Jane (Brig) Mediterranean pasport, 1810.

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Jane (Brig) Mediterranean pasport, 1810.

This collection consists of a Mediterranean passport for the Jane (Brig), Russell Bissett, Master, to pass without hindrance from Savannah, Georgia, June 25, 1810, and is signed by President James Madison, Secretary of State Robert Smith, and A.S. Bulloch, Collector at Savannah. The permit bears the presidential seal. The passport has a scalloped edge, cutting off the top portion of one of two engravings on the document, one of a ship, the other of a lighthouse.

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SNAC Resource ID: 8333461

Georgia Historical Society

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Jane (Brig)

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United States. President

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Smith, Robert, 1757-1842

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Madison, James, 1751-1836

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Bulloch, Archibald Stobo

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