Seizure of Foreign Shipping
Item
Type
Copy of Signed Document
Title
Seizure of Foreign Shipping
Description
Knox discusses the seizure of a ship and foreign affairs with Governor Richard Dobbs Spaight of North Carolina. Specifically the Spanish.
year created
1793
month created
01
day created
13
author
sent from location
War Department
recipient
in collection
in image
notable person/group
Richard Dobbs Spaight, Governor
Henry Knox
Marshal
Ministers
Accountant
Spanish
privateers
notable location
War Department
Germantown
North Carolina
Spain
notable item/thing
letters
error
prizes
proscribed privateers
our ports
former owners
evidence in your possession
money
Spanish Brig
agents
Captain or owner
agent
expense
general government
accounts
asylum to any armed vessels fitted originally in our ports as Cruisers
warlike equipments.
document number
1793011300001
page start
1
number of pages
2
Item sets
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Document instances
| In image | In source | Location in source | |
|---|---|---|---|
| [view document] (3 pages) | ADJ17 (3 pages) | Collection: Henry Knox Papers | Folder 1 |
Document names
| Type | Name | Location | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Author | Henry Knox | War Department | [n/a] |
| Recipient | Richard Dobbs Spaight | [unknown] | [n/a] |