History of laws prohibiting correspondence with a foreign government and acceptance of a commission
Subtitle: Memorandum on the history and scope of the laws prohibiting correspondence with a foreign government and acceptance of a commission to serve a foreign state in war, being sections five and nine of the federal penal code
By: by Charles Warren
Series: Document / 64th Congress, 2d session, Senate -- no. 696; Senate document (United States. Congress. Senate) -- 64th Congress, no. 696
Publisher: Govt. Print Off.
Published: 1917
Place of publication: Washington
Language: eng
Number of pages: 23
Subjects: Diplomacy; Political crimes and offenses; Recruiting and enlistment; Neutrality
Notes: Presented by Mr. Brandegee. Referred to the Committee on Printing January 29, 1917.

Issued also in 1915, without document series note, with title "Memorandum on the history and scope of the laws prohibiting correspondence with a foreign government ..."

"The immediate cause of the passage of the act of 1799 was the intermeddling of a private citizen, Dr. George Logan, in negotiations pending in l798 between the United States and France." - p. 4.

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