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Spoliations and mal - treatment of the vessels of American citizens at sea , by French ships of war and privateers . Second . A long and distressing embargo , which detained many American vessels at Bordeaux in 1793 and 1794 . Third .
Spoliations and mal - treatment of the vessels of American citizens at sea , by French ships of war and privateers . Second . A long and distressing embargo , which detained many American vessels at Bordeaux in 1793 and 1794 . Third .
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I do not know that it has ever been contradicted or called in question ; that rea- son is , that the navy of the United States contains no vessels adapted to the enterprise , but consists of ships constructed and fitted for very ...
I do not know that it has ever been contradicted or called in question ; that rea- son is , that the navy of the United States contains no vessels adapted to the enterprise , but consists of ships constructed and fitted for very ...
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The vessels are to be accepted not as individual property , but as national vessels . They will absolutely cease to be under the direction , management , or control of the owners , and will be- come at once national ships , and for the ...
The vessels are to be accepted not as individual property , but as national vessels . They will absolutely cease to be under the direction , management , or control of the owners , and will be- come at once national ships , and for the ...
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Contents
BIOGRAPHICAL MEMOIR PAGE Xiij | ix |
SPEECHES IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES | 51 |
DEBATES IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES | 284 |
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| Title | The Works of William H. Seward, Volume 1 The Works of William H. Seward, William Henry Seward |
| Author | William Henry Seward |
| Editor | George E. Baker |
| Publisher | Houghton, Mifflin, 1887 |
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