Seizure of a French Cruiser
Document 1795Pickering orders the seizure of a French cruiser and discusses U. S. laws and neutrality.
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Type
Letter Signed
Description
Pickering orders the seizure of a French cruiser and discusses U. S. laws and neutrality.
Date
01/06/1795
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Department of War
Collection
Document number
1795010600201
Page start
1
Notable persons
Richard Dobbs Spaight, Governor of North Carolina
Timothy Pickering
Captain Brault
Notable locations
New Bern
Department of War
some port in the Chesapeake
Delaware River
Bombay
Philadelphia
Notable items
request of the President of the United States
requisite measures to be taken for seizing the above mentioned ship
her tackle furniture and stores
description of her and of her equipment
necessity of concealment
immediate cruise
cruiser contrary to our neutrality
law of the United States
such case provided has recently escaped from the river Delaware
report of the officers employed to seize her
ship called Les Jiemeaux (or "The Twins")