Confederate Civil War Navy Letter of Marque & Reprisal

Description

Civil War Navy Letter of Marque or Reprisal
Issued under the authority of the
President of the Confederate States of America
(Dated in the 1860's or with a current date)
QUALIFIES
FOR A FEDERAL INCOME TAX DEDUCTION
Your tax deductible contribution assists us with Battlefield Preservation, Veterans Grave Restoration, and helps fund our Scholarship Program.
In recognition of your contribution you will receive a beautiful
RECREATION
of a Confederate States of American Letter of Marque and Reprisal in your name or the name of anyone you designate; with the name of a vessel of your choice.
This is a must for any “Student” of the American Civil War, re-enactor, would be Privateer, as a gift for a friend or to encourage a child or grandchild to study American History.
The original function of a Letter of Marque and Reprisal was to right a National wrong.  These letters were used by governments, as an instrument of State, to augment the size of their naval forces and to attack the commerce of the enemy at no cost to public funds. Letters of Marque did not completely safeguard a privateer from prosecution even when ships of certain countries were excluded from attacks. When a privateer was captured by hostile nations he was often charged with being a pirate and swiftly executed.  The use of Letters of Marque was discontinued by many countries who signed the Declaration of Paris in 1856. United States as well as several other countries signed the International Treaty much later. The US was at that time, much more dependent on their use to increase their Maritime power because they lacked a Large Navy to defend itself during the War of 1812 and to defend and eventually defeat the Barbary Pirates.  More recently, Letters of Marque and Reprisal were issued by the Confederate States of American during the Civil War primarily to run the Federal Blockade, but also because the CSA lacked a significant navel force of its own.
The American Civil War Charitable Trust (www.acwct.org), a 501(c)(3) non-profit entity recognized by the United States Department of Internal Revenue, is offering these Letters of Marque and Reprisal to fund its Scholarship program, Civil War Veterans Grave Restoration, and Battlefield Preservation efforts, in addition to supporting like-minded Civil War related organizations in their historic preservation efforts.
THIS IS NOT A MEMBERSHIP AND THERE ARE NO ANNUAL DUES
Each contributor will receive:
An 11” x 17” Letter of Marque and Reprisal in his or her name.
A letter of Notification from the CSA Department of State
A written confirmation of the money received for income tax purposes
Purchaser pays for shipping, handling, and USPS 1
st
Class mail delivery
within the US, or for USPS 1st Class deliver outside of the United States
Payment must be received within 7 days of purchase via PayPal
Full refund, including shipping & handling if not fully
satisfied for any reason within 7 days of receipt.
Please be advised: Since the Letter of Marque and Reprisal is large it must be mailed in a tube which cannot be processed by USPS automated equipment.
Therefore, these have been known to take from as few as to 3, to as many as 14 days to arrive, even longer if you reside overseas!
To help prevent piracy, the photographs of the documents
which appear in the listing have been intentionally blurred!
Other minor differences may be evident upon receipt since we continually update
and refine the documents to make them more realistic and period correct!
But once again, if you are
not completely satisfied
your contribution and shipping will be cheerfully refunded!
Since the Trust was established in 2002 we have donated over Million
in support of scholarship and American Civil War related charities and institutions through the use of matching grants and direct financial assistance.  We are truly grateful to the continued support of our worldwide contributors; without whom none of this would have been possible.
The American Civil War Charitable Trust has NO PAID STAFF and 100% of all contributions less postage, eBay & PayPal fees, and related office expenses, are applied to our Battlefield Preservation, Grave Restoration, and Scholarship Funds.  Please note our IRS-Form 990-N filing form, which is posted in the listing and email me with any questions.  Since this is the only way we have of raising money in support of our work, and with each document being time consuming and expensive to research and recreate, I regret to say we cannot provide blanks.  I trust you will understand and appreciated this policy and I thank you for supporting us in our historic preservation efforts.