MIT Museum

Major collection: Hart Nautical
Named collection: Allan Forbes Collection
Object type: document
Maker: Grierson, George
Place made: United Kingdom, England
Date made: 1819
Materials: ink; paper; glue
Measurements: 11 in x 7 1/2 in
Nomenclature: historical
Classification: whales

Two pages (1137-1140) from a book, with text describing an Act passed by George III, King of England, for "continuing the Premiums allowed to Ships employed in the Southern Whale Fishery. 12th July 1819." The king's coat of arms is atop the page ("Dieu et Mon Droit").

AF-HB-2589