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The New Hampshire Gazette
Portsmouth, Rockingham County, New Hampshire
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The US Senate passed a resolution on Wednesday last directing the secretary to gather from customs collectors accounts of vessels and cargoes captured or detained by foreign nations since January 1, 1796, for presentation to the Senate.
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The following resolution passed the Senate of the United States on Wednesday last.
Resolved, that the secretary be, and he is hereby directed to obtain from the collectors of the customs of the principal collecting districts of the United States, an account exhibiting the number and tonnage of the vessels and the estimated value of their cargoes that have been captured or detained since the first of Jan. 1796, from their respective districts, by or under the authority of foreign nations, distinguishing the vessels captured or detained by each nation, and that the said secretary lay the result of the information so obtained as soon as may be before the Senate.
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United States Senate
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Wednesday Last
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resolution passed
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Resolved, that the secretary be, and he is hereby directed to obtain from the collectors of the customs of the principal collecting districts of the United States, an account exhibiting the number and tonnage of the vessels and the estimated value of their cargoes that have been captured or detained since the first of Jan. 1796, from their respective districts, by or under the authority of foreign nations, distinguishing the vessels captured or detained by each nation, and that the said secretary lay the result of the information so obtained as soon as may be before the Senate.