RC (DLC); between signature and postscript: “His Excellency Thos Jefferson. Monticello Va”; endorsed by TJ as received 5 Feb. 1817 and so recorded in SJL. Enclosures: (1) The Memorial Of Frederick Jenkins, and Rensselaer Havens, in behalf of the owners, officers, and crew of the late private armed brig General Armstrong ([Washington, 1817]; 14th Cong., 2d sess., Senate Doc. 66, ordered printed 23 Jan. 1817), stating that on 26 Sept. 1814 the brig had been in port in Faial when it was attacked by a superior British force; that despite its crew’s best efforts at defense, the vessel was destroyed; that the brig and her armament had a value of $42,000; and petitioning Congress for such indemnity or compensation to the owners, officers, and crew as “under the peculiar circumstances attending her destruction, may be deemed just and equitable.” (2) The Memorial Of Ship-owners, and others, interested in foreign commerce, convened by public notice at the Tontine Coffee House, in the city of New-York, the 17th January, 1817 ([Washington, 1817]; 14th Cong., 2d sess., Senate Doc. 65, ordered printed 23 Jan. 1817; also issued as House Doc. 49), claiming that commercial and colonial regulations adopted by foreign nations to protect and promote their trade have depressed commerce in the United States and resulted in unemployment for “our seamen and the numerous classes of mechanics connected with navigation”; citing a current bill to impose an additional duty on merchandise imported into the United States from nations that exclude American vessels; and proposing a stronger law that would prohibit the importation of all foreign products not carried in American vessels, exclude any foreign produce originating in ports that refuse to reciprocate by accepting imports, and prevent foreign vessels in United States ports from loading American produce destined for ports that deny entry to American vessels.