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
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United States ; Continental Congress. ; Thomson, Charles ; 1729-1824 ; Franklin, Benjamin ; 1706-1790
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In Congress, May 21, 1776: Resolved, that all persons taken in arms on board any prize, be deemed prisoners, to be taken care of by the supreme executive power in each colony to which they are brought, whether the prize be taken by vessels fitted out by the Continent, or by others
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United States ; Continental Congress. ; Thomson, Charles ; 1729-1824 ; Dunlap, John ; 1747-1812
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Philadelphia. In Congress, May 21, 1776: Resolved, that all persons taken in arms on board any prize, be deemed prisoners, to be taken care of by the supreme executive power in each colony to which they are brought, whether the prize be taken by vessels fitted out by the Continent, or by others ; In Congress, May 21, 1776
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United States ; Continental Congress. ; Thomson, Charles ; 1729-1824 ; Dunlap, John ; 1747-1812