Title
[Document, 1785 March 21]
Library Location
Name
Berckel, Pieter Johan van, 1725-1800 (Author)
Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Addressee)
Format
correspondence
Digital Project
Papers of John Jay
Date
March 21, 1785
Language
English
Physical Description
10 pages
Subjects
United States--History--1783-1865; Jay, John, 1745-1829
Summary
Several Dutch merchants bought an English ship completely on their own and fitted her out. She sailed to Bermuda for water and soon after was captured by an American privateer and taken to South Carolina and a decision rendered against her by an American court of Admiralty. This ship was headed for Holland and not an English port. Van Berckel had written a letter on obtaining justice in this matter before and now asks Jay for additional information on the fate of the vessel.
Identifier
columbia.jay.00068