Item 26b: A Partial Mediterranean Passport by John Tyler and Dan Webster, to [McGrath] , [ca. 1843 July 3]
Item — Box: 9, Folder: 26b
Dates
- Created: [ca. 1843 July 3]
Creator
- Tyler, John, 1790-1862. (Person)
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Extent
1 items
Language of Materials
From the Collection: English
Type of Material:
Passport.
Condition Note:
Good. The top portion of the bill appears to have been cut off, and some folds are present.
Measurements:
10 ½ in. x 6 in.
Title:
N/A
Description:
The following item depicts a fragment of a document created by John Tyler, the 10th president of the United States, and Dan Webster. The contract is torn, thus we cannot see the entirety of the document, and it appears to have been a blank copy as the annotations are not filled in the blank sections established for them. These passes were issued in the United States with the treaty with the Dey of Algiers, September 5, 1795, and continuing into the nineteenth century.
A Mediterranean Pass was a document approved by the government to identify a ship that was to be protected under a treaty with the states of the Barbary Coast. These documents were upheld under a treaty with the Barbary pirates, allowing for passage and trade routes to remain undisturbed.
From An Enquiry Into the Law Merchant of the United States, Or, Lex Mercatoria Americana, on Several Heads of Commercial Importance, we have matched the language we see within our manuscript to ascertain the context of the blank draft.
There is also a similar contract in the Digest of International Law.
The date for the item has been ascertained by connection with a letter by Tyler requesting his friend be appointed to a subordinate position in the Customs, 9.26a Item 26a.
Transcription:
the said {Blank} appearing by good testimony to belong to one or more of the Citizens of the United States and to him or them only
Given under my Hand and the Seat of the United States of America the day of in the year of our Lord thousand hundred and
Number
By the President J. Tyler
Dan Webster Secretary of State
State of {Blank}
District of {Blank}
To all Persons whom these may concern }
Countersigned by {Blank}
Countersigned by {Blank}
Creator
- Tyler, John, 1790-1862. (Person)
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