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Author Williams, Greg H.

Title The French assault on American shipping, 1793-1813 : a history and comprehensive record of merchant marine losses / Greg H. Williams
Published Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland & Co., ©2009

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Description 1 online resource (v, 536 pages)
Contents Reported losses -- Cases illustrating important questions of law -- Disposition of claims under the act of January 20, 1885
Summary "During the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic eras, French privateers and cruisers legally and illegally took cargo from merchant vessels. Filed by descendants of anyone who had a financial interest, these claims give the approximation of American goods lost. Section I presents an index of losses, Section II presents court cases and Section III presents disposition of claims filed"--Provided by publisher
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (page 495) and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Napoleonic Wars, 1800-1815 -- Naval operations, French
Napoleonic Wars, 1800-1815 -- Claims
Merchant marine -- United States -- History -- 19th century
Merchant marine -- United States -- History -- 18th century
Shipping -- United States -- History -- 19th century
Shipping -- United States -- History -- 18th century
HISTORY.
Military operations, Naval -- French
Diplomatic relations
Merchant marine
Military operations, Naval
Shipping
SUBJECT France -- History -- Revolution, 1789-1799 -- Naval operations
France -- History -- Revolution, 1789-1799 -- Claims. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85051325
United States -- Foreign relations -- France
France -- Foreign relations -- United States
Subject France
United States
Genre/Form Claims
History
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780786454075
0786454075