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Group of Ten Early American Maritime Documents

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Group of Ten Early American Maritime Documents
<B>Group of Ten Early American Maritime Documents,</B></I> as follows: <BR>Partly-printed DS, "<I>Sam Hopkins</B></I>", one page with manuscript ship's return attached, also signed, 7.5" x 4.5", New York City, October 12, 1790.<BR>Partly-printed DS, "<I>James Lovering</B></I>", one page, 7.75" x 5.75", France, November 29, 1792, regarding a shipment of coffee.<BR>Partly-printed DS, "<I>Laffert Lafferty </B></I>", one page with manuscript ship's return attached, also signed, 7.5" x 4.5", New York City, November 11, 1793.<BR>ADS, "<I>Jno. Boering</B></I>", one page, 8" x 6", New York City, August 21, 1794, regards a salt shipment of 840 bushels.<BR>ALS, "<I>Will Shorning</B></I>", one page, 7.5" x 9.5", Tappahannock, Virginia, September 4, 1799, to Joshua Sand, New York City, stating "<I>one half Barrel Gunpowder has been landed</B></I>".<BR>Partly-printed DS, "<I>Peter Ludlow</B></I>", one page with manuscript ship's return attached, also signed, 8" x 6.5", New York City, December 9, 1801.<BR>Partly-printed DS, "<I>James J. Roosevelt</B></I>", one page with manuscript ship's return attached, also signed, 7.5" x 6", New York City, October 12, 1802.<BR>Partly-printed DS, "<I>Chas Stevens</B></I>", one page with docketing, 14" x 7.75", New York City, a ship's return after a voyage from Havana. According to an old pencil notation, the signatory participated in the Boston Tea Party and was a colonel during the Revolution.<BR>ALS, "<I>Falcott & Bowers</B></I>", three pages with address panel, 8" x 10", New Orleans, Louisiana, March 14, 1818, to Nathaniel Cushing, Pembroke, Massachusetts, regarding a shipment of cotton.<BR>Aged as expected, averaging fine condition. <I>From the collection of Henry E. Luhrs.</B></I><BR><BR><b>Shipping:</b> Flat Material, Small (<a target="_blank" href="http://www.heritageauctions.com/common/shipping.php">view shipping information</a>)