Includes bibliographical references (p. 495) and index.
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.
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