Autograph manuscript signed by Nathl. P. Russell, being an "Adjustment of General Average on the Brig Dispatch & Cargo, in consequence of throwing overboard 40 tons of Slates at sea, and putting into St. John, Newfoundland, for repairs, where she was unloaded."
Boston: October 2, 1816. Folio, 1 page of manuscript on the recto of the first leaf of a bifolium; previous folds; very good. This unfortunate loss of cargo occurred after the brig, with Captain Babson at the helm, left in March of 1816 for Cadiz, Spain, and was in August..... More
