Letter from the secretary of the Navy, transmitting sundry statements, in relation to the expenditure of appropriations, to reward the officers and crews of certain vessels for captures made during the late war with Great Britain
Subtitle: December 17, 1818. Read, and ordered to lie upon the table
Series: Early American imprints -- no. 49821; House document (United States. Congress. House) -- 15th Congress, 2nd session, no. 42
Publisher: Printed by E. De Krafft.
Published: 1819
Place of publication: Washington City [D.C.]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 87
Subjects: Prizes (Property captured at sea); Accounting; History; Prizes; United States. Navy
Notes: At head of title, in square brackets: 42.

Letter of transmittal addressed to the speaker of the House of Representatives.

Report dated "Treasury Department, Fourth Auditor's Office, 21st November, 1818" and signed on p. 6: Constant Freeman, 4th auditor.

Error in paging: p. 20 misnumbered 10.

Last page blank.

"Statement ... exhibiting the amount of moneys appropriated by Congress, for rewarding the officers and crews of sundry vessels for captures made during the late war; the names of the prize agents, to whom the amounts were advanced; the amount expended by them, and the balances remaining in their hands unexpended ..."--folded leaf.

Report includes statements (p. 7-86) from agents George S. Wise, Jr., Samuel Hambleton and George Beall, Jr. showing the names and ranks of seamen who received prize money for captures while serving on the Wasp, and at the Lake Erie and Lake Champlain stations; as well as a report (p. 87) from Charles Biddle showing the total amount disbursed to the crew of the Hornet.

Shaw & Shoemaker 49821

Microform version available in the Readex Early American Imprints series.