2022-01 Raynors HCA Auction
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 1/29/2022
Statement of an American Seaman To Protect Against British Impressment Pre-printed document, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, 1pp, 8" x 10", issued for George W. Ligget, an American Seaman, aged eighteen years ... "has this day produced to me proof in the manner directed .... for the protection of American seaman ... I certify that the said George W. Ligget is a citizen of the United States of America. Between 1793 and 1812, the British impressed more than 15,000 U.S. sailors to supplement their fleet during their Napoleonic Wars with France.
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