F.-VESSELS' PAPERS AND OTHER DOCUMENTS. 



69. Vessels' papers, insurance policies, log-books op pishing 

 voyages; papers of gloucester seamen's and fisher- 

 MEN'S Widows and Orphans Aid Society. 



Fishing schooner's papers. 



Copies of papers carried by the fishing schooner James A. Garfield, 

 of Gloucester, Mass. Fishing shipping paper, containing crew 

 list and agreement between owners and fishermen. Certificate 

 of enrollment. License for enrolled vessel. Circular from the 

 Treasury Department, containing steering and sailing rules, 

 lights, torches, and fog-signals. Synopsis of laws regulating 

 the coasting trade. Gloucester, Mass., 1883. 56,835, 56,839. 

 Gift of Capt. Fitz J. Babson, collector of the port of Gloucester. 



Insurance policy. 



Copy of policy of the schooner James A. Garfield, Gloucester, 

 Mass., issued by the Gloucester Mutual Fishing Insurance 

 Company. Gloucester, Mass., 1883. 56,840. Gift of Capt. 

 Fitz J. Babson. 



Box por vessel's papers. 



Tin, unpainted; common form of box carried on fishing trips from 

 New England as a receptacle for the vessel's papers. Dimen- 

 sions: 10f by 4£ inches. Gloucester, Mass., 1883. 56,834. 

 Gift of Capt. Fitz J. Babson, collector of the port of Gloucester. 



Insurance office. 



Photographic view of the Gloucester Mutual Fishing Insurance 

 Company's building. Gloucester, Mass., 1882. (Photo. No. 

 2097.) U. S. Fish Commission. 



70. Log-books. 



kept by masters of new england cod-vessels under the re- 

 quirements of the old bounty law. 



Journal. 



Journal of cod-fishing voyage to Western Bank in schooner Day- 

 Spring, of Chatham, Mass., April 15 to September 9, 1853. By 

 Capt. David T. Bassett. 56,846. 

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