[Original Partially Printed Receipt]: Boarding House for Colered [sic] Cooks & Stewards. Littleton Williams. Quai Casimir Delavigne No. 9. Havre. Ship George West. Feb 15th, 1858

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[Le Havre]: Imp. [H.] Bret, 1858. Unbound. Original printed receipt. Dates, names, and fees completed in manuscript. Docketed on verso: "f 152 - Cook & Steward's Board." 7½" x 11½". Old folds, slight fading of manuscript portions, still easily readable and well-preserved, near fine. An unexpected record of African-American expatriate..... More

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