Indexes to Seamen's Protection Certificate Applications and Proofs of Citizenship, Philadelphia 1796-1823

Seamen's Protection Certificates were authorized by Congress in 1796 to identify American merchant seamen as citizens of the United States and, as such, entitled to protection against impressment at sea. This work is an index to the names of merchant seamen who made application for a Seamen's Protection Certificate (SPe at the Port of Philadelphia between 1796 and 1823. The names of 14,397 seamen appear in this new volume, and each is identified according to the date of the SPC application, age, race, and state or country of birth.Dixon, Ruth Priest is the author of 'Indexes to Seamen's Protection Certificate Applications and Proofs of Citizenship, Philadelphia 1796-1823' with ISBN 9780806345895 and ISBN 0806345896.