Message from the President of the United States communicating a report of the Secretary of State, in pursuance of a resolution of the sixth ultimo : requesting information respecting seizures, &c., of the ships and merchandise of the citizens of the United States under the authority of the government of Denmark and its dependencies.

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

United States. Department of State 8868

Contributor:

United States. President (1809-1817 : Madison)

United States. Congress. House

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Seizure of vessels and cargoes--79782.

Seizure of vessels and cargoes.

Prize courts--France.

Prize courts.

United States--Commerce--Denmark.

United States.

Denmark--Commerce--United States.

Denmark.

United States--Commerce--Norway.

Norway--Commerce--United States.

Norway.

Physical Description:

41 p. (4 folded) ; 21 cm. (8vo)

Place of Publication:

Washington City : Printed by R. C. Weightman, 1810.

Notes:

"January 12th, 1810, ordered to lie on the table."

Message addressed to the House.

Documents accompanying the brief report are: a memorial of Americansat Christiansand; a letter from the consul at Christiansand; a list of seized American vessels; a letter from the consul at Copenhagen; resolutions and memorial from merchants at Philadelphia.

Also includes: "Statement of American vessels condemned by the Imperial Council of Prizes at Paris, from the 18th of December, 1806, to the 26th of May, 1809," with longer notes on the most recent captures.

Signatures: [1]-7[superscript 4]8[superscript 2] (signatures 4, 5, & 6 comprise 1 fold. table each).

Local Notes:

Fold. table signed a; 41 p. tables included in pagination.

(Last l. blank).

Mathew Carey's copy.

Retrospective conversion record: RLIN.

HSP in LCP.

Recon note: Match points differ: microform record

Cited in:

Shaw & Shoemaker, 21728.