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Collection Reference Number GLC00820
From Archive Folder Documents Relating to 1780 
Title Instructions to captains and commanders of private armed vessels...
Date 2 May 1780
Author United States. Continental Congress.  
Document Type Broadside; Government document
Content Description Printed broadside authorizing privateering. With Thompson's name printed at end
Subjects Maritime  Navy  Privateering  Revolutionary War  Military History  Congress  Continental Congress  Law  
Place written Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Theme Government & Politics; The American Revolution; Naval & Maritime
Sub-collection The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1493-1859
Copyright The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
Module Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859