1To Thomas Jefferson from George Hammond, 24 April 179[3] (Jefferson Papers)
I have the honor of acknowledging the receipt of your letter of yesterday inclosing a copy of the President’s proclamation. I beg you to be persuaded that I entertain a proper sense of this spontaneous proof of the disposition of the United States to observe a generally friendly and impartial conduct towards the belligerent powers: But as you seem to be of opinion that, in order to give this...