Office for Foreign Affairs, 29th September, 1785
Subtitle: The secretary of the United States, for the Department of Foreign Affairs, in obedience to the order of Congress, reports the draft of an ordinance for the trial of piracies and felonies committed on the high seas.
Contributors: Jay, John, 1745-1829.; United States. Continental Congress.; Continental Congress Broadside Collection (Library of Congress)
Publisher: s.n.
Published: 1785
Place of publication: [New York
Language: eng
Subjects: Maritime law -- United States.; Pirates -- Early works to 1800.
Genres: Early works to 1800.
Notes: Evans 19321
Journals of the Continental Congress, 501
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Read October 3, 1785. Cf. Journals of the Continental Congress, v. 29, p. 797-805.
Caption title.
Signed on p. [4]: All which is submitted to the wisdom of Congress. John Jay.
Imprint from Evans. Formerly ascribed to the press of John Dunlap in JCC, v. 29, p. 928 (#501); but later volumes reject Dunlap as printer. Cf. JCC, v. 33, p. 753.
LC copy annotated on p. [4]: Report of an ordinance on the trial of piracies and felonies committed on the high seas. Secy of Foreign Affairs 29 Sept. 85.