Gilchrist v. Collector of Charleston

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Gilchrist v. Collector of Charleston

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William Johnson
In Gilchrist v. Collector of Charleston (1808), Johnson, while holding federal circuit court, allowed clearance from the port of Charleston to a ship detained under Jefferson’s Embargo Act of 1807, a measure intended to preserve U.S. neutrality in the Napoleonic Wars. In Supreme Court cases Johnson…
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In Gilchrist v. Collector of Charleston (1808), Johnson, while holding federal circuit court, allowed clearance from the port of Charleston to a ship detained under Jefferson’s Embargo Act of 1807, a measure intended to preserve U.S. neutrality in the Napoleonic Wars. In Supreme Court cases Johnson…
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