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Description and Holding Information
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U.S., Veto Messages on French Spoliation Claims, 1912
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Veto messages of James K. Polk, Franklin Pierce, Grover Cleveland, of French spoliation claims: n.a., 22p, ordered printed by the Committee on War
Claims, House of Representatives, Wash., GPO, 1912. (Lacks TOC & index. In 1912, as it had been doing for over a century, Congress was reconsidering the
matter of compensation to Americans for depredations committed by France on American commerce in the last decade of the 1700s. Earlier American
administrations had chosen to overlook the French actions for reasons of state; trading off the claims of U.S. citizens against a French counterclaim that
the U.S. had failed to observe the U.S./French Treaty of 1778. But the heirs to the original claimants wouldn’t let the issue die, and Congress was
generally sympathetic. Presidents far removed from those times found it necessary to veto repeated compensatory actions by Congress as being
unjustified. These veto messages by three presidents were reprinted in 1912, possibly to help nip in the bud a renewal of the issue. More extensive details on
the claims themselves are provided in LLMC Number 09969.)
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Title:
Veto messages of James K. Polk, Franklin Pierce, Grover Cleveland of French spoliation claims / Committee on War Claims, House of Representatives.
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OCLC Number:
857925123
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Available Volumes
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| Name | Fiche Count | Online | Paper Backup |
| Volume 1 | | Yes | No |
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