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Debates over neutral rights in colonial trade 1801
Extracts from correspondence in 1801 discuss British and American neutral rights in wartime trade. Lord Hawkesbury and Rufus King exchange views on vice admiralty decrees condemning cargoes from the United States to Spanish colonies and the proper interpretation of admiralty law regarding neutral and belligerent trading.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Great Cumberland Place
Vice Admiralty Court of
Nassau
United States
Spain
Britis Islands
Jamaica
Great Britain
Malaga
EU Pope
Transatlantic
Duke of Portland
Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty
Hawkesbury
Rufus King
Elys &c. &E
Vice-Admiralty Court of
Extra&t
Vice-Admiralty Court
High Court of ‘Admiralty
C. Portland
Lords Commissioners of
Admiraly
Advocate General
Court of Admiralty
Comce
High Court of Admiralty
Court of Appeal