*RARE 1801 OFFICIAL SEAMEN\'S PROTECTION CERTIFICATE FOR A BLACK SAILOR*
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*RARE 1801 OFFICIAL SEAMEN\'S PROTECTION CERTIFICATE FOR A BLACK SAILOR*:
$375.00
**A VERY RARE DOCUMENT HERE IN THIS \"SEAMEN\'S PROTECTION CERTIFICATE\" FOR A BLACK SOLDIER FROM MASSACHUSETTS. THE DOCUMENT IS SIGNED AND DATED 1801 BY COLONEL/COLLECTOR WILLIAM DAVIES! COL. WILLIAM DAVIES WAS IN THE CONTINENTAL ARMY WHERE HE COMMANDED CHIEFLY IN THE FIRST VIRGINIA REGIMENT. HIS WAR RECORD EXTENDS OVER THE ENTIRE DURATION OF THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR. HE WAS WITH WASHINGTON WHEN ANDRE WAS TAKEN, AND WAS WOUNDED AT THE BATTLE OF MONMOUTH. HE WAS ALSO AIDE TO GENERAL WASHINGTON AND AT ONE TIME LAFAYETTE. HE WAS APPOINTED BY WASHINGTON TO SETTLE CLAIMS GROWING OUT OF THE REVOLUTION, BETWEEN VIRGINIA AND THE UNITED COLONIES. HE WAS COLLECTOR FOR THE PORT OF NORFOLK TO WHICH HE WAS APPOINTED BY WASHINGTON AND HELD THIS OFFICE UNTIL JEFFERSON\'S ELECTION. IT WAS AT THIS TIME WHEN DAVIES SIGNED THIS DOCUMENT FOR THIS SEAMEN. THE CERTIFICATE MEASURES 13\" TALL BY 8\" WIDE AND SHOWS SOME WEAR AND TEAR. THERE ARE 3 SMALL PIECES OF TAPE HOLDING ON THE TOP SECTION AS INDICATED WITH RED ARROWS. TRULY A GREAT PIECE OF AMERICAN HISTORY HERE IN BOTH CONTENT AND SIGNATURE!
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*RARE 1801 OFFICIAL SEAMEN\'S PROTECTION CERTIFICATE FOR A BLACK SAILOR*:
$375.00