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Category : Aliens
Languages : en
Pages : 324
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Letters of Marque and British Aliens in the U.S. During the War of 1812
Author: British Aliens in the United States During the War of 1812
Author: The War of 1812
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Category : Armed merchant ships
Languages : en
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In time of war the duties of the State Department have always been expanded. During the War of 1812 Congress authorized the Secretary of State to issue commissions of letters of marque and reprisal to private armed vessels permitting them to "cruise against the enemies of the United States." Owners of merchant vessels filed applications for the commissions with the State Department or with collectors of customs. Many collectors were allowed to issue to privateers, commissions received in blank from the Department of State. The collectors often sent on to the Department the original applications and forwarded periodically abstracts of the commissions they had granted. During the war the Department also issued permits for aliens to leave the U.S., and it received reports from U.S. marshals on aliens and prisoners of war in their districts, from collectors of customs and State Department agents on the impressment of seamen, and from the Department's "Secret Agents" on the movements of the British in the Chesapeake Bay area. The Department also had responsibility for negotiating the treaty at the end of the war.
The Encyclopedia of the War of 1812 [3 volumes]
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Author: Spencer C. TuckerPublisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN: 1851099573
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 1109
Book Description
This work is the most comprehensive reference work on the War of 1812 yet published, offering a multidisciplinary treatment of course, causes, effects, and specific details of the War that provides both quick reference and in-depth analysis for readers from the high school level to scholars in the field. The Encyclopedia of the War of 1812: A Political, Social, and Military History dedicates 872 entries—totaling some 600,000 words—to this important American war. It is the most comprehensive and significant reference work available on the subject. Its entries spotlight the key battles, standout individuals, essential weapons, and social, political, and economic developments, and examine the wider, concurrent European developments which directly affected this conflict in North America. A volume of primary documents provides more avenues for research. This three-volume work offers comprehensive, in-depth information in a format that lends itself to quick and easy use, making it ideal for high school, college, and university-level learners as well as general learning annexes and military libraries. Scholars of the period and students of American military history will find it essential reading.
Prologue
Author: War of 1812 Papers of the Department of State, 1789-1815
Author: United States. National Archives and Records ServicePublisher:
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Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 8
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Catalog of National Archives Microfilm Publications
Author: United States. National Archives and Records ServicePublisher:
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Category : Documents on microfilm
Languages : en
Pages : 184
Book Description
Preliminary Inventory of the General Records of the Department of State (Record Group 59)
Author: National Archives (U.S.)Publisher:
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Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 336
Book Description
National Archives Microfilm Publications
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Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 212
Book Description
Selected groups of our nation's records that have high research value.
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