Concerning Naval Force adequate to protection of commerce of the United States against Algiers.
Document 1794A report from a Congressional committee regarding the best course of action to take to protect the commerce of the United States against corsairs from Algeria. Proposes a number of vessels and various taxes to fund the shipbuilding and crews. Read to the House of Representatives on January 20, 1794.
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Printed Document
Description
A report from a Congressional committee regarding the best course of action to take to protect the commerce of the United States against corsairs from Algeria. Proposes a number of vessels and various taxes to fund the shipbuilding and crews. Read to the House of Representatives on January 20, 1794.
Date
01/20/1794
Collection
Document number
1794012093600
Note
Copy of letter printed in American State Papers, Naval Affairs Series, vol. 1, 5-available at http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/amlaw/lwsplink.html.
Notable persons
Mr. Fitzsimmons
Thomas Fitzsimons
Algerians
Algerines
officers and seamen
President of the United States
House of Representatives
Congressional committee
Algerian corsairs
Notable locations
Algeria
United States
Notable items
naval force
light vessels
guns
ships
naval armament
stores and provisions
duty
stone ware
earthen ware
marble and slate, bricks
salt
foreign trade
revenues