Opening Hours
Daily: 10 A.M.–5 P.M.
Closed on Tuesdays
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108
Visual Materials
Visual Materials
Daily: 10 A.M.–5 P.M.
Closed on Tuesdays
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108
Visual Materials
Image of a letter of marque certificate signed by President James Madison and Secretary of State James Monroe authorizing the schooner Industry to seize any armed British vessel found within the judicial limits of the United States; embossed United States seal at bottom left.
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Image of a blank letter of marque certificate signed by President James Madison and Secretary of State James Monroe authorizing the schooner Industry to seize any Algerine vessel found within the judicial limits of the United States; embossed United States seal at bottom left.
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Image of a letter of safe conduct certificate signed by President John Adams and Secretary of State Timothy Pickering issued to captain John Dobson of the ship Nancy; embossed United States seal at bottom left.
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Image of a blank letter of marque certificate signed by President of the Confederate States of America Jefferson Davis and Secretary of State Judah P. Benjamin authorizing the ship to act as a private armed vessel against the United States of America during the American Civil War; embossed seal at bottom left.
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Image of a lighthouse on a rocky promontory with ships sailing nearby and sun rising on the horizon in background at the top of a letter of safe conduct certificate for the brig Peggy of Newport, Rhode Island, granting the ship the ability to pass without "hindrance, seizure, or molestation;" embossed United States seal at bottom left; signed by President George Washington and Secretary of State Timothy Pickering.
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Image of a leaflet brochure outlining an act "concerning letters of marque, prizes ad prize goods" from the United States Congress with "instructions for the private armed vessels of the United States" signed by Secretary of State Jams Monroe.
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