Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, Port of Philadelphia, Transcripts of Chronological List of Masters and Crews, 1818-1820. Please note: the index for this collection, Transcripts of Alphabetical List of Crews, 1798-1880, transcribed circa 1937-1941 (13.108.129), has also been digitized and is available on the Pennsylvania Power Library., This Digital Object is provided in a collection that is included in POWER LIBRARY: Pennsylvania Photos and Documents, which is funded by the Office of Commonwealth Libraries of Pennsylvania/Pennsylvania Department of Education., Arranged chronologically by date of crew list. Indexed in Transcripts of Alphabetical List of Crews, 1798-1880, transcribed circa 1937-1941 (13.108.129), which has also been digitized and is available on the Pennsylvania Power Library. Crew lists giving the names of the members of the crews serving on each vessel. These lists were originally kept under the provisions of "An Act for the Government and Regulation of Seamen in the Merchant Service" passed by the United States Congress on July 20, 1790 and supplementary acts passed February 28, 1808 and July 20, 1840. For each vessel listed also may be given the names of the crewmen, their ages and places of birth, height, wages, hospital money, time of service, and occasional comments regarding race. Disclaimer: The Pennsylvania State Archives provides digital access to a wide variety of historical documents, some of which may be considered offensive by current standards. The Archives does not endorse views expressed in these historical collections, but presents these collections to aid in scholarly research.
