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Little Egg Harbor (New Jersey, United States) (search for this): entry olmstead-case-of
cut men, was captured at sea by a British vessel and taken to Jamaica, where the captain and three others of the prisoners were compelled or persuaded to enter as sailors on the British sloop Active, then about to sail for New York with stores for the British there. When off the coast of Delaware the captain and the other three Americans contrived to secure the rest of the crew and officers (fourteen in number) below the hatches. They then took possession of the vessel and made for Little Egg Harbor. A short time after, the Active was boarded by the sloop Convention of Philadelphia, and, with the privateer Girard, cruising with her, was taken to Philadelphia. The prize was there libelled in the State court of admiralty. Here the two vessels claimed an equal share in the prize, and the court decreed one-fourth to the crew of the Convention, one-fourth to the State of Pennsylvania as owner of the Convention, one-fourth to the Girard, and the remaining one-fourth only to Olmstead
Delaware (Delaware, United States) (search for this): entry olmstead-case-of
Olmstead, case of During the Revolutionary War, Capt. Gideon Olmstead, with some other Connecticut men, was captured at sea by a British vessel and taken to Jamaica, where the captain and three others of the prisoners were compelled or persuaded to enter as sailors on the British sloop Active, then about to sail for New York with stores for the British there. When off the coast of Delaware the captain and the other three Americans contrived to secure the rest of the crew and officers (fourteen in number) below the hatches. They then took possession of the vessel and made for Little Egg Harbor. A short time after, the Active was boarded by the sloop Convention of Philadelphia, and, with the privateer Girard, cruising with her, was taken to Philadelphia. The prize was there libelled in the State court of admiralty. Here the two vessels claimed an equal share in the prize, and the court decreed one-fourth to the crew of the Convention, one-fourth to the State of Pennsylvania a
Jamaica (Jamaica) (search for this): entry olmstead-case-of
Olmstead, case of During the Revolutionary War, Capt. Gideon Olmstead, with some other Connecticut men, was captured at sea by a British vessel and taken to Jamaica, where the captain and three others of the prisoners were compelled or persuaded to enter as sailors on the British sloop Active, then about to sail for New York with stores for the British there. When off the coast of Delaware the captain and the other three Americans contrived to secure the rest of the crew and officers (fourteen in number) below the hatches. They then took possession of the vessel and made for Little Egg Harbor. A short time after, the Active was boarded by the sloop Convention of Philadelphia, and, with the privateer Girard, cruising with her, was taken to Philadelphia. The prize was there libelled in the State court of admiralty. Here the two vessels claimed an equal share in the prize, and the court decreed one-fourth to the crew of the Convention, one-fourth to the State of Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania (Pennsylvania, United States) (search for this): entry olmstead-case-of
th her, was taken to Philadelphia. The prize was there libelled in the State court of admiralty. Here the two vessels claimed an equal share in the prize, and the court decreed one-fourth to the crew of the Convention, one-fourth to the State of Pennsylvania as owner of the Convention, one-fourth to the Girard, and the remaining one-fourth only to Olmstead and his three companions. Olmstead appealed to Congress, and the committee of appeals decided in his favor. The Pennsylvania court refus decided in his favor. The Pennsylvania court refused to yield, and directed the prize sold and the money paid into court to await its further order. This contest continued until 1809, when the authorities of Pennsylvania offered armed resistance to the United States marshal at Philadelphia, upon which he called to his assistance a Posse comitatus of 2,000 men. The matter was, however, adjusted without an actual collision, and the money, amounting to $18,000, paid to the United States marshal.
Connecticut (Connecticut, United States) (search for this): entry olmstead-case-of
Olmstead, case of During the Revolutionary War, Capt. Gideon Olmstead, with some other Connecticut men, was captured at sea by a British vessel and taken to Jamaica, where the captain and three others of the prisoners were compelled or persuaded to enter as sailors on the British sloop Active, then about to sail for New York with stores for the British there. When off the coast of Delaware the captain and the other three Americans contrived to secure the rest of the crew and officers (fourteen in number) below the hatches. They then took possession of the vessel and made for Little Egg Harbor. A short time after, the Active was boarded by the sloop Convention of Philadelphia, and, with the privateer Girard, cruising with her, was taken to Philadelphia. The prize was there libelled in the State court of admiralty. Here the two vessels claimed an equal share in the prize, and the court decreed one-fourth to the crew of the Convention, one-fourth to the State of Pennsylvania
Americans (search for this): entry olmstead-case-of
Olmstead, case of During the Revolutionary War, Capt. Gideon Olmstead, with some other Connecticut men, was captured at sea by a British vessel and taken to Jamaica, where the captain and three others of the prisoners were compelled or persuaded to enter as sailors on the British sloop Active, then about to sail for New York with stores for the British there. When off the coast of Delaware the captain and the other three Americans contrived to secure the rest of the crew and officers (fourteen in number) below the hatches. They then took possession of the vessel and made for Little Egg Harbor. A short time after, the Active was boarded by the sloop Convention of Philadelphia, and, with the privateer Girard, cruising with her, was taken to Philadelphia. The prize was there libelled in the State court of admiralty. Here the two vessels claimed an equal share in the prize, and the court decreed one-fourth to the crew of the Convention, one-fourth to the State of Pennsylvania
Gideon Olmstead (search for this): entry olmstead-case-of
Olmstead, case of During the Revolutionary War, Capt. Gideon Olmstead, with some other Connecticut men, was captured at sea by a British vessel and taken to Jamaica, where the captain and three others of the prisoners were compelled or persuadedCapt. Gideon Olmstead, with some other Connecticut men, was captured at sea by a British vessel and taken to Jamaica, where the captain and three others of the prisoners were compelled or persuaded to enter as sailors on the British sloop Active, then about to sail for New York with stores for the British there. When off the coast of Delaware the captain and the other three Americans contrived to secure the rest of the crew and officers (f to the State of Pennsylvania as owner of the Convention, one-fourth to the Girard, and the remaining one-fourth only to Olmstead and his three companions. Olmstead appealed to Congress, and the committee of appeals decided in his favor. The PennsyOlmstead appealed to Congress, and the committee of appeals decided in his favor. The Pennsylvania court refused to yield, and directed the prize sold and the money paid into court to await its further order. This contest continued until 1809, when the authorities of Pennsylvania offered armed resistance to the United States marshal at Phi
1809 AD (search for this): entry olmstead-case-of
adelphia, and, with the privateer Girard, cruising with her, was taken to Philadelphia. The prize was there libelled in the State court of admiralty. Here the two vessels claimed an equal share in the prize, and the court decreed one-fourth to the crew of the Convention, one-fourth to the State of Pennsylvania as owner of the Convention, one-fourth to the Girard, and the remaining one-fourth only to Olmstead and his three companions. Olmstead appealed to Congress, and the committee of appeals decided in his favor. The Pennsylvania court refused to yield, and directed the prize sold and the money paid into court to await its further order. This contest continued until 1809, when the authorities of Pennsylvania offered armed resistance to the United States marshal at Philadelphia, upon which he called to his assistance a Posse comitatus of 2,000 men. The matter was, however, adjusted without an actual collision, and the money, amounting to $18,000, paid to the United States marshal.