Manuscripts
Passport to ship Balaena of New Bedford :
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Passport to ship George & Martha of New Bedford :
Manuscripts
Signed by President John Quincy Adams, Secretary of State Henry Clay; countersigned by Russel Freeman, Port Collector of New Bedford, Massachusetts.
mssHM 15890
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Passport to ship Swift of New Bedford :
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Signed by President James Madison. Also signed by James Monroe as Secretary of State; countersigned with note by Jonathan? Hawes, Port Collector of New Bedford. Printed form, filled in by hand.
mssHM 15888
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Passport to ship Victory of New Bedford :
Manuscripts
Signed by President James Monroe. Also signed by John Quincy Adams as Secretary of State; countersigned with notes by Jonathan? Hawes, Port Collector of New Bedford. Printed form, filled in by hand.
mssHM 15889
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Passport to ship Magnolia of New Bedford :
Manuscripts
Signed by President Andrew Jackson. Also signed by Secretary of State Martin Van Buren and Samuel Williams, collector for the District and Port of New Bedford.
mssHM 15891
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Passport to ship Golconda of New Bedford :
Manuscripts
Signed by President Martin Van Buren; also signed by Secretary of State John Forsyth. Printed form, filled in.
mssHM 15892

By the president of the United States of America. suffer the ship Franklin of New Bedford
Visual Materials
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 Franklin of New Bedford, Massachusetts, granting the ability to pass without "hindrance, seizure, or molestation;" embossed United States seal at bottom left; signed by President John Tyler and Secretary of State Daniel Webster.
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