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Captain Smith;
a certificate of discharge with three facsimile signatures for Captain E.J. Smith and a further three signed per pro whilst Smith was master of the S.S. Olympic (Titanic's sister ship) during services from June 1911 to January 1912; together with a quantity of White Star Line papers and ephemera
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When a large crew discharged from a Liner, a facsimile signature was impressed in each discharge book because the master could not be expected to sign every crewmans book. It must be assumed that very few discharge books baring a facsimile signature of Smith exist

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