Brown v. Hicks’s Empirical Analysis

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1. ““This agreement, made this day by and between Andrew ITicks, agent of bark Andrew Hicks, of Westport, state of Massachusetts, and llosweil Brown, of Fairhaven, state aforesaid, master mariner, witnesseth: that the said Eos-well Brown hereby agrees to proceed from the port of Hew Bedford to Mahe, Seychelles islands, by steamer, and on Ms arrival there to take charge, as master, of the bark Andrew Hicks, and perform a whaling voyage in said bark not exceeding three years in duration, and return with said bark to the port of Hew Bedford. For and in consideration of said services as master the said Andrew Hicks, agent, hereby agrees to pay the said Brown the one-fifteenth lay or share of the net proceeds of the cargo obtained by said bark during the term of his service as master thereof.””

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