Mexican letters of marque had immediately filled the Gulf.
Basta, what I know is that every week some ship with a letter of marque steals one of my consignments, and I lose many hundreds of dollars.
Formerly an individual might be commissioned by a letter of marque and reprisal to obtain satisfaction from a state for injuries which he had suffered.
The indemnity was to be paid on the 10th of July, but that date having passed without a settlement, Great Britain issued letters of marque and ordered all Spanish vessels in her waters to be seized.
They wanted licenses to trade there with five or six able ships, and letters of marque to use in case of obstruction, or a refusal to comply with certain demands.
Meanwhile letters of marque were issued to privateers for the West Indies, which drove the Spaniards to send their treasure from Peru to Buenos Ayres, a route that had been abandoned since the time of Queen Elizabeth.
In the early years of the seventeenth century few of the adventurers had any commissions, but as the mother countries began to establish settlements, letters of marque were granted when there was a war.
British sloop of war Barbados, captured the United States letter of marquebrigantine Vidette, 3 guns, 30 men.
The states general of Holland issued letters of marque and reprisal against England.
Counter declaration by the king of England against the emperor of Russia, and an order in council issued for granting letters of marque and reprisal against Russia.
Letters of marque and reprisal issued by Great Britain against Spain.
United States letter of marque brig Aspasia, 3 guns and 25 men, captured by the British ship Voluntaire.
The boats of the British ship Forth, under the direction of lieutenant Neville, carried by boarding and destroyed the American letter of marque brig Regent, 5 guns and 35 men, at the mouth of Little Egg harbor.
Adams, cruising for men in the Bristol Channel, one day fell in with the Princess Augusta, a letter of marque whose crew had risen upon their officers and tried to take the ship.
Her commission or letter of marque of course protected her, but when she was inward-bound that circumstance carried no weight.
To declare war, grant letters of marque and reprisal, and make rules concerning captures on land and water; 12.
To declare war, grant letters of marque and reprisal, and make rules concerning captures on land and water.
Numerous ships were put in commission, and letters of marque and reprisal were issued by the Admiralty against Spain.
Letters of marque and reprisal were now granted by the Admiralty against the thirteen revolted provinces.
To declare war, grant letters of marque and reprisal, and make rules concerning captures on land and water; Eleventh.
The act of parliament requires that on granting letters of marqueand reprisal, the captain and two sureties shall appear and give security.
In 1778 it was decided that all the ships taken from France by vessels having letters of marque only against the Americans, became droits of admiralty.
Besides this regular naval force, the President has asked, and Congress has given him, authority to convert the mercantile marine into armed squadrons, by the issue of letters of marque and reprisal.
The Confederate Government had issued letters of marque for privateers almost from the first; and its Congress had authorized the raising of an army of one hundred thousand volunteers for one year.
On April 17, Jefferson Davis, the President of the Confederacy, had called for thirty-two thousand troops, and had offered letters of marque to vessels to attack American commerce.
The La Marque and the crimson rose, sometimes called Louis Philippe, seem to keep their last year's foliage till spring pushes it off with new leaves.
That letters of marque should be issued to private individuals, empowering them to fit out vessels for the capture of slavers.
Lord Glenelg, in a powerful speech, objected to Lord Brougham's propositions of issuing letters of marque to privateers, and the discontinuance of head-money.
This declaration was followed by a spirited reply on the part of the British government, by the British ambassador's leaving Petersburgh, and by a grant of letters of marque and reprisals against Russian vessels.
In return for this injury congress passed an act, in November, granting letters ofmarque and reprisal, and establishing courts of admiralty for the trial and condemnation of British ships.
Some were letters-of-marque and illegitimate traders and enjoyed the protection of merchants and officials on shore, while others were outlaws.
I recommend that Congress should immediately provide by law for granting letters of marque and reprisal against vessels under the Mexican flag.
In the meantime, they resolved on the 12th of this month to distribute letters of marque to privateers, and orders to the ships of the State, to seize everything they can belonging to the English.
The Constitution confers upon Congress the power to declare war, grant letters of marqueand reprisal, and make rules concerning captures on land and water.
A Letter of Marque and Reprisal is the technical term for a commission issued to an individual by a belligerent government authorizing him to prey upon the commerce of the enemy.
Marque and reprisal, letters of, power to grant, proposed, iv.
XII No State shall coin money; nor grant letters of marque and reprisal; nor enter into any Treaty, alliance, or confederation; nor grant any title of Nobility.
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