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180226879London: Diggers Printer St. Ann's - Lane 1802. Light extremity wear. Faint horizontal fold line. Short ink annotation on verso dated 1809. Overall a VG lot of very scarce early 19th C. customs documents. 4 single sheet broadsides printed recto only. ~ 36.5 cm x 26 cm. <br/><br/>The broadside reports the maritime commerce of the day in 5 primary categories: "London Imported March 22 1802" with locations company & good received e.g. "New York Wm Rowlett and Co. 7000lb tobacco . 10000lb cotton"; "Ships Entered Inwards" naming the ship captain & port e.g. Sophia J. Smith . Rouen; "Goods Exported March 22" listing destination company & goods e.g. "Virginia Smith and Son certain cotton & silk hose at l300"; "Goods Exported by Certificate." listing destination company & goods e.g. "Quebec Fellows and Co 71c linen 400l thread 3160l pepper 1529 tomals"; and "Ships Cleared Outwards" showing ship captain & destination e.g. Juliana R. Branch . New York". A concluding note advises "Such GENTLEMEN as are desirous of taking the BILL OF ENTRY are desired to apply to Mr. R. Seymour or Mr. P. Wick in the Long Room at the Custom House." Diggers, Printer, St. Ann's - Lane unknown books
185354091James' Town St. Helena: printed at the Government Office by Geo. Gibb 1853. Broadside approx. 12¾" x 8" printed on blue paper; lengthy text in a single column beneath a cut of the Royal Arms at the top; very slight spotting else a fine copy of a rare South Atlantic imprint. The regulations 15 in all outline manifest requirements customs fees and charges quarantines dockage and launch services and charges etc. Also the times draw bridges are raised and lowered the town gates closed and the latitude and longitude of the islands. Also information regarding the "Time Ball." The time ball a visual signaling device meant to be observed by ships at sea for calibrating chronometers was first successfully tested by the Royal Navy at Portsmouth in 1829. Among the first time balls constructed was that at St. Helena Observatory in 1834. The white canvas ball dropped precisely at noon while a time gun positioned on the High Knoll fired the signal. The procedure was repeated at one o'clock to coincide with Greenwich mean time. Not located bibliographically. <br/><br/> printed at the Government Office, by Geo. Gibb unknown books
