Prizes
Document 1793Policy toward prizes taken by belligerent nations; discusses foreign affairs; discusses maritime boundaries.
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Type
Letter Signed
Description
Policy toward prizes taken by belligerent nations; discusses foreign affairs; discusses maritime boundaries.
Date
11/12/1793
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Germantown
Repository
Document number
1793111200101
Page start
1
Note
This document is a surviving fragment of the George Clinton Papers, which suffered extensive damage in a 1911 fire in the State Capitol [New York]. Circular letter from the Secretary of War to the State Governors. See Knox to Clayton, 11/12/1793, Knox to Clinton, 11/12/1793, Knox to Mifflin, 11/12/1793, Knox to Fenner, 11/12/1793 and Knox to Lee, 11/12/1793.
Notable persons
George Clinton
Henry Knox
Governor New York
Secretary of War
President of United States
George Washington
belligerent nations
Notable locations
Germantown
United States
Notable items
foreign affairs
maritime boundaries
prizes
policy
