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ADAMS, John, President. Partly printed document boldly signed "John Adams" as President, countersigned by Secretary of State Timothy Pickering, issued in Philadelphia 31 March 1798. 1 page, oblong folio, 390 x 500 mm. accomplished in manuscript, with Great Seal of the United States, framed. FOUR LANGUAGE SHIP'S PAPERS for the vessel Northern Liberty commanded by William Howel, sailing from Philadelphia to New York "laden with Sundries as per manifest." Ship's papers, with text in French, Spanish, English and Dutch, attempted to insure safe passage for American ships (which had been subject to seizure by France and England) by affirming their neutral ownership, declaring "that no subjects of the present belligerent powers have any part or portion therein, directly nor indirectly..."
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ADAMS, John, President. Partly printed document boldly signed "John Adams" as President, countersigned by Secretary of State Timothy Pickering, issued in Philadelphia 31 March 1798. 1 page, oblong folio, 390 x 500 mm. accomplished in manuscript, with Great Seal of the United States, framed. FOUR LANGUAGE SHIP'S PAPERS for the vessel Northern Liberty commanded by William Howel, sailing from Philadelphia to New York "laden with Sundries as per manifest." Ship's papers, with text in French, Spanish, English and Dutch, attempted to insure safe passage for American ships (which had been subject to seizure by France and England) by affirming their neutral ownership, declaring "that no subjects of the present belligerent powers have any part or portion therein, directly nor indirectly..."