§ From Anthony Merry. 5 August 1806, Washington. “I have received the Honor of your Letter of yesterday’s Date [not found], with the Document it inclosed proving Thomas Smith, who is stated to have been impressed by His Majesty’s Ship Cambrian, to be a Citizen of the United States; and I shall not fail, Sir, to transmit a Copy of that Document to the Commander in Chief of His Majesty’s Ships on the Halifax Station in order that immediate Attention may be paid to your Application for the Discharge of the Seaman abovementioned.”