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Book/Printed Material In Senate of the United States. February 19, 1851. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Mason made the following report: (To accompany Bill S. No. 471.) The Committee on Foreign Relations, to whom was referred the resolution of the Senate instructing them "to inquire into the propriety of providing by law, pursuant to the recommendation of President Polk, in his message of the seventh December, eighteen hundred and forty seven, for payment of the claim there mentioned as arising to certain Spanish claimants in the 'Amistad case, ' " have had the same under consideration, and submit the following report Cited as: S. Rept. 31-301

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  • In Senate of the United States. February 19, 1851. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Mason made the following report: (To accompany Bill S. No. 471.) The Committee on Foreign Relations, to whom was referred the resolution of the Senate instructing them "to inquire into the propriety of providing by law, pursuant to the recommendation of President Polk, in his message of the seventh December, eighteen hundred and forty seven, for payment of the claim there mentioned as arising to certain Spanish claimants in the 'Amistad case, ' " have had the same under consideration, and submit the following report

Other Title

  • Cited as: S. Rept. 31-301

Names

  • United States Congress. Senate. Committee on Foreign Relations
  • Mason, J. M. (James Murray) 1798-1871
  • United States. Government Publishing Office, publisher, distributor
  • United States. Congress. Senate, author

Created / Published

  • [Washington, D.C.]: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1851.

Headings

  • -  Montes, Pedro
  • -  Ruiz, Jose
  • -  Amistad (Ship)
  • -  Amistad (Schooner)
  • -  Compensation (Law)
  • -  Government liability (International law)
  • -  Claims
  • -  International law
  • -  Jurisdiction
  • -  Maritime law
  • -  Mutiny
  • -  Property
  • -  Seizure of vessels and cargoes
  • -  Ships papers
  • -  Slave trade
  • -  Treaties
  • -  African Americans
  • -  Enslaved persons
  • -  Black people
  • -  Connecticut
  • -  Cuba
  • -  Spain

Genre

  • Government publication
  • Legislative materials

Medium

  • 1 online resource (7 pages).

Call Number/Physical Location

  • KF12
  • 31-2:S.RP.301
  • Y 1.1/2:593

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Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2024763502

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  • pdf
  • online text

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United States Congress. Senate. Committee On Foreign Relations, J. M Mason, Publisher United States Government Publishing Office, and Author United States Congress. Senate. In Senate of the United States . Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Mason made the following report: To accompany Bill S. No. 471. The Committee on Foreign Relations, to whom was referred the resolution of the Senate instructing them "to inquire into the propriety of providing by law, pursuant to the recommendation of President Polk, in his message of the seventh December, eighteen hundred and forty seven, for payment of the claim there mentioned as arising to certain Spanish claimants in the 'Amistad case, ' " have had the same under consideration, and submit the following report. [Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1851] Pdf. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2024763502/.

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United States Congress. Senate. Committee On Foreign Relations, Mason, J. M., United States Government Publishing Office, P. & United States Congress. Senate, A. (1851) In Senate of the United States . Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Mason made the following report: To accompany Bill S. No. 471. The Committee on Foreign Relations, to whom was referred the resolution of the Senate instructing them "to inquire into the propriety of providing by law, pursuant to the recommendation of President Polk, in his message of the seventh December, eighteen hundred and forty seven, for payment of the claim there mentioned as arising to certain Spanish claimants in the 'Amistad case, ' " have had the same under consideration, and submit the following report. [Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office] [Pdf] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2024763502/.

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United States Congress. Senate. Committee On Foreign Relations, et al. In Senate of the United States . Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Mason made the following report: To accompany Bill S. No. 471. The Committee on Foreign Relations, to whom was referred the resolution of the Senate instructing them "to inquire into the propriety of providing by law, pursuant to the recommendation of President Polk, in his message of the seventh December, eighteen hundred and forty seven, for payment of the claim there mentioned as arising to certain Spanish claimants in the 'Amistad case, ' " have had the same under consideration, and submit the following report. [Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1851] Pdf. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/2024763502/>.