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Previous Legislative Experience of United States Senators by Agnes Wallace Smith, 1912

Previous Legislative Experience of United States Senators by Agnes Wallace Smith, 1912, Page 108

than we can do [congressionally?]!
On Jan 20, 1806 Mr. Wright introduced  a bill for the protection and [indemnification?] of American seamen.It was a stringent measure providing that any one impressing a seaman on board a vessel bearing the flag of the United States shall be [adjudged?] a [felow?] and a pirate (2)that american seamen may repel such force by shooting or otherwise killing the one attempting to impress him and for this shall receive a beauty of $200 (3) that retaliation shall be made for impresses seamen (4) that indemnification of $60 a month for demanded for the time compelled to serve unwillingly on a foreign vessel or in foreign service. The bill passed at once to the second reading but was never further discussed.
1. Memoirs of John[middle name?] Adams vol 1 p270
2. [name?] of Congress vol15 pp55-67

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than we can do [congressionally?]! On Jan 20, 1806 Mr. Wright introduced a bill for the protection and [indemnification?] of American seamen.It was a stringent measure providing that any one impressing a seaman on board a vessel bearing the flag of the United States shall be [adjudged?] a [felow?] and a pirate (2)that american seamen may repel such force by shooting or otherwise killing the one attempting to impress him and for this shall receive a beauty of $200 (3) that retaliation shall be made for impresses seamen (4) that indemnification of $60 a month for demanded for the time compelled to serve unwillingly on a foreign vessel or in foreign service. The bill passed at once to the second reading but was never further discussed. 1. Memoirs of John[middle name?] Adams vol 1 p270 2. [name?] of Congress vol15 pp55-67