Record Group # RG 0715
Subgroup # 000
Series # 003
Name of Department: U.S. Department of Commerce
Agency Name/Division/Office: U. S. Customs House, Delaware District
Certificate of License of Vessels under 20 tons
Earliest Date of Material:
1844
Latest Date of Material:
1954
1844-1908, 1916-1954
Quantity of Materials:
Genealogical and historical description:
Licenses or certificates granting ship owners the right to carry on the "coasting trade", sell goods at ports along the coast.
Scope and Contents:
Entries include name and residence of owner and name, description of vessel, date and place of construction of the vessel.
Copies of originals in the possession of the National Archives & Records Service
Arrangement of Material:
Cannot be reproduced without permission.
