Some materials in Danish.

Letters, legal papers, accounts, bills, receipts, invoice and bills of lading documenting the Brig Jason and its “unjust” detention of 2 months and 11 days in Copenhagen, Denmark, by a Danish privateer while on route from Salem, Massachusetts to St. Petersburg, Russia.

Expenses in consequence of the capture of the Brig Jason.

Most of the materials are in Danish. Documents in English describe the unlawful capture of the Brig Jason and its cargo. The court fined the privateer twenty-five hundred dollars and court expenses for the unlawful seizure.

Letters from Captain Henry Allen and others posted from various locations (including Copenhagen, London, and Cronstadt [Kronstadt], Russia) to Ebenezer Putnam and Edward Allen, a merchant in Salem. Letters describe the detention of the Brig Jason and seizure of its freight in Copenhagen, the release of the vessel and its safe arrival in St. Petersburg, and Allen’s intent to return to Salem with the brig loaded with a cargo of 50 tons of iron and 60 tons of hemp.

Appears to an incomplete list of personnel. Details Includes time agreed to enter on board for duty, men’s names, station (position), witnessed to their signing, advance wages, time of discharge, hospital money, and wages due.

Most of the materials are in Danish.