Date: 1797-03-02
Result:
21-8
Vote Subject Matter:
Civil Liberties
/ Domestic Social Policy
Sponsor: GOODHUE, Benjamin (F-MA)
Description: TO PASS H.R. 237, (APP. 3/3/1797, 1 STAT 516), A BILL TO AUTHORIZE AN EXPENDITURE AND MAKE AN APPROPRIATION FOR THE PROSECUTION OF THE CLAIMS OF CERTAIN CITIZENS OF THE UNITED STATES FOR PROPERTY CAPTURED BY THE BELLIGERENT POWERS.
Original source documents:
Annals of Congress vol. 6, p. 1571;
Senate Journal vol. 2, p. 343;
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