An act, for the government and regulation of seamen in the merchants' service.
Series: Early American imprints -- no. 47876.
Publisher: Printed by William Young, no. 52, Second-street, the corner of Chesnut-street.
Published: 1796
Place of publication: Philadelphia
Language: eng
Format: Microform
Subjects: Maritime law -- United States -- History; Contracts, Maritime; Merchant mariners -- Legal status, laws, etc
Other titles: In pursuance of an act of the Congress of the United States ..
Notes: Passed July 20, 1790.

Printed in two columns.

On verso is printed a blank form of agreement between master and seamen, under the heading "In pursuance of an act of the Congress of the United States of America, entitled, 'An act for the government and regulation of seamen in the merchants' service.'" The Historical Society of Pennsylvania copy is filled out for the ship Sussex, and dated December 1796.

READEX NOTE: This is a federal law, mistakenly listed by Bristol and Shipton & Mooney among Pennsylvania laws.

Bristol B9653.

Shipton & Mooney 47876.

Microfiche. [New York : Readex Microprint, 1985] 11 x 15 cm. (Early American imprints. First series ; no. 47876)