Prizes

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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

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