The First Foreign Clearance
The schooner Annie Larsen marks a new milestone for Aberdeen's status as a port by clearing for Peru.
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The Annie Larsen left here Monday, bound for Talara bay, Peru. She is the first craft to clear foreign from the sub-port of Aberdeen. Deputy Collector Relcom and the schooner's captain had to go to Port Townsend to secure a register license, as the vessel had not been furnished with one when she left San Francisco. All properly enrolled vessels get all their papers here.
“She is the first craft to clear foreign from the sub-port of Aberdeen.”
Aberdeen’s history is defined by the struggle to establish its own identity independent of older administrative hubs like Port Townsend or San Francisco. The 'clearance' of the Annie Larsen represents the city finally asserting its legal standing as a maritime gateway.
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