Violation of Neutrality

Item

Type

Autograph Letter Signed

Title

Violation of Neutrality

Description

Deposition of Joseph Williams, captain of the schooner Charlotte, enclosed. Request that Matthews takes proper executive action against two privateers detained for their actions on Turks Island.

year created

1795

month created

10

day created

19

sent from location

War Office

recipient

in image

note

Cited in Mathews to Pickering, 11/19/1795.

cited note

Cited document sent from the War Office

notable person/group

George Mathews
Timothy Pickering
privateers
Joseph Williams
captain
Secretary of War
Peter Marshall
George Vice
foreign nation
officers
Governor Georgia

notable location

War Office
Georgia
Turks Island

notable item/thing

neutrality
privateers
justice
punishment
schooner Charlotte
Privateer Ship Unicorn
conviction

document number

1795101900101

page start

1

number of pages

1

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Document instances

In image In source Location in source
[view document] (1 pages) WAF11 (1 pages) Collection: Georgia Military Affairs, Volume 1,1775-1793. p. 274b

Document names

Type Name Location Notes
Author Timothy Pickering War Office [n/a]
Recipient George Mathews [unknown] [n/a]