Subject: Impressment

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Letter from Judah Hays to Captain Chadwick, Boston, Massachusetts, June 30, 1797 Letter from Judah Hays to Captain Chadwick, Boston, Massachusetts, June 30, 1797

A single-page letter written by Judah Hays on June 30, 1797, in Boston, Massachusetts. The letter is addressed to a Captain, likely of the schooner Boston, which was unlawfully detained in a French port. Hays discusses the unlawful detainment and the infringement of rights. This letter is significant due to its creation during a period of heightened naval tensions between the United States and France.