Letter

[Untitled], November 25, 1863.

Author

his

Date

November 25, 1863

Type

Letter

[Untitled]

London, November 25, 1863.

Three days after the ship S. S. Stella, pro tem., leaves Downs, pay to the order of Charles Bull (provided he sails in the said ship, and is duly earning his wages according to his agreement) the sum of three pounds fifteen shillings, being one month’s advance of wages.

THOMAS ANSON, for Master.

Messrs. Gordon & Co.

Payable at 28 Clement’s lane, city.

The seaman must write his name on the back hereof; by this act he will understand he is conveying to another the value of the note. If he cannot write, his mark must be attested by a witness, not the discounter of recipient.

N. B.—The seaman must join the ship at the time appointed, or a substitute will be engaged. Ship lying in or ——————. Time to join ——————.

Sold by J. Omer, 99 Meriones, London, Navigation Office.

Endorsed at back:

his

CHARLES × BULL.

mark.

Witness: N. Cohen.

This is the paper writing referred to in the annexed affidavit of Enoch Cohen, sworn before me, this 11th day of December, 1863.

JOHN CASTLE GANT, A London Commissioner, &c.

Notes

1. Advance note,

2. u00a33 15s.

Topics

19th Century Civil War Diplomacy

Sources

FRUS u2014 Papers Relating to Foreign Affairs, Accompanying the Annual Message of the President to the Second Session Thirty-eighth View original source ↗

U.S. Department of State, Office of the Historian. Papers Relating to Foreign Affairs, Accompanying the Annual Message of the President to the Second Session Thirty-eighth.