THIRD CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES: AT THE FIRST SESSION.MONDAY, THE SECOND OF DECEMBER, ONE THOUSAND SEVEN HUNDRED AND NINETY-THREE. RESOLVES BY THE SENATE AND HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.THAT THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES BE AUTHORIZED TO DIRECT CLEARANCES TO BE GRANTED TO ANY SHIP OR VESSELS BELONGING TO CITIZENS OF THE UNITED STATES.BOUND.FOR ANY PORT BEYOND THE CAPE OF GOOD HOPE.

Published by [Philadelphia: Francis Childs and John Swaine, 1794].

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Official printing of a Congressional resolution relating to international commerce during the war between France and Great Britain. In March 1794, responding to increasingly frequent British depredations against American merchant ships, Congress passed a one-month embargo on all foreign shipping, which was extended in April. The present resolution authorizes the President to grant clearances for currently loaded American ships to sail with their goods, provided they not unload cargo before reaching the Cape of Good Hope. "Approved - May the seventh 1794," and signed in print by Speaker of the House Frederick Augustus Muhlenberg, Vice President John Adams, and President George Washington. ESTC records only four copies: two at the American Antiquarian Society, one at the John Carter Brown Library, and one at the Library of Congress. OCLC locates a copy at Case Western Reserve and a variant which is also signed in type by the Secretary of State at the Library Company of Philadelphia. EVANS 27882. ESTC W10532. OCLC 934499167, 316509623. Small folio broadside. Dbd. Stab holes from earlier binding. A few instances of light foxing, else near fine, untrimmed. …

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THIRD CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES: AT THE FIRST SESSION.MONDAY, THE SECOND OF DECEMBER, ONE THOUSAND SEVEN HUNDRED AND NINETY-THREE. RESOLVES BY THE SENATE AND HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.THAT THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES BE AUTHORIZED TO DIRECT CLEARANCES TO BE GRANTED TO ANY SHIP OR VESSELS BELONGING TO CITIZENS OF THE UNITED STATES.BOUND.FOR ANY PORT BEYOND THE CAPE OF GOOD HOPE.
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[Philadelphia: Francis Childs and John Swaine, 1794].

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