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The Bassett Heirloom and a Washington Lobbyist Tale
In 1784 Captain Caleb Bassett pursued redress for the French spoliation of his ship Sunbeam. The Bassett claim, an heirloom, threads through decades of lobbying, Congressional reports, and family saga from early republic days to Windward Bassett and Uncle Tom’s Washington circle, ending with a final bill passage as Tom dies content.
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Caleb Bassett
Bassett
Sunbeam
France
Congress
Capt
Bassetti
Morris
Paris
State Department
Col
James Munroe
Pinckney
Marshall
Gerry
Philadelphia
Napoleon
Talleyrand
Senate
Mn Caniliain Bassett
Timothy Pickering
United States
Washington
Giles
Marion
Windward Bassett
Sambeam
Windward Isles
Thomas Jefferson Bassett
Old Tom Bassett
Tom Bassett
Holmes
George Washington
Pierce
House of Representatives
Washgington
Charles Sumner
Tom
Charles Caleb Bassett
Sumner
Florence