Court of Commissioners of Alabama Claims Rules of the court of commissioners of Alabama claims
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC00267.222 Author/Creator: Court of Commissioners of Alabama Claims Place Written: Washington, D.C. Type: Pamphlet Date: 1882 Pagination: 47 p. ; 23 x 15 cm. Order a Copy
Printed rules established for the court overseeing the "Alabama Claims," as well as the law that created this court. Also includes the treaty with Britain and subsequent arbitration that preceded this court. During the Civil War, British firms produced a number of ships to be used by the Confederates as commercial raiders, the most famous of which was called the Alabama. Because the British were supposed to be neutral during the war, the United States demanded compensation for the damage done by these British made ships. The countries signed a treaty agreeing to take their dispute to arbitration, and the United States was awarded fifteen million dollars. The Court set up in this document was intended to use federal funds to repay individuals who had suffered losses due to commercial raids by the British built ships. Printed by the National Republican Printing House.
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