Proposed Rules Governing Belligerents' Use of American Ports
Document 1793The cabnet members provide proposed rules governing vessels of the belligerents in the war between Britain and France being armed and equipped in American ports. Privateers or those vessels adapted solely for war are deemed unlawful while those fitted for commerce or for commerce and war are lawful.
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Type
Draft Document
Description
The cabnet members provide proposed rules governing vessels of the belligerents in the war between Britain and France being armed and equipped in American ports. Privateers or those vessels adapted solely for war are deemed unlawful while those fitted for commerce or for commerce and war are lawful.
Date
08/03/1793
Author
Sent from
Philadelphia
Collection
Document number
1793080300100
Note
The document was approved by Hamilton, Jefferson, Knox, and Randolph. It is in the handwriting of Hamilton.
Notable persons
Cabinet
Alexander Hamilton, Secretary of the Treasury
Thomas Jefferson, Secretary of State
Henry Knox, Secretary of War
Edmund Randolph, Attorney General
belligerent parties
people of property of France
Notable locations
Philadelphia
Notable items
arming and equipping vessels in the ports of the U.S.
military service, offensive or defensive
equipments of merchant vessels
vessels of war
commerce
Treaty of Amity and Commerce with France
vessels fitted for merchandise
commissions
privateers
Treaty with the United Netherlands
Treaty with Prussia