12mo, pp. [3]-14; original printed salmon wrappers; vertical crease, else fine. Urges Congress to "pass a law authorizing and directing ship-owners to employ apprentices [who] will perform the same duties as the men, and in the course of a few years you will have on board your vessels a crew of able-bodied American seamen, trained under your own supervision, and taught to consider your interests identical with their own." Includes a petition and a draft of the law. Nine in OCLC: NY Historical, NY Public, AAS, Coast Guard, Chicago, Mass Historical, Naval Academy, American Congregational Assn. and Wisconsin. A tenth copy, ostensibly at Minnesota Historical, is the present copy. Sabin 27701 notes an 1855 edition only.

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Please read this! An apprentice system for the United States Merchant Service

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J. P. Wright, printer, 146 Fulton Street, New York

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1853

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