1. The enclosures are copies of (1) Carlos Grand Pré to Claiborne, 1 Apr. 1806 (2 pp.; in Spanish; marked “Copy”; docketed by Wagner), complaining of disorders fomented in his jurisdiction by U.S. citizens from Mississippi Territory, stating that he had learned of new planned disorders in which local commercial houses were intriguing and of which he had informed Robert Williams, and that he was now informing Claiborne of both of these matters and also that he could no longer allow travelers to pass through his territory without passports from proper authorities as had been done previously. He added that this should not be a problem because it was a universal practice, and he asked Claiborne to publicize the change in order to avoid delays in travelers’ affairs; and (2) Claiborne to Grand Pré, 8 Apr. 1806 (1 p.; in a clerk’s hand, signed by Claiborne; docketed by Wagner; printed in Rowland, Claiborne Letter Books description begins Dunbar Rowland, ed., Official Letter Books of W. C. C. Claiborne, 1801–1816 (6 vols.; Jackson, Miss., 1917). description ends , 3:285), acknowledging Grand Pré’s letter, stating that he had heard of no hostile preparations taking place in Mississippi Territory nor of any cooperation of American commercial houses; that the U.S. government had directed no hostile measures towards Spain; adding that he hoped Grand Pré would not persist in his determination to require passports from persons traveling from New Orleans through Baton Rouge, as it had not before been done and would inconvenience many individuals especially at that season of the year when boatmen and others were returning to the American west country; and stating his hope that the original reports that led to the new regulations had by now proved unfounded.