Lewis Monto's Seaman's Certificate

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Transcription of Lewis Monto's Seamans's Certificate


No 387

UNITED  

  STATES

OF AMERICA

      I , Martin T. Morton       Collector of the District of

      Nantucket             Do hereby Certify, That

                          Lewis Monto

      an American Seaman, aged Seventeen        years, or

      thereabouts, of the height of       five       feet four 1/2       inches,

      brown complexion, brown hair & gray eyes,

      born in Boston in the State of Mass

      -achusetts





      has this day produced to me proof in the manner directed in

      the Act, entitled, "An Act for the relief and protection of

      American Seamen;" -- and, Pursuant to the said Act, I       DO HEREBY

      CERTIFY,       That the said        Lewis Monto

      is a CITIZEN of the UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.

        In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my Hand and

        Seal of Office, this         Second       day of June

        in the Year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred

        and                 Twenty Three



M. T. Morton

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