General Information

Serial #

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Part Number

1

Total Parts

5

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

Black printed and handwritten text on cream-colour paper; red coated paper seal fixed to document.

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length

51.0 cm

Width

43.0 cm

Height

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Thickness

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Weight

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Diameter

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Volume

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Lexicon

Group

Marine Transportation

Category

Archives

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

INRAY

Country

Unknown

State/Province

Unknown

City

Unknown

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

New Brunswick

Period

Unknown

Canada

Bill of sale for a Canadian built schooner.

Function

To document transfer of ownership, and record purchase of property.

Technical

Unknown

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

Printed on central area of document face: "Form No. 10/ BILL OF SALE./ Official Number of Ship 92,380/ Name of Ship Demozelle/ Port Number/ 16/ and Year of Registry 1888/ Port of Registry St. John NB./ British or Foreign Built British/ How propelled By Sails/ Where built Hopewell Cape/ Albert Co., NB./ When built 1888/ Number of Decks - - One/ Number of Masts - - Two/ Rigged - - - - Schooner/ Stern - - - - Square/ Build - - - - Carvel/ Galleries - - - - None/ Head - - - - Billet/ Framework - - - - Wood/ Length from forepart of Stem, under the bowsprit, to the aft side of the Head of the/ Stern-post- - - - 94/ Feet./ Mainbreadth to outside of Plank- - - - 28/ Feet./ 1/ Tenths./ Depth in Tonnage Deck to Ceiling at Midships - - - - 9/Feet./ 2/ Tenths./ Depth of Hold from Upper Deck to Ceiling at Midships in the case of three Decks/ and Upwards - - - - - [blank]/ Length of Engine Room, if any - - - - [blank]/ Particulars of Engines (if any)/ No. of Engines./ [blank]/ Description./ [blank]/ Whether British or/ Foreign Made./ [blank]/ When made./ [blank]/ Name and Address of Makers./ [blank]/ Diameter of/ Cylinders./ Length of/ Stroke./ [blank]/ No. of Horses'/ Power combined./ [blank]/ No. of Tons./ GROSS TONNAGE/ Under Tonnage Deck - - - - 140.70/ Closed-in Space above Tonnage Deck, if any, Space or Spaces between Deck - - - - [blank]/ Poop - - - - [blank]/ Forecastle - - - - [blank]/ Roundhouse - - - - 20.65/ Other Closed-in Spaces, if any, as follows - Lazerette and Wings - - - 6.65/ Gross Tonnage - - - - 168.00/ Deduction as per Contra - - - - 4.53/ Registered Tonnage - - - - 163.47/ No. of Tons./ DEDUCTIONS ALLOWED/ On account of Space required for Propelling Power - - - - [blank]/ On account of Spaces occupied by Seamen or Apprentices appointed to their use/ and kept free from Goods and Stores of every kind not being the personal/ property of the Crew. These Spaces are the following, viz. :-/ 1 Section Round House/ No. of Tons./ 4.53/ Total Deductions - - - - 4.53/ * I Isabella Jameson of Hopewell Cape Albert County New Brunswick Widow/ in consideration of the Sum of One Hundred Dollars paid to + me by Frederick Augustus Fullmore/ Corbett of the Town of Parisboro in the County of Cumberland and Province of Nova Scotia Medical Doctor/ the Receipt is hereby acknowledged, transfer Two Sixty fourth 2/64 Shares in the Ship above particularly described, and in her boats, guns, ammunition, small arms and appurtenances, to/ the said Frederick Augustus Fullmore Corbett/ Further ++ I the said Isabella Jameson for $ myself and my heirs covenant with the said/ Frederick Augustus Fullmore Corbett and ! his assigns, that @ I have power to transfer in manner aforesaid the premises herein-before expressed to be transferred/ and that the same are free from incumbrances ** [blank]/ In witness whereof I have subscribed my name and affixed my seal this First day of February One thousand nine ['eight' is overstruck] hundred ['and' is overstruck]/ Executed by the above named Isabella Jameson/ in the presence of (1) Chas. A. Sampson,/ Sec'y Selio of Records/ City of Fredericton./ Entered 20th March 1900/ c 9.30 am/ [illegible signature] Actg Registrar Port of St John NB/ (2) Isabella Jameson [her signature]" and red seal affixed to lower right corner of document. "1,000-5-99.", " * "I" or "we." ", "+ "Me" or "us." "," ++ "I" or "we" ", " $ "Myself" and "my" or "their." ", " ! "His", "her" or "their." ", " @ "I" or "we.", " ** If there be any sub-/ sisting Mortgage, or out-/ standing certificate of/ mortgage, add "save as/ " appears by the Registry/ "of the said Ship." printed on left side margin of document face.

Missing

There are only four bills of sale not 5 that were tightly rolled together; therefore one is missing or never existed-Pat Montero .1 Bill of Sale is complete in itself.

Finish

Black printed and handwritten text on cream-colour paper; red coated paper seal fixed to document.

Decoration

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