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| Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Barcode | |
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| English Books | Anna Centenary Library 7TH FLOOR, B WING | 940.27450 WIL (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 278381 |
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| 940.2745 NIC Seize the Fire | 940.2745 VOE Admiral Saumarez versus Napoleon : the Baltic, 1807-12 | 940.2745 WIL The Fighting Temeraire | 940.27450 WIL The French Assault on American Shipping, 1793-1813 | 940.27450941 JEN Naval engagements : patriotism, cultural politics, and the Royal Navy, 1793-1815 | 940.278 MCG Heart of Oak heart of Oak: a Sailor's life in Nelson's Navy a Sailor's life in Nelson's Navy | 940.28 BAY What is a nation? : Europe 1789-1914 |
During the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic eras, France was plagued by war and crop failures and was desperately in need of supplies. Legally and illegally, French privateers and cruisers took cargo from merchant vessels of every nation, perhaps the United States more than any other. At least 6,479 U.S. claims involving more than 2,300 vessels were filed and these claims give a close approximation of American goods lost to the French. The three main sections of this reference book present a comprehensive accounting of the losses (arranged by ship), descriptions of court cases involving important questions of law, and the disposition of claims. Also included are a glossary, a list of geographical locations mentioned in the text, and an overview of relevant acts of Congress, proclamations, treaties, and foreign decrees.
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