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010 $a 2004025863
020 $a1575910926 (alk. paper)
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050 00 $aKF223.O43$bK45 2005
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100 1 $aKelly, M. Ruth.
245 14 $aThe Olmsted case :$bprivateers, property, and politics in Pennsylvania, 1778-1810 /$cM. Ruth Kelly.
260 $aSelinsgrove, [PA] :$bSusquehanna University Press,$cc2005.
300 $a173 p. ;$c25 cm.
440 0 $aPennsylvania history and culture series
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 161-168) and index.
505 00 $g1.$t"The Active was his prize ...," 1778-79 -- $g2.$t"Animosities run high," 1778-79 -- $g3.$tModerates and high flyers -- $g4.$tBattle of Fort Rittenhouse -- $g5.$t"To resist and defeat the judicial authority" : the trial of Michael Bright -- $g6.$t"The persecuting spirit of party" : Pennsylvania radicals split, 1809-12.
520 1 $a"This is a history of the Olmsted Case. The events of this history began in 1778 when Gideon Olmsted, a Connecticut sea captain held prisoner by the British, overcame his British captors and sailed their ship, the sloop Active, into American waters. He claimed the Active as a prize of war. The state of Pennsylvania also claimed the Active and refused to grant Olmsted his prize. The stubborn sea captain pursued his claim through the state and federal courts for thirty years. In 1809, the United States Supreme Court, in United States v. Peters, ruled in Olmsted's favor. The case was not resolved, however, until after an armed confrontation between the federal government and the state of Pennsylvania." "United States v. Peters adds to the understanding of the political issues that concerned the states during the thirty years the Olmsted Case traveled through the courts: land wars, judicial struggles, and party factionalism." "Equally important is that the Olmsted matter gives us a window into the world of ordinary citizens. Gideon Olmsted was a Revolutionary soldier, a privateer, and a merchant. He was victimized by the state of Pennsylvania, by an impotent federal government unable to enforce its own decrees, by jurisdictional disputes between government bodies, and by the machinations of partisan politicians."--BOOK JACKET.
600 10 $aOlmsted, Gideon,$d1749-1845$xTrials, litigation, etc.
650 0 $aFederal government$zUnited States.
651 0 $aUnited States$xHistory$yRevolution, 1775-1783$xPrizes, etc.
651 0 $aUnited States$xPolitics and government$y1789-1809.
653 $aUnited States v Peters (1809)
856 41 $3Table of contents$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip053/2004025863.html
852 00 $bglx$hKF223.O43$iK45 2005