By the commissioners for executing the office of Lord High Admiral of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, &c
Subtitle: whereas by His Majesty's commission under the great seal of Great Britain, bearing date the 16th day of June, 1803 ... we ... are required ... to issue ... letters of marque ... to any of His Majesty's subjects ... for apprehending ... ships, vessels and goods, belonging to the Batavian Republic ...
Contributors: Duckworth, John Thomas, Sir
Publisher: G. Cooke
Published: 1803
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Subjects: Privateering
Other titles: Instructions for the commanders of such merchant ships or vessels, who shall have letters of marque and reprisals for private men of war, against the ships, goods, and subjects of the Batavian Republic ..., bearing date the sixteenth day of June 1803 ...
Notes: Form authorizing the bearer to grant letters of marque for the taking of ships, etc., belonging to the Batavian Republic.

Includes "Instructions for the commanders of such merchant ships or vessles, who shall have letters of marque and reprisals" (7, [1] p.), with imprint: Printed by George Cooke, Dunstan's Hill, Tower Street. Also includes "Commission--Letters of marque" (p. [3-4], 1st group).

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National Library of Canada copy was issued to John Thomas Duckworth, governor of Newfoundland, on 23 May 1810.