Eight Weeks Duresse — Nevis
Generated illustration. Not a historical photograph. A sailing fleet. Not a portrait.
Overview
The enforcement order stays on Navigation Act — Boreas Enforcement. This note covers the eight-week restraint and the £40,000 figure only. The later Register Act stays on Register Act — Boreas Memorial. The four seizures stay on Island Colours — Four Americans Nevis.1
The Restraint
Southey says the American captains laid their damages at the enormous amount of £40,000. Eight weeks he remained under this state of duresse.2
The spoken “Pity” line stays off this page. The trial verdict and the crown defence stay on RESEARCH_QUEUE.
Sources
- @southey1813nelson
- Navigation Act — Boreas Enforcement
- Island Colours — Four Americans Nevis
- Register Act — Boreas Memorial
Related
Navigation
Same Subject
- Navigation Act — Boreas Enforcement
- Island Colours — Four Americans Nevis
- Register Act — Boreas Memorial
- Calder Court-Martial — Finisterre Aftermath
- Nelson Horatio — Biography Overview
Cross-Domain
Footnotes
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Enforcement order only: Navigation Act — Boreas Enforcement. ↩
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“They laid their damages at the enormous amount of £40,000.” “Eight weeks he remained under this state of duresse.” @southey1813nelson vol. 1, pp. 64–65 (1813). Do not add the spoken Pity line or the Register Act on this page. ↩