John Tyler Signs A Whaling Paper For A New Bedford Ship

JOHN TYLER (1790-1862). Tyler was the Tenth President.ABEL UPSHUR (1790-1844). Upshur was appointed Secretary of the Navy by President Tyler; in July 1843, Tyler made him Secretary of State. On February 28, 1844, he was killed when the gun of the USS Princeton exploded.DS. 1pg. September 27, 1845. No place [Washington]. A partly printed, four language ships paper signed J Tyler as President and co-signed A.P. Upshur as Secretary of State. The papers are for the William & Henry, captained by Ithamar B. Benjamin, and sailing from New Bedford. There was a whaling book about this ship, entitled Journal of the Mobile (Ship) and William and Henry (Ship), mastered by William Rawson and Ithamar B. Benjamin, on Whaling Voyages between 1836 and 1844. Although this paper was dated after Tylers term ended in March 1845, these papers were signed in masse by the President and distributed to the ports, and then used as needed. The paper has the usual folds (including a vertical one through the Presidential autograph) and a very large, dark signature. It is framed with an engraving of Tyler.