By the United States in Congress assembled, April 7, 1781 : Be it ordained and it is hereby ordained, by the United States in Congress assembled, that the following instructions be observed by the captains or commanders of private armed vessels, commissioned by letters of marque or general reprisals, or otherwise by the authority of the United States in Congress assembled. ..., verso
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United States. Continental Congress ; Thomson, Charles, 1729-1824 ; Claypoole, David C., 1757?-1849
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By the United States in Congress assembled, April 7, 1781 : Be it ordained and it is hereby ordained, by the United States in Congress assembled, that the following instructions be observed by the captains or commanders of private armed vessels, commissioned by letters of marque or general reprisals, or otherwise by the authority of the United States in Congress assembled. ..., recto
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United States. Continental Congress ; Thomson, Charles, 1729-1824 ; Claypoole, David C., 1757?-1849
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By the United States in Congress assembled, April 7, 1781 : Be it ordained and it is hereby ordained, by the United States in Congress assembled, that the following instructions be observed by the captains or commanders of private armed vessels, commissioned by letters of marque or general reprisals, or otherwise by the authority of the United States in Congress assembled. ...
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United States. Continental Congress ; Thomson, Charles, 1729-1824 ; Claypoole, David C., 1757?-1849
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George the Third, by the grace of God, of Great-Britain, France, and Ireland ... Whereas, by a statute made and passed ... An act to prohibit all trade and intercourse with the colonies ... and also two acts made in the last session ... and whereas by a certain other statute ... An act for enabling the commissioners ... to grant commissions ... to take and make prizes ... three of our commissioners ... by their warrant ... the fourth day of June, in the year of Our Lord one thousand seven hundred and seventy-eight ... appointed our trusty and well-beloved William Tryon ...
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Great Britain. Sovereign (1760-1820 : George III) ; Tryon, William, 1729-1788 ; Bayard, Robert ; Rivington, James, 1724-1802 ; Brien, Mathew ; McDonald, James ; Etherington, Robert ; Philips, Jonathan ; Ross, David ; Stewart, William ; Robertson, James, 1717-1788 ; Whatman, James, 1741-1798 ; New York (Colony). Governor (1771-1780 : Tryon) ; New York (State). Governor (1780-1783 : Robertson) ; Surprize (Schooner) ; St. Patrick (Schooner) ; Trimmer (Schooner)
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In Congress, April 3, 1776. : Resolved, that every person intending to set forth and fit out a private ship or vessel of war, and applying for a commission or letters of marque and reprisal for that purpose, shall produce a writing, subscribed by him, containing the name, and tonnage or burthen of the ship or vessel, the number of her guns, with their weight of metal ...
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United States. Continental Congress ; Dunlap, John, 1747-1812 ; Hancock, John, 1737-1793
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In Congress, Wednesday, April 3, 1776. : Instructions to the commanders of private ships or vessels of war, which shall have commissions or letters of marque and reprisal, authorising them to make captures of British vessels and cargoes.
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United States. Continental Congress ; Hancock, John, 1737-1793
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In Congress, Wednesday. April 3, 1776. : Instructions to the commanders of private ships or vessels of war, which shall have commissions or letters of marque and reprisal, authorising them to make captures of British vessels and cargoes.
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United States. Continental Congress ; Jay, John, 1745-1829
