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Matched Legal Cases: ['Art. 23', 'art. 19', 'Art. 24', 'art. 3', 'Art. 23', 'art. 19', 'Art. 24', 'Art. 25', 'Art. 26', 'art. 3']

Home The American Neptune: A Quarterly Journal of Maritime History and Arts The Mount Vernon's Voyage from Batavia to Nagasaki in 1807, Page 261
The Mount Vernon's Voyage from Batavia to Nagasaki in 1807, Page 261
THE MOUNT VERNON'S VOYAGE 261
he shall be obliged bij going awaij from Japan to take them on Board and to bring
them to this place. All Expences at the Hospital shall be on his account.
Art. 23·
The affreighter shall be obliged to sign two accounts of Such Expences mentioned
bij art. 19 and 22 for on returning to pay the Country the amount of Such Disburs­ments
or for to be deducted from his due fr[ e ]ight money.-
Art. 24·
The vessel coming back shall be liberated from the duty of anchorage at this road,
the same sort of Expences at Japan shall be on account of the Government.
The day after arrival at this place a beginning shall be made to unload the Vessel
which shall be continued till 15 days afterwards, may be what for weather or un­navigable
days it may be, this time expired[,] the affreighter shall enjoy for every
surpassing day one Hundred Spanish Dollars to be paid from the Cash of the Coun­try.
Should both parts at Japan agree to load the Vessel deeper as [than] the mark men­tioned
by art. 3[,] the affr[e]ighter shall be paid bij the country for each Ton, which
shall be loa den more in the Vessel, Ninety Silver Spanish Dollars each of 64 Stuivers,
calculated at 1800 lb Copper and }
1250 " Camphor }  a Ton. Should one of the parts not wish to
agree, this Art. will be considered null and void-.
To the performance of every thing mentioned herebefore we do sign this with our
ordinary signature and seal it with our Seal having formed four Charter partijs
all of the same Tenor.
Batavia The 12 Junij [June] 1807-
SECRET AGREEMENT8
Made between the undersigned Counsellor acting as Director General in these
Colonijs of Dutch India Wouter Hendrick van Ysseldijk in the name of the Govern­ment
of the Roijal Dutch Colonijs of the Country Authorised and specially quali­fijed
bij resolution of Maij 1807. and
The undersigned Captain of the American Ship Mount Vernon, now laying in these
Roads of Batavia, named John Davisson. in quality as affreighter of the said Ship, to
above named High regency, on the other Side, Serving as ampli[fic ]ation to the
Charter Party agreed to yesterday, to make this Vessel undertake a Voijage to
Japan and from there back to this place-Concerning principally.
That the Second Contractor do promise and engage himself, that on arrival at
Japan, he shall during his stay in the realm of Japan, Shew no other Flag then
[than] Dutch Colour, acting contrary to this agreement all damage and detriments
8 MS in ibid., pp. 13-16.
Title The Mount Vernon's Voyage from Batavia to Nagasaki in 1807, Page 261
Description THE MOUNT VERNON'S VOYAGE 261 he shall be obliged bij going awaij from Japan to take them on Board and to bring them to this place. All Expences at the Hospital shall be on his account. Art. 23· The affreighter shall be obliged to sign two accounts of Such Expences mentioned bij art. 19 and 22 for on returning to pay the Country the amount of Such Disburs­ments or for to be deducted from his due fr[ e ]ight money.- Art. 24· The vessel coming back shall be liberated from the duty of anchorage at this road, the same sort of Expences at Japan shall be on account of the Government. Art. 25. The day after arrival at this place a beginning shall be made to unload the Vessel which shall be continued till 15 days afterwards, may be what for weather or un­navigable days it may be, this time expired[,] the affreighter shall enjoy for every surpassing day one Hundred Spanish Dollars to be paid from the Cash of the Coun­try. Art. 26. Should both parts at Japan agree to load the Vessel deeper as [than] the mark men­tioned by art. 3[,] the affr[e]ighter shall be paid bij the country for each Ton, which shall be loa den more in the Vessel, Ninety Silver Spanish Dollars each of 64 Stuivers, calculated at 1800 lb Copper and } 1250 " Camphor } a Ton. Should one of the parts not wish to agree, this Art. will be considered null and void-. To the performance of every thing mentioned herebefore we do sign this with our ordinary signature and seal it with our Seal having formed four Charter partijs all of the same Tenor. Notation in Dutch Seal Batavia The 12 Junij [June] 1807- W. H. YSSELDIJK JOHN DAVISSON II SECRET AGREEMENT8 Made between the undersigned Counsellor acting as Director General in these Colonijs of Dutch India Wouter Hendrick van Ysseldijk in the name of the Govern­ment of the Roijal Dutch Colonijs of the Country Authorised and specially quali­fijed bij resolution of Maij 1807. and The undersigned Captain of the American Ship Mount Vernon, now laying in these Roads of Batavia, named John Davisson. in quality as affreighter of the said Ship, to above named High regency, on the other Side, Serving as ampli[fic ]ation to the Charter Party agreed to yesterday, to make this Vessel undertake a Voijage to Japan and from there back to this place-Concerning principally. That the Second Contractor do promise and engage himself, that on arrival at Japan, he shall during his stay in the realm of Japan, Shew no other Flag then [than] Dutch Colour, acting contrary to this agreement all damage and detriments 8 MS in ibid., pp. 13-16.