DOCUMENTS ACCOMPANYING A BILL MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR DEFRAYING THE EXPENSES WHICH MAY ARISE FROM CARRYING INTO EFFECT THE CONVENTION MADE BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES, AND THE FRENCH REPUBLIC.

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Published by Washington: Printed by William Duane, 1802.

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Congressional printing of documents relating to French cargo, vessels, and prisoners taken by American privateers in the West Indies, published shortly after the Convention of 1800 went into force on December 21, 1801. The Convention, which assured the United States's neutrality during France's war with with Britain and ended the recent "Quasi-War," provided for each country to compensate the other for vessels and cargo seized since 1798. The present pamphlet includes an inventory of goods taken from the prize schooner Buonaparte and their prices realized at sale in August 1799. SHAW & SHOEMAKER 3276. 20pp. Printed self-wrappers, stitched. Foxed, else very good, untrimmed and partially unopened.

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• Title: DOCUMENTS ACCOMPANYING A BILL MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR DEFRAYING THE EXPENSES WHICH MAY ARISE FROM CARRYING INTO EFFECT THE CONVENTION MADE BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES, AND THE FRENCH REPUBLIC.
• Publisher: Washington: Printed by William Duane, 1802.