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Updated: October 28, 2026
Count von Bernstorff, the German Ambassador, immediately notified the State Department that Germany claimed the Appam as a prize under the Prussian-American Treaty of 1828, and would contend for possession of the ship. This treaty was construed as giving German prizes brought to American ports the right to come and go.