissions: https://www.huntington.org/library-rights-permissions
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 ship Mary of New Bedford, Massachusetts, granting the ability to pass without "hindrance, seizure, or molestation;" embossed United States seal at bottom left; signed by President Martin Van Buren and Secretary of State John Forsyth.
Artist supplied by cataloger based on similar item in collection (priTEC 0168).
Type: image
Extent: 1 engraving : uncolored ; overall 37.15 x 27.46 cm (14 5/8 x 10 13/16 in.)
Identifier: priTEC 0178
http://hdl.huntington.org/cdm/ref/collection/p9539coll1/id/23913
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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