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In Senate of the United States, January 23, 1818. The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Joseph Forrest, report : That the petitioner's case was, at the last session, referred by the House of Representatives to the Secretary of State, whose report has been made at the present session. To this report, the Committee refer for a legal and equitable exposition of the nature of the claim. The facts of the case are, that the petitioner, in May 1812, chartered his vessel to the United States ..

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