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The bill was received in the Senate on April 12, 1798, and read the first time. [8] The bill received its second reading the following day and was referred to committee. [9] The bill was reported from committee with amendments on June 19, 1798. [10] The bill was amended, read the third time and passed by the Senate on July 14, 1798, and sent ...
It created a tax of 20 cents each month to be withheld from seamen's wages for support of marine hospitals. The money was paid to the U.S. Collector of Customs. This was the first example of pre-paid health insurance in U.S. history. The Act was expanded in 1799 to include all "officers, seamen and marines of the navy of the United States" [1]
Commodore William Bainbridge (May 7, 1774 – July 27, 1833) was a United States Navy officer. During his long career in the young American navy he served under six presidents beginning with John Adams and is notable for his many victories at sea.
Soltow, Lee (1987). "The Distribution of Income in the United States in 1798: Estimates Based on the Federal Housing Inventory". The Review of Economics and Statistics. 69 (1): 181– 185. doi:10.2307/1937921. JSTOR 1937921. Ray, Thomas M. (1983). ""Not One Cent for Tribute": The Public Addresses and American Popular Reaction to the XYZ Affair ...
The U.S. Navy purchased Croyable on 30 July 1798, manned her at Philadelphia, renamed her Retaliation, and placed her under the command of Lt. William Bainbridge. Retaliation departed Norfolk on 28 October 1798 with Montezuma and Norfolk and cruised in the West Indies protecting American commerce during the Quasi-War with France.
Under Washington and Adams, the Federalists had established a strong government, but sometimes it followed policies that alienated the citizenry. In 1798, in order to pay for the rapidly expanding army and navy, the Federalists had enacted a new tax on houses, land and slaves, affecting every property owner in the country.
Rather than purporting to nullify the Alien and Sedition Acts, the 1798 Resolutions called on the other states to join Kentucky "in declaring these acts void and of no force" and "in requesting their repeal at the next session of Congress". The Kentucky Resolutions of 1799 were written to respond to the states who had rejected the 1798 Resolutions.
Map of Spithead between Portsmouth and the Isle of Wight. The mutiny at Spithead (an anchorage near Portsmouth) lasted from 16 April to 15 May 1797.Sailors on 16 ships in the Channel Fleet, commanded by Admiral Lord Bridport, protested against the living conditions aboard Royal Navy vessels and demanded a pay rise, better victualling, increased shore leave, and compensation for sickness and ...