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Speech of Mr. Calhoun of South Carolina : In Senate, March 13, 1840. The following resolutions were taken up for consideration : Resolved, That a ship ... on the high seas, in time of peace, engaged in a lawful voyage, is according to the laws of nations, under the exclusive jurisdiction of the State to which her flag belongs ; as much so as if constituting a part of her own domain
Historical Society of Pennsylvania - Closed Stacks Td* 1840
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Calhoun, John C. (John Caldwell), 1782-1850.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Enterprize (Brig).
- Comet (Ship).
- Encomium (Ship).
- Washington, D.C. 1840.
- United States--Foreign relations--Great Britain.
- United States.
- Great Britain--Foreign relations--United States.
- Great Britain.
- Physical Description:
- 8 p. ; 23 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- [Washington, DC?, 1840]
- Summary:
- Concerns the brig Enterprise which was blown off its Charleston, S.C. course and whose negroes were forcibly seized by local British authorities in Bermuda.
- Notes:
- Caption title.
- Cited in:
- Checklist Amer. imprints 40-1238
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