Book of Donmon Teith

A letter of marque and reprisal (French: lettre de marque; lettre de course) was a government license in the Age of Sail that authorized a private person, known

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced

Excerpt from History of the American Privateers, and Letters-of-Marque: During Our War With England in the Years 1812, '13 and '14; Interspersed Several Naval B

1856. In One Volume, Illustrated. George Coggeshall had a long and often adventurous seagoing career, during which he kept detailed journals. Upon his retiremen