State Courts to Apprehend Privateers Prizes
Item
Type
Letter Signed
Title
State Courts to Apprehend Privateers Prizes
Description
Letter, directs actions re privateers & captured prizes; alludes to foreign hostilities & United States neutrality; discusses judicial system.
short description
Ltr, dir actions re privateers & prizes
year created
1793
month created
08
day created
21
author
sent from location
War Department
recipient
in collection
in image
note
Circular letter to the State Governors.
content note
Content entries for this address leaf are based on the assumption that this document covers a version of the circular letter to the State Governors of this date.
notable person/group
Henry Lee
Henry Knox
Secretary of War
Governor of the State of North Carolina
President of United States
American citizens
neutrals
executive
President Washington
notable location
War Department
Virginia
Delaware
North Carolina
Newbern
notable item/thing
neutrality
judicial system
privateers
directed by the president to inform you that he wishes their cases to be brought before the judicial tribunals
take into consideration any representation which may be made to him
cause such prizes to be restored to the persons who were masters or owners at the time of their being captured
persons should be found
consul
power to which the prize belonged at the time of its capture
delivered to him or to his orders
interposition of the Executive is rendered necessary by our courts having hitherto declined to take cognizance of such cases
instance of American citizens and other neutrals there has yet appeared no objection in the courts to interpose
registered
President of the United States has instructed me to request your excellency
privateers specified in my letter
prizes belonging to any of the belligerent parties into any harbour or port
War Department
free
Governor of the State of North Carolina
document number
1793082100101
page start
1
Item sets
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Document instances
| In image | In source | Location in source | |
|---|---|---|---|
| [view document] (2 pages) | LBG09 (2 pages) | Collection: Executive Papers, Office of Governors Letters | B: 80, (Henry Lee) |
Document names
| Type | Name | Location | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Author | Henry Knox | War Department | [n/a] |
| Recipient | Henry Lee | [unknown] | [n/a] |