NARA Digitization pages
Correspondence Regarding Repatriation, Nationality, and Shipwrecked sailors
Samples from Record Group 55, Entry 539, Box 1043.

Distressed Seamen, 1892-1904

Requests from indegent nationals

Proof of Nationality requests, 1875-1888

Proof of Nationality requests, 1914-1916

Proof of Nationality requests, undated

Requests for repatriation, undated