Ship Capture
Document 1793Action relative to ship taken by French Frigate [burned fragment, in large part illegible].
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[undecipherable: John Temple Bart.]
Britannic Majesty's
[undecipherable] Consul General [undecipherable]
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[The [undecipherable] acknowledge the receipt of your [undecipherable]
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the Republic a [undecipherable] [undecipherable] more [undecipherable]
on the [undecipherable] of [undecipherable] and
[undecipherable] counsel [undecipherable] Britannic [undecipherable] [to?]
me to re[undecipherable] directed, you would [undecipherable] the
appurtenances to be delivered over to the [undecipherable]
with according to law, for which purpose the
United States, by the district of New York had been
all as to institute, [undecipherable] against the [undecipherable]
transaction. [undecipherable] the civil authority [undecipherable]
to prevent the said [undecipherable] from proceeding [undecipherable]
[undecipherable] of [undecipherable] owners for the double [undecipherable]
[undecipherable] But your Excellency will notice [undecipherable]
Militia who will is [undecipherable] in a different [undecipherable]
ordered into service and [undecipherable] authority [undecipherable]
al of the United States has further [undecipherable]
you the disposition herein enclosed [undecipherable]
[undecipherable] raised to have be[undecipherable]
[undecipherable] within the limits of the post [undecipherable]
by the French frigates [undecipherable] and [undecipherable]
al of New York —
the President requests you would cause [undecipherable]
the Militia and of forwards [undecipherable]
Rules for the district of [undecipherable]
institute proceedings at law [undecipherable]
within the said Capture [undecipherable]
stitution of the United States
[undecipherable] be decided — But[undecipherable]
Type
Letterbook Copy
Description
Action relative to ship taken by French Frigate [burned fragment, in large part illegible].
Date
06/12/1793
Author
Recipient
Sent from
War Department
Repository
Document number
1793061200201
Page start
1
Note
This document is a surviving fragment of the George Clinton Papers, which suffered extensive damage in a 1911 fire at the State Capitol [New York].
Notable persons
George Clinton
Henry Knox
President
Britannic Majesty
John Temple
Consul General
French
militia
Notable locations
War Department
New York
United States
Notable items
belligerent powers
transaction
hostile purpose
frigate
French frigate
capture
requisite measures

