Partly-printed shipping document, one page, 11 x 17, June 20, 1859. Document issued at Perth Amboy, New Jersey, headed "Enrolment in conformity to an Act of Congress of the United States of America, entitled 'An act for enrolling and licensing ships or vessels, to be employed in the Coasting Trade and Fisheries, and for regulating the same,'" issued to Lewis H. Hoagland of New Brunswick, N.J., for a "Ship or Vessel called the Parallax." In fine condition, with light toning along the intersecting folds.