Henry Knox L.S., War Department, Philadelphia, 26 March, 1794 : to His Excellency the Governor of the State of North Carolina
1794
MSS 80-J M
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Title
Henry Knox L.S., War Department, Philadelphia, 26 March, 1794 : to His Excellency the Governor of the State of North Carolina
Published
Philadelphia : 1794
Description
[1] p. on 2 conjugate leaves ; 23 cm. (4to)
Call Number
MSS 80-J M
Note
Partially printed letter signed.
Encloses resolve of Congress (not present), laying a 30-day embargo on vessels bound for foreign ports, and requests strict enforcement.
"All armed vessels possessing public commissions from any foreign powers (letters of marque excepted) are considered as not liable to the embargo."
Background: After Great Britain had captured more than 250 American ships trading in the French West Indies, James Madison proposed stringent measures such as sequestering British debts and stopping all trade with England. Though initially reluctant, Congress, compelled by the public's outrage to do something, the Federalists agreed on a short-term general embargo as the least harmful alternative. By embargoing all ships, foreign and domestic, in American harbors, the measure would ostensibly affect all nations alike, thus avoiding a direct challenge to Great Britain.
Watermark: Budgen. Cf. Gravell. Foreign watermarks, p. 222, no. 20; similar to figure 116, p. 53.
Encloses resolve of Congress (not present), laying a 30-day embargo on vessels bound for foreign ports, and requests strict enforcement.
"All armed vessels possessing public commissions from any foreign powers (letters of marque excepted) are considered as not liable to the embargo."
Background: After Great Britain had captured more than 250 American ships trading in the French West Indies, James Madison proposed stringent measures such as sequestering British debts and stopping all trade with England. Though initially reluctant, Congress, compelled by the public's outrage to do something, the Federalists agreed on a short-term general embargo as the least harmful alternative. By embargoing all ships, foreign and domestic, in American harbors, the measure would ostensibly affect all nations alike, thus avoiding a direct challenge to Great Britain.
Watermark: Budgen. Cf. Gravell. Foreign watermarks, p. 222, no. 20; similar to figure 116, p. 53.
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