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Documents accompanying the Message of the President of the United States, to the two houses of Congress, at the opening of the first session of the Twelfth Congress, November 6th, 1811 Read, and ordered to be printed
Historical Society of Pennsylvania - Library Company LCP Old HSP TK* 215
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- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Little Belt (Ship).
- Prizes (Property captured at sea).
- United States--History--War of 1812--Causes.
- President (U.S. frigate).
- United States--Foreign relations--1809-1812.
- Physical Description:
- 320 p. : 12 fold. tab. ; 22 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Washington City: Printed by R.C. Weightman, 1811.
- Notes:
- Official corespondence upon matters leading to the war of 1812, etc.
- "... Proceedings of a court of inquiry ... the thirtieth day of August, 1811 [regarding the engagement bewtween the U.S. frigate President and the British vessel of war Little Belt, May 16, 1811. Inquiry ordered by the secretary of the navy]": p. 237-320.
- Consists of diplomatic correspondence, principally with Great Britain, but also with France and Denmark; tables of U.S. ships held as prizes by the 3 countries; and proceedings of the court of inquiry on the Little Belt affair.
- Local Notes:
- HSP copy on deposit in the Library Company of Philadelphia.
- Cited in:
- Shaw & Shoemaker, 24142
- OCLC:
- 26481547
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