MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, TRANSMITTING A REPORT OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE, AND SUNDRY DOCUMENTS RELATIVE TO THE REQUISITION FOR AND DELIVERY OF JONATHAN ROBBINS; IN PURSUANCE OF A RESOLUTION OF THIS HOUSE, OF THE 4TH INSTANT. 7TH FEBRUARY, 1800.
[Philadelphia: 1800]. 8pp. Disbound, with original plain rear wrapper. Very Good. Robbins had joined a mutiny aboard the British frigate Hermione. He was jailed in South Carolina; England sought his extradition. But Robbins claimed he had been impressed into British service; that he was in reality an American citizen, by..... More