1. Claiborne enclosed a translation (1 p.; 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 3:138–39) of Casa Calvo’s 27 July 1805 letter asking if his employees on the boundary commission and the officers and others vested with offices by Spain, who planned to depart soon or whenever they finished their business, were subject to the municipal tax on slaves or enjoyed an exemption like that granted by Spain to foreigners working or traveling in that country. If the latter, he would send Claiborne a list of all those entitled to such an exemption in order to avoid problems that might arise.

2. The enclosure is a copy (2 pp.; docketed by Wagner; printed ibid., 139–40) of Claiborne to Casa Calvo, 28 July 1805, stating that the Louisiana Purchase Treaty allowed a specific period of time for Spanish forces to depart from the territory. When that time had passed, Casa Calvo had been “urged to direct the departure of certain officers” who stayed on well beyond the deadline without any reason for remaining and who indeed appeared to be considering “permanent residence.” Claiborne added that he could not see how such individuals could claim special exemptions and advised them to pay any tax they owed. He said he would submit to JM the question of whether Casa Calvo and the members of his family were exempt and asked Casa Calvo to send him the names of individuals employed on the commission as well as those of anyone “vested with Public offices” by Spain. For article 5 of the treaty, which stipulated that foreign troops should leave the territory within three months after ratification, see Miller, Treaties, description begins Hunter Miller, ed., Treaties and Other International Acts of the United States of America (8 vols.; Washington, 1930–48). description ends 2:501–2.