An ordinance, ascertaining what captures on water shall be lawful
Subtitle: In pursuance of the powers delegated by the Confederation in cases of capture on water.
Contributors: Hanson, John, 1715-1783.; Thomson, Charles, 1729-1824.; Claypoole, David C., 1757?-1849, printer.; United States. Continental Congress.; Continental Congress Broadside Collection (Library of Congress)
Publisher: Printed by David C. Claypoole ...
Published: 1781
Place of publication: Philadelphia
Language: eng
Subjects: Prize law -- United States; United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Prizes, etc
Notes: Signed: John Hanson, president. Attest. Charles Thomson, secretary.
Followed by: The act referred to in the foregoing ordinance is as follows ...
LC copy annotated on verso: Ordinance of Congress respecting prizes, Decemr. 4, 1781.
Source: Transfer from Manuscript Division, Library of Congress.
Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site.
Evans 17393
Journals of the Continental Congress, 361