Winsor, Nathaniel Jr. (b. 1775) to Aaron Hobart
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC06313.04.207 Author/Creator: Winsor, Nathaniel Jr. (b. 1775) Place Written: Duxbury, Massachusetts Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 20 December 1822 Pagination: 1 p. : address ; 25.5 x 20 cm. Order a Copy
Requesting Hobart's assisstance regarding a law that will pay them for the loss of their ship. "If the result should be in our favor, and you have any voice or influence...you will request the law to authorize the Collector to pay the allowance to the Owner of the Ready Rhino." The Ready Rhino was a ship that belonged to the Winsor's that had been lost at sea, for which they were seeking compensation. In February Hobart petitioned Congress on behalf of Winsor's. The Journal of the House of Representatives states "Monday, February 11, 1822...Mr. Hobart presented a petition of Nathaniel Winsor. jun. and Martin Winsor, owners of the fishing vessel Ready Rhino, stating that said vessel, after being engaged in the cod-fishery upwards of four months in the year 1820, was lost on the coast of Labrador, and praying to be allowed and paid the bounty to which they would have been entitled, had said vessel arrived in the United States with a cargo of fish." Nathaniel and Martin Winsor opperated a shipping firm in Duxburry, Massachusetts.
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