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An interesting contemporary report on the enforcement of Jefferson's Embargo Act around New York and Long Island, describing an elaborate attempt to transfer a cargo of flour at sea and recording the seizure of one of the vessels by Captain Stephen Decatur. Writing to Peter A. Schenck, Surveyor of Customs for the Port of New York, the author reports that, "Agreeable to your Instructions," he had seized the sloop Resolution of Hempstead, owned and commanded by Benjamin Burling. The seizure concerned events in June 1808, when the Resolution had taken on a cargo of flour "at or near the City" with the intention of transferring it to the schooner Argus off the south side of Long Island. The Resolution proceeded to Hog Island Inlet and waited there for a prearranged signal: "the Argus at length hove in sight, the Sloop went out, but seeing another vessel aft, put back in the Inlet". A second attempt was likewise abandoned before the cargo could be transferred. The report then records the fate of the other vessel: "the Argus was taken by Capt. Decatur," while the Resolution returned and discharged its flour. John Smith and David Jackson are named as witnesses. The identification of "Capt. Decatur" as Stephen Decatur is supported by his documented service during this period. In the summer and fall of 1808, Decatur and the frigate Chesapeake were employed enforcing the embargo along the northeastern seaboard. The Navy Department instructed him that violations had become sufficiently serious that an active naval presence was required on the east coast.[1] Contemporary records document Decatur making other embargo seizures that year, including the Montezuma, while later accounts record his capture of the Mount Vernon and John carrying provisions. The letter was written after the Embargo Act itself had expired in March 1809, but concerns an alleged violation committed while it was in force and appears to document the subsequent customs seizure of the Resolution. Its recipient, Peter A. Schenck, had served as Surveyor of Customs at New York since 1806 and was deeply involved in enforcing federal trade restrictions at the port. [1] Joe Mosier, "Enforcing the Dambargo. The U.S. Navy, Norfolk, and the Embargo of 1807," The Daybook 12, no. 4, 6-15. . Old folds with wear and separations at folds, otherwise well preserved and legible. Manuscript letter, one page, 8 x 12 ½ inches.…

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Octavo, pp. [1-3] 4-32, disbound. One of a dozen or more editions printed in New England and elsewhere. The Embargo Act of 1807 was an attempt by President Thomas Jefferson and the U.S. Congress to punish Britain and France for interfering with American trade during the Napoleonic Wars (1803-1815). The embargo was unpopular and a costly failure. It hurt the American economy far more than the British or French, and resulted in widespread smuggling. Sabin 282. Shaw and Shoemaker 14274. A very good copy. (#155736). …

A New Englander's defense of the Embargo Act against Daniel Webster's recent pamphlet, CONSIDERATIONS ON THE EMBARGO LAWS (1808), which is considered to be Webster's first publication. The anonymous author of the present pamphlet recounts the military and economic events leading up to the passage of the embargo laws and calls for fellow northerners - and specifically residents of New Hampshire - to evince their patriotism and unite with the southern states in support of the Embargo and U.S. neutrality. New England, whose economy was largely dependent upon international shipping and trade, suffered disproportionately after Congress passed the Embargo Act in 1807 and produced a large share of its most vociferous opponents. By the end of 1808, the Act had lost all but its most ardent supporters and was replaced with the weak Nonintercourse Act in January 1809. As economically damaging as the Embargo was to New England in the short term, it would prove to have far-reaching benefits, forcing the region to develop the strong manufacturing base that would lead to its later prosperity and self-sufficiency. OCLC locates four copies. Scarce. SABIN 96013. SHAW & SHOEMAKER 16331. Dbd. First leaf detached. Soft horizontal fold. Toned and foxed. A good copy.…

A slip-bill printing of the Non-Intercourse Act of 1809, presented to the House of Representatives in December 1808, featuring some significant differences from the final bill. The Non-Intercourse Act of 1809 took a step back from Jefferson's fiercely unpopular Embargo Act of 1807. The Embargo Act came hot on the heels of the Chesapeake-Leopard Affair, and sought to punish Britain and France by shuttering all American trade with foreign nations, both incoming and outgoing. The draconian measure was initially met with approval, but quickly became controversial as the economic effects took their toll. The Massachusetts Legislature recalled Senator John Quincy Adams because he supported the Embargo, and Governor James Sullivan regularly signed bills allowing certain goods to be shipped into Massachusetts ports, in violation of the law. Enforcement of the Embargo relied on the compliance of state governments, which could not always be counted on, particularly in Federalist New England. The Embargo did have the salutary effect of boosting American manufacturing to fill the needs for goods that had been previously imported, but the short-term effects were crippling to American farmers and traders. The Non-Intercourse Act of 1809 amended the embargo to apply only to Britain and France, and provided for its cessation should either nation lift their own wartime strictures. Slip bills are printed in small numbers during the legislative process, for the use of legislators and staff, with the lines of the text widely spaced and numbered for easy annotation and reference during debate. This slip-bill is dated December 26, 1808, and represents the third revision submitted to the House of Representatives. It differs in some notable ways from the final act passed on March 1st: in addition to adding a date of enforcement (left blank on the slip bill), the final act also adds a provision to Section 4 which grants an exception to American vessels already well on their way home as of the end of 1808. More significantly, this draft of the bill is considerably stricter than the final law and makes no reference at all to the repeal of the Embargo Act in fact, Section 12 reads, in part: ".it shall be lawful for the president of the United States, and he is hereby authorized, by proclamation, to prohibit the entrance of the harbours and waters of the United States, and of the territories thereof, to all ships and vessels sailing under the flag of, or owned in whole or in part by any citizen or subject of any other foreign nation, having in force any edicts, laws, orders, or decrees, which violate the lawful commerce and neutral rights of the United States, as generally acknowledged by the law of nations." While the bill made it through two revisions to reach this point, Jefferson and his allies would not be able to get it over the line without considerable concessions - the final bill replaced Section 12 entirely with regulations for granting permits for international trade, and added the all-important provision that "the act laying an embargo on all ships and vessels in the ports and harbors of the United States, and of the several acts supplementary thereto, as forbids the departure of vessels owned by citizens of the United States, and the exportation of domestic and foreign merchandise to any foreign port or place, be, and the same is hereby repealed." A rare slip-bill documenting the legislative process of one of America's most controversial early economic laws, and an important step on the road to war in 1812. Folio. Dbd., with later paper strip along the spine. Light soiling and wear, horizontal folds. Very good. Untrimmed.…

Rare Senate draft printing of the 1807 Embargo Act and the subsequent acts of 1808 relating to it. After the passage of the first embargo act in December 1807, it was quickly discovered that the requirement for American trading vessels to post bonds guaranteeing they would not sail to foreign ports did not technically extend to coasting vessels and fishing and whaling boats. The act passed in January 1808 closed the loophole and further tightened restrictions for all American ship owners. By March, major protests and open flouting of the embargo laws along the New England coast and the Canadian border led to a third embargo act, completely prohibiting the export of any goods, by land or sea, and subjecting offenders to a $10,000 fine. Continued violations led to the "Enforcement Act" in April, which allowed authorities, among other powers, to seize cargoes without warrants and to detain ships "whenever in their opinions, the intention is violate or evade.the embargo, until the decision of the President of the United States be had thereupon." The April act also infamously gave the president the power to use both the Army and the Navy to enforce the embargo, leading many of its last defenders finally to abandon its cause. The present pamphlet includes all four acts mentioned together with an act signed into law April 22 that allowed for the president to suspend the embargo in the event of peace or suspension of hostilities between the warring powers in Europe. SABIN 39434 (possibly the Sabin entry unclear). SHAW & SHOEMAKER 16400. Printed self-wrappers, stitched. Lower quarter of most leaves lightly soiled and dampstained, else very good.…

(EMBARGO ACT OF 1807). The Embargo Act of 1807 limited foreign trade with the United States. It was intended to stop France and England from repeatedly interfering with American maritime activity, pressing American sailors into British military service, and trying to embroil the United States in the Napoleonic Wars. The act was controversial and unsuccessful.Manuscript. 1pg. N.d. [1808] N.p. A handwritten manuscript ridiculing Daniel Webster for his words against the Embargo Act of 1807 at the very beginning of his political career: On the author of the federal pamphlet entitled considerations on the Embargo laws He is one to whom Heaven has denied the gift of brains, and has suffered the Devil to fill the empty spaces in his skull with a share of glaring imprudence called wit, and will pass for such among those who have none, and for the worst of folly among the rest of Mankind. REPUBLICANS. President Thomas Jefferson, who had encouraged Congress to pass the Embargo Act, was a Democrat-Republican, while Webster was a Federalist. This anonymous diatribe is in fine condition.…