The Revolutionary War prize cases : records of the Court of Appeals in Cases of Capture, 1776-1787
"Shortly after the Revolution entered its military phase, armed vessels serving under the individual Colonies began to prey upon British commerce. In addition, the Continental Congress caused ships to be outfitted to intercept vessels bringing provisions to the beseiged British garrison in Bost...
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| OCLC: | 6597499 |
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| Idioma: | English |
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Washington :
National Archives and Records Service,
1949.
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| Col·lecció: | National Archives microfilm publications.
microcopy no. 162. NARA ; M162. |
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| Format: | Document de govern Monograph Microform Note that CRL will digitize material from the collection when copyright allows. |
| Sumari: | "Shortly after the Revolution entered its military phase, armed vessels serving under the individual Colonies began to prey upon British commerce. In addition, the Continental Congress caused ships to be outfitted to intercept vessels bringing provisions to the beseiged British garrison in Boston. There was need for a speedy and regular condemnation of the prizes taken by all these ships. Failure to provide for such action might well lead to conflict among the Colonies. The vice-admiralty courts that had existed under the British had for the most part disappeared and it was necessary to create new courts or broaden the jurisdictions of existing ones"--Introduction. "On January 15, 1780, the Congress, after numerous delays, provided for the establishment of a Court of Appeals consisting of three judges with authority to appoint their own Register. (During the entire existence of the Court five men served as judges: William Paca, Titus Hosmer, Cyrus Griffin, Georege Read, and John Lowell.) Brief summaries of each case can be found in the National Archives descriptive pamphlet filmed at the beginning of each roll in this record. |
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| Descripció de l’ítem: | Records of prize cases heard on appeal from Colonial and State courts by committees of the Continental Congress (1776-80)--and by the Court of Appeals in Cases of Capture (1780-86) Material for cases not reported in 2 Dallas 1-42 collected by J.C. Bancroft Davis and arbitrarily numbered 1-109 in the order in which they were presented to the committees of the Congress of the Court of Appeals. Originals in the U.S. Supreme Court custody. |
| Descripció física: | 15 microfilm reels ; 35 mm. |
| Bibliografia: | An index to cases for this entire microfilm record is included on each roll. |