Articles of agreement made and concluded upon, in [blank] on the [blank] 177[blank] between the owners, captain, officers and mariners belonging to the [blank] commanded by [blank] bound from [blank] on a cruize for [blank] months against the enemies of the [blank] United States of North-America.
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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. ..., 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
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. ...
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United States. Continental Congress ; Thomson, Charles, 1729-1824 ; Claypoole, David C., 1757?-1849
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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, May 2, 1780 : Instructions to the captains and commanders of private armed vessels which shall have commissions or letters of marque and reprisal, recto
Creator / Contributor
United States. Continental Congress ; Thomson, Charles, 1729-1824 ; Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790
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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, verso
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United States. Continental Congress ; Thomson, Charles, 1729-1824 ; Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790
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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.
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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
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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 ...
