Letterbook of the master mariner George Orange, 1839-1841.

Letterbook of George Orange, master of the schooner AMICUS (1839) of Jersey, between 21 February 1839 and 18 July 1841.

The letters mainly discuss business details with his father and others connected with J. Orange & Co. At the start are letters from Orange to the shipbrokers DeLisle, Janvrin, and DeLisle in London, discussing the reward he received for saving the cargo of tallow carried by the schooner AMELIA (1834), wrecked off the coast of Bulgaria in May 1838. Also a letter asking them to open an account for his new ship.

Administrative / biographical background
Orange was born at St. Brelade, Jersey, in 1810, one of the sons of the shipowner Jean Orange and Anne Orange (née Le Brocq). He had been an apprentice, mate and master in the foreign trade for 26 years when his Master’s Certificate of Service (number 45019) was issued in 1851. His first engagement as master was in the Brazil trade in 1834. He became master of the schooner AMELIA (1834) in 1837 and in the following year managed to save her cargo after she was stranded on rocks in the Black Sea. Between 1839 and 1845 he was master of the schooner AMICUS (1839). Later in life he had shipowning interests as part of the partnership of Orange and Briard, including the barque AMICUS (1856) and full-rigged ship FORT REGENT (1863), employed in the India and China trades. Orange died at St. Helier in 1871.