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Norfolk Gazette And Publick Ledger
Norfolk, Virginia
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Napoleon issues a decree on January 25, 1807, in Warsaw, ordering the confiscation, inventory, distribution to France or military use, and on-site sale of English merchandise in Hamburg and the Hanseatic towns, following prior decrees.
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Extract from the Minutes of the Secretary of State
"Palais, at Warsaw, Jan. 25, 1807.
Napoleon, emperor of the French and king of Italy.
Since our decree of the 21st of November, ordering the confiscation of all English merchandize, in whatever hands they might be lodged :
Since our decree of the 15th December, ordering that all English merchandise and property at Hamburg, and in the Hanseatic Towns, should be sent to France, we have decreed, and do decree as follows :
Art. 1. The merchandize, subject to confiscation in pursuance of our decree of the 21st of Nov. shall be deposited in a special magazine, and placed under the care of a French agent.
Art. 2. An inventory must be made, and presented to our intendant general, who will immediately transmit it to our minister of finance.
Art. 3. The colonial produce, the articles chiefly necessary in the manufactures, the fine cloths, and the works in silks, must be sent to France subject to the authority of our minister of finance, and placed in his depository.
Art. 4. The goods, the spirits, cloths proper for the service of the army, and other articles capable of being rendered useful, must all be placed in the military magazine.
Art. 5. The coarser description of merchandise, such as iron, wood, coals, beer, potash, &c. must be sold upon the spot where they have been sequestered.
Art. 6. The produce of the sales in the territory occupied by the army must be placed in the fund of general contributions, and that of the sales in France in the banks.
Art. 7. Our minister of finance, and our intendant general, are charged with the execution of the present decree.
Signed,
NAPOLEON.
On the part of the emperor, the minister secretary of state,
Hugues B. Maret.
Conformable to the copy of the intendant general of the army.
Daru.
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Foreign News Details
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Hamburg And Hanseatic Towns
Event Date
Jan. 25, 1807
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confiscated english merchandise to be inventoried, deposited, sent to france for manufacture or military use, or sold on-site with proceeds directed to funds or banks.
Event Details
Napoleon decrees the handling of English merchandise confiscated per prior orders: deposit in magazines under French agents, inventory for finance minister, send colonial produce, fine cloths, silks to France; place useful goods in military magazines; sell coarser items like iron, wood, coals on-site.