...sovereign power, passed an act for encouraging the fitting out of armed vessels to defend the sea coast of America, and for erecting a court to try and condemn...one of the most important documents in history."+ The British ministry have, in later days, been exculpated from the charge of issuing such a desolating...

...sovereign power, passed an act for encouraging the fitting out of armed vessels to defend the sea coast of America, and for erecting a court to try and condemn...found infesting the same. This act, granting letters * Letter from Gen. Greene to Gov. Cooke. J Am. Archives, iii. 1145. t Letter .to the President of Congress....

...fitting out of armed vessels to defend the sea-coast of America, and fur erecting a court to try aud condemn all vessels that should be found infesting...and reprisal, anticipated any measure of the kind on I he part of the General Government, and was pronounced by John Adams, "one of the most important documents...

...sovereign power, passed an act for encouraging the fitting out of armed vessels to defend the sea coast of America, and for erecting a court to try and condemn all vessels that should be found infesting the sume. This net, granting letters * Letter from Gen. Greene to Gov. Cooke. J Am. Archives, ill 11*5t...

...General Court of Massachusetts passed an act encouraging the fitting out of armed vessels," and one for " erecting a court to try and condemn all vessels that should be found infesting " the Americancoast. This act was passed on November loth, and John Adams declared it one of the most important...

...General Court passed " An act for encouraging the fixing out of armed vessels to defend the sea coast of America, and for erecting a court to try and condemn all vessels that shall be found infesting the same," 3 and on the twenty-fifth a special committee appointed by congress...

...1, 1775, passed " An Act for Encouraging the Fixing out of Armed Vessells, to defend the Sea Coast of America, and for Erecting a Court to Try and Condemn all Vessells that shall be found infesting the same." The preamble of this important measure, written by...

...for fixing out armed vessels to defend the sea coast of America, and for erecting a Court of Justice to try and condemn all vessels that should be found infesting the same. [Acts and Laws of Mass. 1776-1780; 1777 Chap. IB: p.57.| An act for regulating trials in the Maritime...

...this Colony, entitled an Act for Encouraging the fixing out of Armed Vessells to defend the Sea Coasts of America and for erecting a Court to try and Condemn all Vessells that shall be found infesting the same. If therefore the said AB shall and do in and by all...

...the Third, King &c. An Act for Encouraging the Fixing out of Armed Vessells to defend the Sea Coast of America, and for Erecting a Court to Try and Condemn all Vessells that shall be found infesting the same. Whereas the Present Administration of Great Britain,...