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American Civil War
Rebel Raiders from Canada
[ MANIFESTO. ] CONFEDERATE STATES OF AMERICA.
"Whereas, It has been made known to me that Bennet G. Burley, an acting master in the navy of the Confederate States, is now under arrest in one of the British North American provinces, on an application made by the Government of the United States for the delivery to that Government of the said Bennet G. Burley, under the treaty known as the Extradition Treaty, now in force between the United States and Great Britain; and
" Whereas, It has been represented to me that the demand for the extradition of the said Bennet G. Burley is based on the charge that the said Burley is a fugitive from justice, charged with having committed the crimes of robbery and piracy in the jurisdiction of the United States; and
"Whereas, It has further been made known to me that the accusations and eharges made against the said Bennet G. Burley are based solely on the acts and conduct of the said Burley, in an enterprise or expedition made or attempted in the month of September last (1864), for the capture of the steamer 'Michigan, ' an armed vessel of the United States
Michigan in the Civil War
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