The special joint committee to which was referred the petition of William Bartlett and others, praying the Legislature to pass resolves, instructing our senators and requesting our representatives in Congress to vote for a bill now pending before that body, "to provide for the satisfaction of claims due to certain American citizens, for spoliations committed on their commerce prior to the 31st day of July, 1801," have considered that subject, and submit the following report.

[Report of the Joint Special Committee] "to provide for the satisfaction of claims due to certain American citizens for spoliations committed on their commerce prior to the 31st day of July, 1801" have considered that subject, and submit the following report
At head of title: Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Senate, January 25th, 1841

[Boston, Massachusetts] : [publisher not identified], [1841]

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Senate (Series) (Massachusetts. General Court. Senate) ; 1841, no. 12.

On January 25, 1841, a Massachusetts special joint committee on the Bartlett petition issued a report. During the wars after the French Revolution, the French government and privateers seized many neutral ships and kept the cargoes, occasioning considerable loss to United States merchants. During treaty negotiations after the war, the United States and France eventually agreed to drop compensation claims against each other. The Committee thought Congress should provide some relief for merchants and, through a resolve, endorsed a bill in Congress to provide money and a commission to adjudicate claims.

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French claims, Jan. 1841

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Resolves in relation to the claims due to American citizens for spoliations committed by authority of the French government, upon the commerce of the United States, prior to the thirty-first day of July, one thousand eight hundred and one.

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