No. 267.
Mr. Presson to Mr. Bayard.
Collector’s Office,
Gloucester,
Mass., August 9, 1886.
[Received August 11.]
Sir: I am requested to forward the inclosed
affidavit of Capt. Daniel McDonald of schooner Hereward, of Gloucester,
in regard to his detention at Cape Canso, Nova Scotia, July 2.
Very respectfully, &c.,
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[Inclosure.]
Affidavit of Captain McDonald, of the schooner
Hereward.
Gloucester, August 6,
1886.
I, Daniel McDonald, master of American schooner Hereward, of
Gloucester, do depose and say: That I went into Cape Canso, N. S.,
with my vessel, on the afternoon of July 2, and went to the
custom-house and reported. One of my crew went on shore without
authority and failed to return at night; some of the crew thought he
had deserted and engaged another man to take his place (all without
any authority from me), but he returned the next morning.
The next morning the collector, Mr. Young, came onboard and demanded
my papers (charging me with shipping a man). I gave them to him, and
he kept them until 10.30 o’clock that eve, when he returned them to
me. As I was all ready to sail that morning, it detained the vessel
two (2) days in that port, as the next day was Sunday.
Massachusetts, Essex, ss:
Personally appeared D. McDonald, and made oath to the above.
Before me.
[
l.s.]
AARON PARSONS,
Notary Public.
