@article{867129,
      recid = {867129},
      title = {The War of 1812 diplomacy on the high seas. [electronic  resource] :},
      publisher = {Gale, a part of Cengage Learning,},
      address = {Farmington Hills, Mich. :},
      pages = {1 online resource.},
      year = {2012},
      note = {Date range of documents: -1814.},
      abstract = {In time of war the duties of the State Department have  always been expanded. During the War of 1812 Congress  authorized the Secretary of State to issue commissions of  letters of marque and reprisal to private armed vessels  permitting them to "cruise against the enemies of the  United States.".},
      url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/867129},
}