[WHALING] Certificate of Shipment of Seamen issued at Honolulu for the whaling vessel “Montpelier” out of New Bedford (Job Macomber, Master). Dated 7 February 1857.

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Honolulu, Hawaii : U.S. Consulate, 1857. Lithograph printed document with manuscript entries, 310 x 400 mm, headed Cirtificate [sic] of Shipment of Seamen above the American eagle and Consulate of United States of America, for Honolulu, H. I. ; immediately below is the printed declaration with relevant entries supplied in ms.: I, the undersigned, Consul of the United States of America for the port of Honolulu, H. I., do hereby certify that the undermentioned Seamen have engaged on board of the Montpelier, New Bedford whereof Job Macomber is Master, at the date, and on the terms specified below. A condition of these Articles (unless otherwise stated) is that any Seaman of whale ships discharged, shall be paid off at Consular prices, and perform labor on board eight days after the arrival of the vessel in Port. ; the document bears the signature of the U.S. Consul George Alfred Lathrop and the seal of the U.S. Consulate, and is dated 7 February 1857; the document was filled out in manuscript by a consular official across six vertical columns, recording the names of all crew and their dates of shipment, their Lay or Wages, Capacity, and amount of Advance paid to them, with the fourth column Term of Shipment completed as Cruise Home ; central vertical fold (with a lengthy split) and two horizontal folds; the otherwise blank verso with clerical endorsement in pencil Montpelier and old tape at top edge; else clean and complete. Rare and desirable primary source document relating to

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