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LETTER OF MART
LETTER OF MART, a commission granted by the lords of the admiralty, or by the vice-admiral of any distant province, to the commander of a merchant-ship, or privateer, to cruize against, and make prizes of, the enemy's ships and vessels, either at sea, or in their harbours.
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© Derived from Thomas Cadell's new corrected edition, London: 1780, page 176, 2003
Prepared by Paul Turnbull
http://southseas.nla.gov.au/refs/falc/0803.html