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

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Title: John Adams, president of the United States of America, to all who shall see these presents, greeting: know ye
Contributor: Congdon, Theodore G., donor
Date Created and/or Issued: 1800
Contributing Institution: Huntington Library
Collection: Prints and Ephemera
Rights Information: For information on use of Digital Library materials, please see Library Rights and Permissions: https://www.huntington.org/library-rights-permissions
Description: 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.
Handwritten manuscript text on verso.
Type: image
Extent: 1 letterpress : uncolored ; overall 42.86 x 34.93 cm (16 7/8 x 13 3/4 in.)
Identifier: priTEC 0166
http://hdl.huntington.org/cdm/ref/collection/p9539coll1/id/23886
Language: English
Subject: Letters of marque
Privateering--Law and legislation
Relief prints--1800-1825. (gmgpc)
Source: Theodore G. and Eleanor S. Congdon Maritime Collection.
Naval
Prints
Prints and Ephemera, Huntington Digital Library

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