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1 Judge Davis's Decree: Massachusetts District, Special District Court, May 31st, 1809: Peter H. Natterstrom, Adm. of John Taylor, Deceased, vs. Ship Hazard, William Smith, Late Master 1809

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       JUDGE DAVISS D)ECREE.





         M.I4SS !HUSETTS DISTRICT.

 Special District Court, May 31st. 1809

 PETEX I. NATTERSTROM, ADM. OF JOHN TAYLOR, DECEASED,
                           rVS.

      SHIP HAZARD, WILLIAM SMITH, LATE MASTER.

  JAMES AND THOMAS H. PERKINS, OWNERS OF SAID SHIP
                     RESPONDENTS.

   SELYIIDGE for the Libellant.  PRESCOTT and JACKSON for the
                       Respondents.

         JOHN TAYLOR, on the 18th.'July, 1805, entered on
 board the ship Hazard, at Boston, as a mariner, fbr a voyage to the
 North West coast of America, from thence to Carlton, in China,
 and back to Boston, at the monthly wages of sixteen dollars, and
 signed articles in common form. The ship, soon afterward, sailed
 on the proposed voyage, and on the 17th. day of October, 1805,
 Taylor, with three other seamen, while manoeuvring the ship, in a
 gale of wind, were carried overboard by a sea, and drowned. The
 ship performed the contemplated voyage in safety, and returned to
 Boston on the 23d. June, 1808.
   It appears that Taylor received thirty two dollars advance wages,
, bpfore the ship sailed from Boston, and that disbursements were

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