ADAMS, JOHN, President. Partly printed document boldly signed ("John Adams") as President, countersigned by Secretary of State Timothy Pickering, issued in Baltimore, 17 October 1797. 1 page, oblong folio, 375 x 496 mm. (15½ x 19¾ in.), accomplished in manuscript, with Great Seal of the United States, slight separations at central fold and a few edges, framed with two portraits of Adams and Pickering.FOUR LANGUAGE SHIP'S PAPERS for the vessel Sally, commanded by Nathaniel Tupper, sailing from Baltimore to Port de Paix "laden with Gin, Vinegar, Lumber and dry Goods..." 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 thier 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 Baltimore, 17 October 1797. 1 page, oblong folio, 375 x 496 mm. (15½ x 19¾ in.), accomplished in manuscript, with Great Seal of the United States, slight separations at central fold and a few edges, framed with two portraits of Adams and Pickering.FOUR LANGUAGE SHIP'S PAPERS for the vessel Sally, commanded by Nathaniel Tupper, sailing from Baltimore to Port de Paix "laden with Gin, Vinegar, Lumber and dry Goods..." 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 thier neutral ownership, declaring "that no subjects of the present belligerent powers have any part or portion therein, directly nor indirectly..."