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Lot Number: 129
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1798 (President John Adams) Quazi War with France Period Historic Military Imprint Recommending the Placing U.S. Marines on Navy Vessels

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May 22, 1798-Dated Federal Period, Official House of Representatives Imprint Titled, "REPORT of the COMMITTEE To Whom was referred, on the 29th of November last, so much of the PRESIDENT’s SPEECH as Relates to the PROTECTION of COMMERCE, and the DEFENCE OF THE COUNTRY.”, in Recommending... the United States Marine Corps to place Marines on American Navy Vessels, Very Fine.

The United States Marine Corps will now include placing Marines on American Navy Vessels. A rare, highly important United States Military, Marines Related Imprint: “Published by order of the House of Representatives.” It has 2 pages and measures 5.25" x 8.5". This Imprint is responding to President John Adams' First State of the Union Address, delivered in Congress Hall, Philadelphia, on Nov. 22, 1797. This current report regards the part of the President John Adams' address regarding, "the Protection of Commerce, and the Defence of the Country", critical current issues during the present “Quasi War” with France.

This Committee recommends the extended establishment of the Marine Corps, to include immediately placing United States Marines on American Navy Vessels, and resolving:

“REPORT. -- The Committee, on that part of the Speech of the President of the United States, which regards the protection of commerce, and the defence of the country, beg leave further to ---

(2nd Paragraph) ... Resolved, That in addition to the present military establishment, there shall be raised a battalion, to be called the marine corps, to consist of a major, and suitable commissioned and non-commissioned officers, five hundred privates, and the necessary musicians, including the marines now in service: and the marines, which shall be employed in the armed vessels and gallies of the United States, shall be detachments from this corps.”

Provenance: Collection of Ambassador J. William Middendorf II
Keywords: Federal Period, President John Adams, 1798, Quazi War, Imprint, Marine Corps, Navy, Congress Hall, State of the Union, Ambassador J. William Middendorf II
Lot Number: 129
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