Capturing of American vessels and citizens

Item

Type

Autograph Letter Signed

Title

Capturing of American vessels and citizens

Description

Murray expresses outrage that the French are capturing American ships and citizens trading with Great Britain, along with the "Jacobin faction" in the United States who he alleges support this action.

year created

1796

month created

06

day created

27

recipient

in microfilm

in image

note

Partially illegible.

notable person/group

James McHenry
William Vans Murray
Alexander Hamilton
Dawkins
British
French
Jacobins
Democratic-Republicans

notable location

Philadelphia
village
Georgetown
woods
London
Britain
France

notable item/thing

House
acreage
land
bricks
installments
ship
vessels

notable idea/issue

Health
factions
Democratic-Republicanism
Quasi-War
Jay Treaty

document number

1796062740001

page start

1

number of pages

5

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Document instances

In image In source Location in source
[view document] (10 pages) KFD18 (10 pages) Collection: MMC, McHenry, James: mm85004543 [unknown]
[view document] (0 pages) BRC07 (0 pages) Collection: James McHenry Papers B: 1, 4, ink faded
[view document] (0 pages) [no image] Microfilm: James McHenry Papers [unknown]

Document names

Type Name Location Notes
Author William Vans Murray [unknown] [n/a]
Recipient James McHenry [unknown] [n/a]