Report Of The Committee Of Commerce And Manufactures, To Whom Was Referred, On The Fourth Instant, The Petition Of Sundry Merchants And Traders Of The City Of Philadelphia

Published by A & G Way, Printers, City of Washington, 1808

About this Item

Wraps, 8vo. Removed from a bound volume. 8 pp. This report, dated January 11, 1808, is a strongly worded document in support of the Embargo Act enacted by Thomas Jefferson in December, 1807, as a response to the British and French harassment of American shipping, especially the impressments of U.S. citizens by the British navy. No marks in book. Book condition VG-. Binding: Wraps.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Report Of The Committee Of Commerce And Manufactures, To Whom Was Referred, On The Fourth Instant, The Petition Of Sundry Merchants And Traders Of The City Of Philadelphia
• Publisher: A & G Way, Printers, City of Washington
• Publication Date: 1808
• Binding: Wraps
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