1To James Madison from Richard Cutts, 8 June 1804 (Madison Papers)
I am happy to learn by yr. Postscript that all our Foreign affairs remain in Statu quo. You request some information with respect to the arming of private Vessels for St. Domingo —the subject is scarcely mentioned here— None having attempted to arm from this port. Many unarmed Vessels have endeavoured to pursue that trade but they have been mostly taken—no great alarm is excited on that...