The Attorney General v. Sillem and Others, Claiming the Vessel "Alexandra," seized under the Foreign Enlistment Act, (59 George III., Chapter 69.) Report of the Trial before the Right Honourable the Lord Chief Baron and a Special Jury. With an Appendix.

Great Britain. Court of Exchequer at Westminster. / London: Printed by George E. Eyre and William Spottiswoode, 1863
first edition; 235, [1], lxxx (Appendix), [2] (index) pp, library and ownership markings, original cloth faded at spine and chipped at head, occasional light age staining, still a sound and good copy; the steam gunboat "Alexandra" was seized because it was believed that she was being fitted out for service by the Confederacy, which she was, but a gift from Fraser, Trenholm & Company not as a purchase and the legal complications went on long enough to keep the vessel from going into action. Volumes Included: 1

ISBN: NA
Subject/Keywords: American Civil War, Great Britain, naval history, neutrality, wark

Item #: 530324

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