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Alexandria Daily Gazette, Commercial & Political
Alexandria, Virginia
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In the Kingdom of Westphalia, King Jerome Napoleon issued a decree on September 26 at Napoleonshoch, published October 7 in Cassel, mandating the seizure and confiscation of all English-manufactured merchandise and colonial produce entering the kingdom's frontiers, except for captured goods sold by French officers.
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Cassel, Oct. 7
The following decree dated at Napoleonshoch, September 26, has just been published :
Jerome Napoleon, &c. Our decrees of the 14th March and 17th September last, establishing a line of custom houses between the Rhine and the Weser, and extending this line along the borders of the Elbe from the Saxon frontiers to Hamburg:
Upon the report of our minister of finances and commerce, have decreed and do decree :
Art. I. That all merchandise of English manufacture, and colonial produce, shall be seized and confiscated on touching the frontiers of our kingdom, under whatever color it may be imported.
Art. II. Except all colonial produce captured and sold at auction by French officers, being accompanied by proper certificates.
[The remaining eight articles of this decree merely relate to the manner of sale. division of the property, payment, &c.]
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Kingdom Of Westphalia
Event Date
September 26
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seizure and confiscation of english merchandise and colonial produce at frontiers, with exceptions for captured goods sold by french officers
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Decree establishing custom houses and mandating confiscation of English goods and colonial produce entering the kingdom, building on prior decrees from March 14 and September 17