In Congress, May 2, 1780
Subtitle: Instructions to the captains and commanders of private armed vessels which shall have commissions or letters of marque and reprisal.
Contributors: Thomson, Charles, 1729-1824.; Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790, printer.; Continental Congress Broadside Collection (Library of Congress)
Publisher: Benjamin Franklin
Published: 1781
Place of publication: [Passy, France
Language: eng
Subjects: Privateering -- United States.; Prize law -- United States.
Notes: Evans 17021
Livingston, L.S.  Franklin and his press at Passy, 29
Journals of the Continental Congress, 331
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Signed on p. [2]: Extract from the minutes, Charles Thomson, secretary.
Originally published: Philadelphia : David Claypoole, 1780.
Imprint from Livingston. Probably printed about the end of April, 1781. Cf. Livingston, L.S.  Franklin and his press at Passy, p. 84-86.
Footnote to first article of text, at bottom of p. [1]: *This exception is taken away by an ordinance of Congress, of March the 27th, 1781, which see.
Source: Transfer from Manuscript Department, Library of Congress.