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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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Title: James Madison, president of the United States of America, to all who shall see these presents, greeting:
Contributor: Congdon, Theodore G., donor
Date Created and/or Issued: 1813
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 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.
Type: image
Extent: 1 letterpress : uncolored ; overall 32.39 x 40.32 cm (12 3/4 x 15 7/8 in.)
Identifier: priTEC 0171
http://hdl.huntington.org/cdm/ref/collection/p9539coll1/id/23895
Language: English
Subject: Letters of marque
Privateering--Law and legislation
Relief prints--1800-1825. (gmgpc)
Source: Theodore G. and Eleanor S. Congdon Maritime Collection.
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Prints
Prints and Ephemera, Huntington Digital Library

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