"On the nine rolls of this microfilm publication are reproduced certificates of registry, enrollment, and license--the last for vessels under 20-ton capacity--issued by the Collector of Customs at the port of Edgartown, Mass., during the period 1815-1913. After proper measurement of vessels and proof of places and dates of construction, and ownership, these certificates, known as vessel documents, were issued to managing owners or masters as evidence...

"On the single roll of this microfilm publication is reproduced the private journal of Lt. Charles Gauntt while aboard the U.S.S. Macedonian, September 1818-June 1821. The journal is part of a body of records in the National Archives designated as Naval Records Collection of the Office of Naval Records and Library, Record Group 45." -- P. 1.

"On the 115 rolls of this microfilm publication are reproduced unbound Federal passenger lists of vessels arriving at the port of Boston from foreign ports, September 2, 1820-March 31, 1874, and January 1, 1883-July 29, 1891. ... The records reproduced on this microcopy and the indexes are part of Record Group 36, Records of the Bureau of Customs, in the National Archives." -- p. 1-2.

"On the 93 rolls of this microfilm publication are reproduced unbound passenger lists of vessels arriving at the port of New Orleans from foreign ports, 1820-1902 and January 1903. Most of the documents reproduced are the lists submitted by masters of vessels to the collector of customs at New Orleans. ... The records reproduced on this microcopy and the indexes are part of Record Group 36, Records of the Bureau of Customs, in the National Archives."...