Re: French Spoliation Claim - Elaine Oakes
Subject: Re: French Spoliation Claim
From: Elaine Oakes
Date: October 18, 1999

I bought an old history book, "The Federal Union, A History of the United
States to 1865", by John D. Hicks, from the library's discard table (I
recommend having a history reference when working on geneology).
"Another problem that confronted Jackson was the non-payment by France of
the so-called "spoilation claims."  These the United States had long held
against France in consideration of the losses which Napoleon, in his vain
effort to enforce the Continental System, had inflicted upon American
shipping. ... Under strong pressure from Jackson an agreement was reached in
July, 1831, whereby the United States was to be paid twenty-five million
francs, less one and one half millions for the French claims against the
United States, in six equal installments beginning in February, 1833."
I'll skip the rest of the details, except that the money wasn't paid right
away.
Elaine Oakes

From: 
> While researching the Turnbulls of Charleston (James, Joseph, Robert J.
> William, Elizabeth, Sabina Elliott, etc), I found that James Turnbull
> (sometime between 1800 and 1850) had filed a French Spoliation Claim
against
> the United States.
> This claim arose as a result of his estate going into probate and was
> "discovered", by the admistrator of the intestate proceedings.
> Does anyone know what a "French Spoliation Claim" might be??
> James Turnbull was a respected merchant of Charleston, and lived 10 houses
> down from the Governor (Henry W. Desassure ) in the 1810 Census.
> James Turnbull is my GGGGGG grandfather - born around 1770-75- died in
1860.
> He was born in Scotland, and is buried at the First Scots Presbyterian
> Cemetery in Charleston -- on Meeting St, I beleive.
> Thank you
> Bob White


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