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Jefferson Davis, president of the Confederate States of America

Description: 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.
Type: Visual Materials(Opens in new tab)
Date: 1864
Call number: priTEC 0183
Creator: Congdon, Theodore G(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Gift of Theodore G. and Eleanor S. Congdon, 2006.

John Adams, president of the United States of America, to all who shall see these presents, greeting: know ye

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Image of a letter of marque certificate signed by President John Adams and Secretary of State Timothy Pickering authorizing captain Stephen Webb of the ship America to seize any armed French vessel found within the judicial limits of the United States; embossed United States seal at bottom left.

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James Madison, president of the United States of America, to all who shall see these presents, greeting:

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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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James Madison, president of the United States of America, to all who shall see these presents, greeting:

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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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By the president of the United States of America. Suffer the

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Image of a lighthouse on a rocky promontory with ships sailing nearby and image of a ship at sea at the top of a blank letter of safe conduct certificate granting the ship the ability to pass without "hindrance, seizure, or molestation;" embossed United States seal at bottom left; signed by President Thomas Jefferson and Secretary of State James Madison.

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By the president of the United States of America. Suffer the ship Maria of New York, James Davis

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Image of a lighthouse on a rocky promontory with ships sailing nearby and image of a ship at sea at the top of a letter of safe conduct certificate for the ship Maria granting the ability to pass without "hindrance, seizure, or molestation;" embossed United States seal at bottom left; signed by President James Madison and Secretary of State Robert Smith.

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John Adams, president of the United States of America, to all who shall see these presents, greeting:

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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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Jefferson Davis, president of the Confederate States of America

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