Opening Hours
Daily: 10 A.M.–5 P.M.
Closed on Tuesdays
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108
Visual Materials
Visual Materials
Daily: 10 A.M.–5 P.M.
Closed on Tuesdays
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108
Visual Materials
Image of a leaflet brochure outlining an act "concerning letters of marque, prizes ad prize goods" from the United States Congress with "instructions for the private armed vessels of the United States" signed by Secretary of State Jams Monroe.
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Image of a letter of marque issued to ship captain Joseph Hurd signed by John Jay, president of Congress.
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Image of a blank letter of marque certificate signed by President of the Confederate States of America Jefferson Davis and Secretary of State Judah P. Benjamin authorizing the ship to act as a private armed vessel against the United States of America during the American Civil War; embossed seal at bottom left.
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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 Montpelier 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 John C. Calhoun.
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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 Mary of New Bedford, Massachusetts, granting the ability to pass without "hindrance, seizure, or molestation;" embossed United States seal at bottom left; signed by President Martin Van Buren and Secretary of State John Forsyth.
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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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