Imprint Record

Ship Clearance Form.

• Imprint Number: 1779.014
• Title: Port [blank] To all the faithful in Christ to whom these presents may come: I, Thomas Jefferson ... greet you well ... whereas ... the good [blank] called the [blank] now at Norfolk ... is now ready to sail ... for [blank] ... we ... declare ... no dangerous, pestilential, or contagious distemper at present exist within the Dominion of Virginia ... one thousand seven hundred and seventy nine .. .
• Sequence Number: 14
• Year: 1779
• Place Issued: Williamsburg
• Issuing Press: Uncertain
• Author: Jefferson, Thomas (1743-1826), governor.
• Notes: Only known copy is marked "a forgery" in manuscript, so it is uncertain whether this imprint is a valid Virginia title, as is the identity of the press that issued it.
  Not filmed by the Early American Imprints Series.
  
  
• Related Biographies: None

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