Second edition of Lewis Goldsmith's 'An Exposition of the Conduct of France Towards America: illustrated by cases decided in the council of prizes in Paris.' Published by Printed for Ezra Sargeant in New York in 1810. The first edition was published in London in 1810. Goldsmith, a well-known Anglo-French publicist of Portuguese Jewish extraction (1763-1846), examines French actions toward America using case law from French prize courts.
Subject: Napoleonic Wars, 1803-1815
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Royal Warrant signed by King George III authorizing the transfer of £500 Capital India Stock from Samuel Fan Moses Mendes Da Costa of Amsterdam to A.D. Teisceira for investment in the British West Indies. The document, dated November 18, 1800, is signed by George III at the Court of St. James's, London, and countersigned by the Home Secretary, William Cavendish-Bentinck, 3rd Duke of Portland. It references legislation from 1792-1798 designed to protect British economic interests during the Napoleonic Wars by preventing the enrichment of foreign governments. The document is one page, written and printed on laid watermarked cream paper with an embossed seal, and measures 7.875" x 11.375".