1Enclosure N: Affidavit of Nicholas Duff and Adam Masterman, 26 May 1791 (Jefferson Papers)
Gosport, 26 May 1791 . Duff as master and Masterman as chief mate of Rachel swear that Thomas Ure swore in their presence and before John Wilkes, notary, in New York on 8 Sep. 1790 that he was a bona fide American of New York and agreed to ship as boatswain on Rachel to London and elsewhere and return at the rate of $9 per month, part of which was to be paid to his wife, monthly, during the...