TYLER, JOHN, President. Partly printed document signed ("JTyler") as President, Countersigned by Secretary of State John C. Calhoun, Washington, D.C., 29 June 1844. 1 page, large oblong folio, 540 x 420mm. (21 1/2 x 16 7/8 in.), paper seal of the United States of America in center left-hand portion, accomplished in manuscript, a few tiny perforations at center fold, otherwise in very good condition. FOUR-LANGUAGE SHIP'S PAPERS for the whaleship Mitten, commanded by William Cash, sailing from New Bedford to the Indian Ocean and "laden with Provisions, stores and utensils for a Whaling voyage..." The document, with text in French, Spanish, English and Dutch, attempted to insure safe passage for American ships by declaring "that no subjects of the present belligerent powers have any part or portion therein, directly nor indirectly, so may God Almighty help him..."

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TYLER, JOHN, President. Partly printed document signed ("JTyler") as President, Countersigned by Secretary of State John C. Calhoun, Washington, D.C., 29 June 1844. 1 page, large oblong folio, 540 x 420mm. (21 1/2 x 16 7/8 in.), paper seal of the United States of America in center left-hand portion, accomplished in manuscript, a few tiny perforations at center fold, otherwise in very good condition. FOUR-LANGUAGE SHIP'S PAPERS for the whaleship Mitten, commanded by William Cash, sailing from New Bedford to the Indian Ocean and "laden with Provisions, stores and utensils for a Whaling voyage..." The document, with text in French, Spanish, English and Dutch, attempted to insure safe passage for American ships by declaring "that no subjects of the present belligerent powers have any part or portion therein, directly nor indirectly, so may God Almighty help him..."