A Table Shewing the Advantages which the Law Allows to Seamen
$4.00
A large document, printed on laid paper (11 x 17) governing the rights of men aboard ships. Wages to be paid are definitively listed. If the general assumption of most of the men on ships couldn’t read, then this posting on board would have been read either by ship mates that could read, or by lesser rank officers, such as Midshipmen. Most likely issued following the Great Mutiny. Watermark does not appear on purchased item. Printed on large format laid paper, $4.00
