Nov 17, 2016 - Sale 2432

Sale 2432 - Lot 260

Unsold
Estimate: $ 400 - $ 600
(NEW YORK CITY.) Volume of reports from Seaman's Fund and Retreat in Staten Island. 10 pamphlets in one volume. 8vo, contemporary 1/2 calf, moderate wear; intermittent foxing; stationer's tag on front pastedown, gilt ownership label of abolitionist Francis George Shaw on front board. New York, 1854-62

Additional Details

Includes: An Act in Relation to the Moneys Levied by Law on Masters, Mates, Mariners, and Seamen . . . also, the By-Laws of the Board of Trustees of the Seamen's Fund and Retreat, 1854 Reports as to the Finances and Management of the Seaman's Retreat from its Establishment in 1831 to January 1854 (apparently lacking pages 25-32) and the Annual Reports of the Physician in Chief and the Auditing Committee for 1854 through 1861.