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 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)
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)
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.
Date of EnactmentPublic Law No.U.S. Statute CitationU.S. Bill No.U.S. Presidential AdministrationDecember 31, 1792P.L. 2-1Chapter 1George WashingtonJune 1, 1796P.L. 4-45Chapter 45George WashingtonApril 14, 1802P.L. 7-26Chapter 26Thomas JeffersonFebruary 28, 1803P.L. 7-9Chapter 9Thomas JeffersonMarch 2, 1803P.L. 7-16 Chapter 16Thomas JeffersonMarch 2, 1803P.L. 7-18Chapter 18Thomas JeffersonMarch 26, 1810P.L. 11-19Chapter 19James MadisonFebruary 12, 1831P.L. 21-20Chapter 20Andrew JacksonAugust 18, 1856P.L. 34-127Chapter 127Franklin Pierce March 3, 1863P.L. 37-79 Chapter 79 Abraham LincolnMay 30, 1866P.L. 39-102Chapter 102Andrew JohnsonFebruary 8, 1870Pub.Res. 41-8Resolution 8Ulysses GrantApril 30, 1878P.L. 45-74Chapter 74Rutherford HayesJune 14, 1902P.L. 57-158Chapter 1088William McKinleyMarch 2, 1907P.L. 59-193 Theodore RooseveltMarch 4, 1909Pub.Res. 60-60 Theodore RooseveltJune 15, 1917P.L. 65-24Woodrow WilsonMay 22, 1918P.L. 65–154Woodrow WilsonNovember 10, 1919P.L. 66-79Woodrow WilsonJune 4, 1920P.L. 66-238Woodrow WilsonJuly 3, 1926P.L. 69-493Calvin CoolidgeJune 20, 1941P.L. 77-113Franklin Roosevelt July 26, 1968P.L. 90-428Lyndon JohnsonSeptember 17, 1974P.L. 93-417Gerald FordJanuary 10, 2006P.L. 109-167George W. Bush
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.
Date of RatificationArtisanTreaty with Colonial AmericaSovereign StateSourceJournal PagesJuly 18, 1776Confederation CongressPlan of Treaties (original draft)Foreign NationsContinental Congress Journals, 1774-1789576-589September 17, 1776Confederation CongressPlan of TreatiesForeign NationsContinental Congress Journals, 1774-1789768-779
Date of RatificationArtisanTreaty with Colonial AmericaSovereign StateSourceJournal PagesFebruary 6, 1778Confederation CongressTreaty of AllianceForeign Nations (France)Continental Congress Journals, 1774-17896-11
Date of RatificationArtisanTreaty with Colonial AmericaSovereign StateSourceJournal PagesFebruary 6, 1778Confederation CongressAmity and CommerceFranceContinental Congress Journals, 1774-178912-30October 8, 1782Confederation CongressAmity and CommerceUnited NetherlandsContinental Congress Journals, 1774-178932-50April 3, 1783Confederation CongressAmity and CommerceSwedenContinental Congress Journals, 1774-178960-791785Confederation CongressAmity and CommercePrussiaContinental Congress Journals, 1774-178984-99November 19, 1794Confederation CongressAmity, Commerce, and NavigationGreat BritainContinental Congress Journals, 1774-1789116-132
Date of RatificationArtisanTreaty with Colonial AmericaSovereign StateSourceJournal PagesMarch 3, 1791Confederation CongressPeace and FriendshipMoroccoContinental Congress Journals, 1774-1789100-105September 5, 1795Confederation CongressPeace and AmityAlgeriaContinental Congress Journals, 1774-1789133-137October 27, 1795Confederation CongressFriendship, Limits, and NavigationSpainContinental Congress Journals, 1774-1789138-153November 4, 1796Confederation CongressPeace and FriendshipLibyaContinental Congress Journals, 1774-1789154-1561797-1799Confederation CongressPeace and FriendshipTunisiaContinental Congress Journals, 1774-1789157-161
See also Arnold Cipher Impressment British America Jay Treaty Carriage of Passengers Act of 1855 Passenger Act of 1882 Cocket Passport Act of 1926 Crimes Act of 1790 Stamp seal Foreign Ship Registry Act Steerage Act of 1819 HM Customs Wartime Measure Act of 1918 Articles of Foreign Transit Bill of lading Ship's articles Letter of marque United Nations laissez-passer Mediterranean pass United States passport Maritime Navigation and trade Age of Sail Nautical almanac Bowditch's American Practical Navigator Shipbuilding in the American colonies British timber trade Smuggling Celestial navigation Transatlantic crossing Jack Tar Winds in the Age of Sail Origins of Passport Biblical Old Testament Canon England in Late Middle Ages Safe Passage in Medieval England Artaxerxes I of Persia Henry V of England British passport Nehemiah 2 St Crispin's Day Speech Safe Conducts Act 1414
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