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14 May 1861: “…all prizes of vessels and property captured by private armed ships…”

Posted on 14 May ’11 by Jason Tomberlin

Item description: “AN ACT Regulating the sale of Prizes, and the distribution thereof.” No. 126.




Item transcription: [click here to view a full transcription of the acts and resolutions via Documenting the American South]

Item citation: From Acts and resolutions of the second session of the Provisional Congress of the Confederate States, held at Montgomery, Ala. Richmond: Enquirer Book and Job Press, by Tyler, Wise, Allegre & Smith, 1861., 14c Conf., from the Rare Book Collection, Wilson Library, UNC Chapel Hill.

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