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Extract from the act of Congress, passed the 28th day of May, 1796, entitled "An act for the relief and protection of American seamen."

Van Pelt - Microtext Microfiche 821 no. 31337
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Format:
Government document
Microformat
Author/Creator:
United States.
Contributor:
Olney, Jeremiah, 1749-1812.
Series:
Early American imprints. First series ; no. 31337.
Standardized Title:
Act for the relief and protection of American seamen
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Sailors--United States.
Sailors.
United States.
Impressment.
Maritime law--United States.
Maritime law.
Genre:
Broadsides.
Physical Description:
1 sheet (1 unnumbered page)
4x6 in.
monochrome
service copy
negative
Place of Publication:
[Providence] : [publisher not identified], [1796]
Notes:
Sections 5 and 6 of the act, concerning American seamen detained or seized by any foreign power.
One of two editions printed at Providence, R.I. The first line of the title ends "the 28th", section 5 contains nineteen lines of text and section 6 contains thirteen lines. Cf. Alden 1510.
Microfiche. [New York : Readex Microprint, 1985] 11 x 15 cm. (Early American imprints. First series ; no. 31337).
Cited in:
Evans 31337
Alden, J.E. Rhode Island, 1511
OCLC:
55839193

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