1III. Gallatin’s Remarks on the Draft, 21 November 1802 (Jefferson Papers)
...that claimed them. Writing to Thornton on 9 Nov., Madison stated that the law of nations did not require the delivering up of deserted sailors from ships of war and that the United States and Great Britain had not in the Jay Treaty extended the right of extradition to such cases. “It follows that the effect of applications in such cases must depend on the local laws existing on each...
2Enclosure: Gallatin’s Opinion on the Edward Stevens Claim (Jefferson Papers)
between the United States and Great Britain on the one part and the actual Government of St. Domingo on the other part; and afterwards to remain in the Island as a Ministerial Agent for the purpose of carrying the Convention into effect and of preserving the...