Ship registers -- Ohio -- Cleveland

Vessel enrollments surrendered at the Cleveland Customhouse, include date, name of vessel, place and reason for surrender of enrollment

This collection documents the issuance of certificates and sale of vessels recorded at the Cleveland, Ohio office of the US Customs Service for the years 1871-1939. Certificate and License documentation can be found along with mortgage information, Bills of Sale, and other sales documentation. The financial and legal files in this collection document a portion of the regulatory work of the U.S. Customs Service in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.