TY  - GEN
AB  - 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.".
CY  - Farmington Hills, Mich. :
DA  - 2012.
ID  - 867129
KW  - Maritime law
LK  - https://univsouthin.idm.oclc.org/login?url=https://go.galegroup.com/gdsc/i.do?action=interpret&v=2.1&it=aboutCollections&p=GDSC&sw=w&id=5UAJ&u=usi
N1  - Date range of documents: -1814.
N1  - Reproduction of the original from the United States National Archives and the U.S. Department of State Library.
N2  - 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.".
PB  - Gale, a part of Cengage Learning,
PP  - Farmington Hills, Mich. :
PY  - 2012.
T1  - The War of 1812diplomacy on the high seas.
TI  - The War of 1812diplomacy on the high seas.
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ER  -