Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS vii
3. ILLUSTRATIONS viii
4. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS x
5. Introduction 1
6. 1 Looking Back: Prize Jurisdiction in New York and Colonial America 19
7. 2 “The Loyal American”: Colonial Prize Jurisdiction in the Vice-Admiralty Court of New York, 1776–1783 40
8. 3 Independent and Neutral: US Objectives in British Prize Jurisdiction in the 1790s 66
9. 4 “In a Lion’s Mouth”: The American Agent for Claims in the High Court of Admiralty 88
10. 5 Dependent and Entangled: The American Experience of British Prize Jurisdiction in London 111
11. 6 “In Pursuit of a Shadow”: US Citizens, Prize Appeals and Vice-Admiralty Courts 137
12. 7 Finding Common Ground: The London Commission of the Jay Treaty 155
13. 8 “The Distress of our Commerce”: US Merchants and the Transatlantic Communication Cycles for Claims and Compensation 175
14. 9 Looking Forward: Prize and Independence Post-1804 196
15. Conclusion 212
16. APPENDIX 214
17. BIBLIOGRAPHY 239
18. INDEX 263