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1. the ship Aurora, Capt. Rand. provisions, lumber, & naval stores being the articles on which we rely most for effect during our embargo, Rand’s loading, as to the great mass of it’s articles, seems not to render his case suspicious. keeping therefore the articles of provisions lumber & naval stores within their regular limits, I see no objection to a permit in the character of his cargo: and...
I have the honor to inclose a Bill of Exchange for 5000 Dollars, drawn upon me on the 23d: of May last, by John Gavino, Consul at Gibraltar, in favor of the late General Shee, and to request you will cause a remittance to be made of that amount, out of the appropriations for Barbary Intercourse, to the Executors of the estate of Genl. Shee, at Philadelphia. Mr. Gavino is to be charged with the...
1. Can we do better as to Nantucket than to send Coffin’s letter to Govr. Lincoln? he is better qualified than we are to judge of their wants & their real views. their proposition to give a carte blanche to all their coasters, besides being suspicious, might be an invidious distinction to which I do not know whether their general character entitles them. if you can suggest any thing better I...
I am really at a loss what to do in the inclosed case. the President as trustee for the city by it’s constitution, is nominally the plaintiff. but the US. as creditors to more than the whole amount of the proceeds of the sale, being really the Castui que trust, I believe it will be more correct for the trustee to abandon the management of the case to the creditor. if so, it will fall under...
I am quite at a loss what to propose in the case of Astor, and also of Nantucket. the difficulty in the last case is that of getting ourselves entangled with selectmen. I would be glad to confer with you on these subjects when it may be convenient to yourself having been confined myself for some days by a swelled face & indisposition connected with it Affectte. salutns NHi : Papers of Albert...
1. the Comet & D.W. Coxe. I see in those papers no evidence but the letters of James Dixey & the protest of James Dixey; to which may be added the survey of a man chosen by himself to examine and report the state of the vessel. with such a surveyor no doubt every port in the W. Indies is prepared to assist the smugglers. Dixey himself being the principal Culprit, his evidence is null. on the...
1. Schooner Concord in which John Bell has an agency. the detention is confirmed for that cause 2. Sloop Rising Sun; unless she has a Governor’s certificate, or can bring herself within the rule of ⅛ th. she should be detained. 3. Brig Ann-Maria and passengers, who pray to change their destination from the islands now blockaded to St. Lucia or Dominica in possession of the English. this being...
1. D.W. Coxe & the ship Comet. the application to send another vessel to the Havanna to bring home the proceeds of the cargo of the Comet, charged with a breach of embargo must be rejected for 3. reasons each insuperable. 1. the property was not shipped from the US. prior to Dec. 22. 1807. and therefore is not within the description of cases in which a permission by the Executive is authorised...
The idea of regulating the coasting trade (to N. Orleans for instance) by the quantity of tonnage sufficient for each port, is new to me, & presents difficulties through which I cannot see my way. to determine how much tonnage will suffice for the coasting trade of Boston, N. York, Philadelphia & the other ports great & small, and to divide this tonnage impartially among the competitors of...
Mr. Harrison will continue in office till the 3d. of March. I send you tit for tat, one lady application for another. however our feelings are to be perpetually harrowed by these sollicitations, our course is plain, & inflexible to right or left. but for god’s sake get us relieved from this horrible drudgery of refusal. Affectionate salutations. to be returned NHi : Papers of Albert Gallatin.
I find that the correspondence on the subject of Tureau’s Permits was between mr Madison & myself, my letter of Aug. 19. to you being the only one in which it is mentioned.   in those of Aug. 12. 16. 19. & Sep. 13. to mr Madison, I find the idea of his purchasing a vessel & filling her with French seamen, constantly rejected, as inconsistent with neutrality, and that the vessels to be allowed...
Th: Jefferson returns the inclosed report to mr Gallatin with his entire approbation & affectionate salutations. P.S. on reconsideration. the use of the words ‘temporary’ & ‘permanent’ in the 6th. page applied to the embargo, may give countenance to the federal charge & clamour, as if we had really contemplated it as a permanent measure: and altho’ the idea as here explained, is just, yet they...
I return you the papers in the case of the schooners Natalie & Atalante, and think there should not be a moment lost in giving permission to the latter to depart. I think 2 ½ tons to every person not too much, nor would I object to the additional 5 barrels of flour & meat above the usual allowance, as some satisfaction for the injurious suspicions & search to which they have been subjected and...
The case of the schooner Concord, sold by J. Bell of Petersburg, to M. W. Hancock of Richmond. I think it may be concluded from the letters of Hancock & of the Collector, that the purchase of the schooner has been a bona fide one; but it is not even alledged that he has purchased the cargo, but it appears on the contrary that Bell has the same concern in that as before. as, where a person has...
The answer to the petition of Percival & others praying that they may be permitted to send a vessel or vessels to take up their men from the desolate islands of the Indian ocean & thence to proceed on a trading voyage to Canton &c cannot but be a thing of course, that days having been publicly announced after which no permissions to send vessels to bring home property would be granted, which...
The cargo, ostensible destination, ownership & other circumstances respecting the ship Lorenzo of New York, leave not a doubt but that fraud is intended. let her therefore be detained. As the law for laying permanent protecting duties will pass through your hands, I take the liberty of depositing with you the inclosed letter from mr Strong of Philadelphia, giving an account, & a specimen of...
The inclosed petition from Deville was handed me by Genl. Turreau. I told him at once it was inadmissible, that days had been long ago announced after which no vessels would be permitted to depart; that in favor of emigrants we had continued indulgences till very lately; but that as there must be an end to it, that time had come and we had determined to give no more permissions. they had had a...
I inclose you the petition of Jacob Smith of Newport in the case of the ship Triumph, which is a new case to me. perhaps the practice as to foreign ships arriving since the embargo laws, with which I am unacquainted, may facilitate the solution. what should be done? The Atalanta. is not the Collector the person who is to search into the fact charged? I do not know who it is that does this in...
Be pleased to issue your warrant on the appropriations for the Contingent & Incidental expenses of this Office for one thousand Dollars in favor of Stephen Pleasonton, who is to be charged with the same on the Books of the Treasury. I am &c, DNA : RG 59—DL—Domestic Letters.
I do not recollect the instructions to Govr. Lewis respecting squatters. but if he had any they were unquestionably to prohibit them rigorously. I have no doubt, if he had not written instructions, that he was verbally so instructed. Carr’s story has very much the air of an idle rumor, willingly listened to. it shews some germ of discontent existing. I think Cochran should immediately dismiss...
will you examine the inclosed and make any alterations you think adviseable? it is written, as in my own name, but will be changed into the 3d. person & go from the department. I think it need go only to the Governors there mentioned. not a symptom of force has appeared any where else as far as I have heard. Affectte. salutns. NHi : Papers of Albert Gallatin.
The removal of Williams is approved. has not Gelston been deficient in not giving notice of transactions under his eye, altho’ not within his district? I send you a projet of T. Coxe. I really believe that such an office would at this time be useful, & that he would execute the duties well, to collect even the existing state of manufactures in every state, would enable the legislatures of the...
Walden’s petition to carry 30. new negroes from Charleston to N. Orleans, may I think be granted; and if their real destination be a foreign port, so much the better. What do you think of Gelston’s proposition to consider all shipments from the town of Jersey as suspicious, for a while? If the French privateer La Fortune should be found to have the money on board, she will be detained &...
Be pleased to issue your Warrant on the appropriations for the Contingent Expenses of this Office for one thousand Dollars in favor of Stephen Pleasonton, who is to be charged and held accountable for the same. I am &c. DNA : RG 59—DL—Domestic Letters.
These recommenders are such good men that I think it will be best to make the nomination at once if the Senators & delegates know nothing to the contrary. will you be so good as to consult them? NHi : Papers of Albert Gallatin.
I have the honor to request you to issue your Warrant on the appropriation for Foreign Intercourse, for 328, 37/100 Dols: in favor of James Davidson Esqr., the holder of the enclosed Bill, drawn upon me on the 10th. Novr. last by Henry Hill Esqr. Consul of the United States at St. Salvador, who is to be charged with the amount thereof. I am &c: DNA : RG 59—DL—Domestic Letters.
Agreeably to a request of Tobias Lear Esqr., contained in a letter of the 22d. of July last, received by this Department, I have the honor to request that the Bill now enclosed from his Mother Mary Lear, drawn upon me on the 11th. instant, for Five hundred dollars may be paid out of the appropriations for Barbary Intercourse, to Clement Storer Esqr., in whose favor it is drawn; charging Mr....
Have you obtained the name & character of the son of Made. Bonneville? I believe there remains a single vacancy of a Cadet.   it seems extremely difficult to say what had best be done as to militia at N. London. I am assured that if I designate a militia officer there, the legislature now meeting, will immediately remove him. perhaps the proper way to ensure an effectual enforcement would be...