Passport Act of 1782

Ministers plenipotentiary passport for the United States to deliberate amity and peace with Great Britain while signing the Treaty of Paris

Passport Act of 1782 was enacted by the Congress of the Confederation on February 11, 1782. The Act was recorded in the twenty-second volume of the Journals of the Continental Congress. The passport article was a letter from Thomas Smith of Virginia to George Clymer, Samuel Osgood, and James Madison regarding the nautical trade between tobacco colonies. The Act of Congress states safe passage for the Commonwealth of Virginia traders capitulants seeking to transport tobacco from Yorktown, Virginia to New York.

Passport Act, 1782

Resolved, That the secretary of Congress be, and hereby is empowered to grant letters of passport and safe conduct for the exportation of such tobacco to New York, on the conditions and under the limitations which shall, to the said Secretary and to the Superintendant of the finances of the United States, appear most proper and beneficial to the said states, being consistent with the said capitulation: provided always, that permission be not given for the exporting of tobacco, beyond the amount of the produce of the sales of the said goods belonging to the capitulants abovementioned.

- Congress of the Confederation ~ Journals of the Continental Congress, Volume 22 (Monday, February 11, 1782)[1]

Tobacco Cargo Passport, 1783

The committee, consisting of Mr. Thomas Fitzsimmons, Mr. Oliver Ellsworth, Mr. John Lewis Gervais, Mr. Nathaniel Gorham and Mr. Alexander Hamilton, to whom were referred resolutions of the general assembly of the Commonwealth of Virginia, dated 28 December, 1782, respecting the shipment of a quantity of tobacco, under passports granted by the secretary of Congress;

- Congress of the Confederation ~ Journals of the Continental Congress, Volume 24 (Monday, February 10, 1783)[2]

United States laws governing passports

United States federal statutes establishing authorities, powers, and rulings with regards to passports and sea letters awarded within the United States.

1776-1799 treaties of trade with Old World

In June 1775, John Adams and George Wythe orchestrated the eminent attributes for international accord known as a Model Treaty.

Colonial America consented to terms with European dominions for respective commerce, maritime trade, and navigation regulations upon the conclusion of the American Revolution. During the cessation of the 18th century, mediterranean basin treaties were settled upon by the North African Barbary Coast and the Iberian Peninsula foreign states.

The multinational protocol documents or treaties endorse the use of passports and sea-letters for state sovereignty identification of merchant ships navigating the seven seas. The safe-conduct permits were allocated in the event of a declaration of war between nations while sequestering manners of dissension and quarrels. The travel dockets governed the full-rigged ship name, bulk and cargo aboard sailing ship, and the identity of commanders or shipmasters including their place of habitation.

See also

Arnold CipherImpressment
British AmericaJay Treaty
Carriage of Passengers Act of 1855Passenger Act of 1882
CocketPassport Act of 1926
Crimes Act of 1790Stamp seal
Foreign Ship Registry ActSteerage Act of 1819
HM CustomsWartime Measure Act of 1918

Articles of Foreign Transit

Bill of ladingShip's articles
Letter of marqueUnited Nations laissez-passer
Mediterranean passUnited States passport

Maritime Navigation and trade

Age of SailNautical almanac
Bowditch's American Practical NavigatorShipbuilding in the American colonies
British timber tradeSmuggling
Celestial navigationTransatlantic crossing
Jack TarWinds in the Age of Sail

Origins of Passport

Biblical Old Testament CanonEngland in Late Middle AgesSafe Passage in Medieval England
Artaxerxes I of PersiaHenry V of EnglandBritish passport
Nehemiah 2St Crispin's Day SpeechSafe Conducts Act 1414

References

  1. ↑ Confederation Congress (February 11, 1782). "Continental Congress Passport Act, 1782". Journals of the Continental Congress, 1774-1789. 22 (Monday, February 11, 1782). United States Library of Congress: 70–71.
  2. ↑ Confederation Congress (February 10, 1783). "Tobacco Cargo Passport, 1783". Journals of the Continental Congress, 1774-1789. 24 (Monday, February 10, 1783). United States Library of Congress: 121–122.

Journals of the Continental Congress, 1774-1789

Articles of 18th century

Bibliography

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