The ECU Maritime Studies Program has, as Dr. Still noted, produced some of this country's leading professionals in the maritime heritage field. Many can thank Frank for helping to get them there. We wish him fair winds and expect to read, in future issues of Sea History, about the great wo rks he is abo ut to produce with NOAA's Office of Ocean Exploration.
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1-800-448-5567 Corrigendum My article in Sea History 113 (Winter 2005-06) , "A French Spoliation Case: Not-Quite Justice After Never-Was War," suggested that the Netherlands never paid restitution for the illegal condemnation of the Baltimore schooner Mary and her cargo at Dutch C ura<;:ao in 1800. Further research estab lished rhar, in fact, they did. The serrlemenr derails were found in Treaties and Other International Acts of the United States ofAmerica (Washington, DC: Government Printing Office, 1934, Documenrs 80-121: 1836-1846, Vol. 4: 179) . While rhe Durch and the US were negotiating a treaty of commerce and navigation in 1838, "the King of rhe Netherlands ... in further illustration of his character for justice and of his desire to remove every cause of dissatisfaction," ordered the spoli ation claim resolved. By then it had been an ongoing irritant between the two countries for nearly 40 years. His Minister of Fo reign Affairs, Baron Verstolk de Soelen, in discussions with Auguste Danezac, US Charge D 'affaires, offered the sum of $62,692. The Durch insisted on dealing only with the US governmenr, not rhe private claimants, and that rhe US rake responsibility for apportioning shares in rhe proceeds. The US divided rhe money among a Phi ladelphia claims agent (who received about a third in fees and expenses), two Baltimore insurance companies and another in New York, with a leftover 4/23 for the heirs of Mary's owner. The US government also agreed to indemnify the Durch against any remaining demandseither by rhe Americans, the French privateers (the corsair Renommee, Cap r. Joseph Rodnigan), or rhe French government. JOH N B. YELLOTT Charlorresville, Virginia
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