1851 – A puzzling consular certificate from Singapore regarding four sailors from the Ship Minstrel that was signed by a prominent British national as the “Acting U. S. Consul”

Unbound

by Edward Boustead
Unbound. Very good. This manuscript certificate measures 8” x 12” and is datelined “Consulate of the United States of America / Singapore, 10th January 1851.” It is signed by Acting U. S. Consul Edward Boustead, the most prominent member of the Singapore business community and a British citizen. It is also countersigned and certified as a “True Copy” by W. W. Shaw as the Acting U. S. Consul. It bears a red “”Consulate of the United States / Singapore” handstamp.

Attached is a certificate from the Collector of the Boston Custom House stating that “the shipping articles, hereto attached” are “inconformity with the ‘Act . . . regulating the shipment (truncated)
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Specializing in Unique Americana, that is, we keep a selection of personal narratives such as diaries, work journals, correspondence collections, photograph albums, scrapbooks, and similar items that shed light on some aspect of North American life, culture, or society. Additionally, we always have a nice selection of philatelic material (primarily postal history) and other paper ephemera.
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