Blood money; or how Southern rebels encourage piracy.
Collection Title
Patriotic envelope collection. Series I: Civil War envelopes, 1861-1865.
Title
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
Creator / Contributor
United States ; Continental Congress. ; Thomson, Charles ; 1729-1824 ; Claypoole, David C. ; 1757?-1849
Title
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
Creator / Contributor
Great Britain ; Sovereign (1760-1820 : George III) ; New York (Colony) ; Governor (1771-1780 : Tryon). ; New York (State) ; Governor (1780-1783 : Robertson) ; Surprize (Schooner) ; St. Patrick (Schooner) ; Trimmer (Schooner) ; 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
Title
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
Creator / Contributor
United States ; Continental Congress. ; Dunlap, John ; 1747-1812 ; Hancock, John ; 1737-1793
Title
In Congress, May 2, 1780: Instructions to the captains and commanders of private armed vessels which shall have commissions or letters of marque and reprisal
Creator / Contributor
United States ; Continental Congress. ; Thomson, Charles ; 1729-1824 ; Franklin, Benjamin ; 1706-1790
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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
Creator / Contributor
United States ; Continental Congress. ; Hancock, John ; 1737-1793
Title
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
Creator / Contributor
United States ; Continental Congress. ; Jay, John ; 1745-1829
Title
Know all men by these presents, that we [blank] are held and firmly bound to [blank] president of the Congress of the United Colonies of New-Hampshire, Massachusetts-Bay, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New-York, New-Jersey, Pennsylvania, the counties of Newcastle, Kent, and Sussex on Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, North-Carolina, South-Carolina, and Georgia, to be paid to the said [blank] ... in trust for the use of the said United Colonies
Title
[Manuscript copy of letter from Peter Stapel to Messrs. Saml. & Wm. Vernon]
Creator / Contributor
Stapel, Peter ; Vernon, William, 1719-1806 ; Vernon, Samuel, 1711-1792 ; Marselis, Jan van ; Marselis, Theodore, van ; Griek, Jacob, Captain ; Bowler, Mr. ; Allen, Thomas
