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... REPORT : That the petitioners represent that they were owners of the private armed schooner Midas , commanded by captain Thomson ; that she engaged the British privateer Dash , captured and carried her into Savannah , where her crew ...
... REPORT : That the petitioners represent that they were owners of the private armed schooner Midas , commanded by captain Thomson ; that she engaged the British privateer Dash , captured and carried her into Savannah , where her crew ...
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..c of their detention , Even the marshals reno blacks or people laves - orders having . ordinary prisoners of I here that the British d from other prisoners , : ( l's of war , slaves cap; and it was before noto- , and within our waters ...
..c of their detention , Even the marshals reno blacks or people laves - orders having . ordinary prisoners of I here that the British d from other prisoners , : ( l's of war , slaves cap; and it was before noto- , and within our waters ...
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The committee have received from the Third Auditor the papers relative to the case , and find that a cartel had been executed for the exchange of prisoners between the American and British governments by which it was agreed that all ...
The committee have received from the Third Auditor the papers relative to the case , and find that a cartel had been executed for the exchange of prisoners between the American and British governments by which it was agreed that all ...
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Early in the year 1813 , it was ascertained here that the British officers in command at Halifax had separated from other prisoners , and refused to give up or exchange , as prisoners of war , slaves captured on the high seas , in one ...
Early in the year 1813 , it was ascertained here that the British officers in command at Halifax had separated from other prisoners , and refused to give up or exchange , as prisoners of war , slaves captured on the high seas , in one ...
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I do certify that the persons whose names and descriptions are above mentioned , being British prisoners of war , slaves captured by armed vessels of the United States , and detained since the war , have been delivered , by the Marshal ...
I do certify that the persons whose names and descriptions are above mentioned , being British prisoners of war , slaves captured by armed vessels of the United States , and detained since the war , have been delivered , by the Marshal ...
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| Title | Reports of Committees: 16th Congress, 1st Session - 49th Congress, 1st Session, Volume 1 United States congressional serial set |
| Author | United States. Congress. House |
| Original from | Oxford University |
| Digitized | 15 Dec 2006 |
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