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A Carpenter's Contract

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Martha's Vineyard Museum

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About this artifact

This document is an agreement or contract that states the "subscriber," in this case 45 year old Lawrence Moore, will be hired onto a whaling voyage out of New Bedford as a carpenter. It is signed by J Morrison, the proprietor of Whalemen's Headquarters in New York.

Date:
1872
Dimensions:
Width: 8" Length: 10" 2
Creator:
J. Morrison

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