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Received of the vice commercial agent of the United States, three hundred and thirty-two dollars in full, for the above account. DEJARDIN & DESERRE.
United States Commercial Agency to Samuel Peters, D R . T o 4 days' services oh board brig Venus- $ 8 00 Received payment in full. S A M U E L P E T E R S , his + mark.
L. PUBLIC SALE.
Account sales and nett proceeds of the American brig Venus, Captain Thomas, condemned and sold by order of Thomas George Swain, vice commercial agent of the United States, for account of whom it con cerns, May 24, 1837. T h e hull, rigging, spars, sails, & c , of the American brig Venus, sold to Messrs. William Cole & S. M. Rigaud, § 9 1 0 00 Commission 5 per cent. . . . . $45 50 Advertising and ringing bell 7 00 52 50 857 50 P O R T - A U - P R I N C E , May
26,
1837.
1, the undersigned, certify the above sum of eight hundred and fiftyseven dollars and fifty cents, to be the actual nett proceeds of said vessel. C. L . G R A N T , Auctioneer.
M. W e , whose names are hereunto subscribed, do hereby certify and at test, that, on the 12th day of May, 1837, at the instance and request of T h o m a s George Swain, Esq., United s t a t e s vice commercial agent, resi dent in this city, w e went on board and alongside of the American brigan tine called the Venus, to examine said brigantine, in order to ascertain the possibility of said vessel being able to prosecute her voyage hence to N e w York, as well as the state of said vessel ; and we do report : T h a t it is entirely impossible for said brigantine, called the Venus, to proceed to sea in the state that she now is in, as she makes water very freely while lying at anchor in harbor ; and, furthermore, we give it as our opinion, that the repairs necessary to make said vessel seaworthy will amount to more than said vessel is worth. W e further give it as our