8 Passengers on board the brig at $36, each

5 ft

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BILL OF SALE.

To all people to whom this present Bill of Sale shall come, I, R. P. of Newburyport, in the State of Massachusetts, Merchant, send Greeting; KNOW YE, that I the said R. P. for and in consideration of the sum of three thousand two hundred and twenty-two dollars, to me in hand well and truly paid at or before the ensealing and delivery of these presents, by S. T. of the said Newburyport, Merchant, the receipt whereof I do hereby acknowledge and am therewith fully and entirely satisfied and contented, have granted, bargained and sold, and by these presents do grant, bargain and sell, unto the said S. T. all the hull or body of the good brig Sally, together with all and singular her masts, spars, sails, rigging, cables, anchors, boats and appurtenances, now lying at Newburyport, and registered at the port of Newburyport, the certificate of whose registry is as follows:

IN pursuance of an Act of the Congress of the United States of America, entitled "An ACT concerning the registering and recording of ships or vessels," R. P. of Newburyport in the State of Massachusetts, Merchant, having taken or subscribed the oath required by the said act, and having sworn that he is the only owner of the ship or vessel called the Sally of Newburyport, whereof William Knapp is at present master, and is a citizen of the United States, as he hath sworn, and that the said ship or vessel was built at Salisbury, in the said State in the year seventeen hundred and ninety-nine, as also appears by a certificate of enrolment, No. 129, issued in this district on the fourth day of August last now surrendered and N. S. Surveyor of this district having certified that the said ship or vessel has one deck and two masts, and that her length is sixty-nine feet five inches, her breadth twenty-two feet and one half inch, her depth eight feet two inches, and that she measures one hundred and six tons and forty ninety-fifths, that she is a square sterned brig, has no galleries and no figure head, and the said R. P. having agreed to the description and admeasurement above specified, and sufficient security having been given according to the said act, the said brig has been duly registered at the port of Newburyport.

Given under my hand and seal at the port of Newburyport, this first day of January, in the year one thousand eight hundred.

To have and to hold the said granted and bargained brig Sally and premises with the appurtenances, unto the said S. T. his heirs, executors, administrators or assigns to his only proper use, benefit and behoof forever. And I the said R. P. do avouch myself to be the true and lawful owner of the said brig and appurtenances, and have in myself full power, good right and lawful authority to dispose of the said brig as aforesaid, and her appurtenances in manner as aforesaid, and furthermore, I the said R. P. do hereby covenant and agree to warrant and defend the said brig and premises, with the appurtenances, against the lawful claims and demands of all persons whatsoever unto the said S. T. In witness whereof, I the said R. P. have hereunto set my hand and seal, this tenth day of June, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred.

CHARTER PARTY.

This Charter-party of affreightment, indented, made and fully concluded upon this ninth day of June, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred, between J. P. of Boston, in the county of Suffolk, and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, merchant, owner of the good ship Helen, of the burden of two hundred tons, or thereabouts, now lying in the harbor of Boston, whereof R. P. is at present master, on the one part, and C. D. of said Boston, merchant, on the other part, Witnesseth, That the said J. P. for the consideration hereafter mentioned, hath letten to freight the aforesaid ship, with the appurtenances to her belonging, for a voyage to be made by the said ship to London, where she is to be discharged (the dangers of the sea excepted) and the said J. P. doth by these presents covenant and agree with the said C. D. in manner following, That is to say, That the said ship in and during the voyage aforesaid, shall be tight, staunch and strong, and sufficiently tackled apparelled with all things necessary for such a vessel and voyage; and that it shall and may be lawful for the said C. D. his agents or factors, as well at London as at Boston, to load and put on board the said ship, loading of such goods and merchandize as they shall think proper, contraband goods excepted.