Disposal of Privateers' Booty in Massachusetts
Document 1798The President has ordered that privateers' prizes brought to Massachusetts should be returned to their original masters or to the consul of the country from which they were captured.
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Type
Contemporary Copy of Letter Signed
Description
The President has ordered that privateers' prizes brought to Massachusetts should be returned to their original masters or to the consul of the country from which they were captured.
Date
08/16/1798
Author
Sent from
War Department
Repository
Collection
Document number
1798081600001
Page start
1
Notable persons
Increase Sumner
James McHenry
Notable locations
War Department