691Enclosure: Exequatur for Thomas Dannery, 3 October 1793 (Jefferson Papers)
George Washington President of the United States of America. To all whom it may concern. The Citizen Dannery having produced to me his commission as Consul for the Republick of France at Boston, I do hereby recognize him as such, and do declare him free to exercise and enjoy such functions, powers, and priviledges, as are allowed to Consuls of the French Republick by the laws, treaties, and...
692From Thomas Jefferson to Benjamin Bankson, 3 October 1793 (Jefferson Papers)
Mr. Bankson will find herein inclosed the following papers, to wit 1. to Mr. Duplaine. my original letter to him } a copy of the Letters patent a copy of the Evidence 2. to Mr. Genet. my original letter to him } a copy of the Letters patent a copy of the Evidence. a copy of my letter to Duplaine 3. to Mr. Morris my original letter to him } press copies will do for this if good.
693From Thomas Jefferson to Benjamin Bankson, 3 October 1793 (Jefferson Papers)
I have duly received by post your favor of Sep. 23. and the letters accompanying it. I now inclose you a returned commission to be filed in the office.—Crosby mentioned to me that he had some interests, of moment to himself and his wife, to settle in Delaware, which would require an absence of a week, and I thought he could not take a better time than during the suspension of our business....
694From Thomas Jefferson to Bournonville, 3 October 1793 (Jefferson Papers)
I recieved yesterday your favor of Sep. 18. stating that the vessel the Industry, armed at St. Domingo, having taken and sent into Baltimore the English vessel the Rochampton, the same had been arrested by order of the government, and guards put on board, and I shall immediately communicate it to the President. Should he not in the mean time have recieved information of this seisure, whether...
695From Thomas Jefferson to Tench Coxe, 3 October 1793 (Jefferson Papers)
Th: Jefferson presents his compliments to Mr. Coxe and returns him Mr. Franks’s letter with thanks for the perusal of it. His situation has permitted him to communicate it to the President, but no further. The oppressions of our commerce in the West Indies are really grievous: but it seems best to take no small measure, but to wait for the mass of matter we expect from the merchants and to...
696From Thomas Jefferson to Antoine Charbonnet Duplaine, 3 October 1793 (Jefferson Papers)
Authentic information being recieved that under colour of your office as Vice-Consul of the republic of France, you have with an armed force, opposed the course of the laws of the land, and rescued out of the hands of an officer of justice a vessel which he had arrested by authority of a precept from his court, the President of the United States has considered it as inconsistent with the...
697Enclosure: Revocation of Duplaine’s Exequatur, 3 October 1793 (Jefferson Papers)
George Washington President of the United States of America. To all whom it may concern. The Sieur Antoine Charbonet Duplaine heretofore having produced to me his Commission as Vice Consul for the Republick of France, within the States of New Hampshire, Massachussets, and Rhode Island, and having thereon received from me an Exequatur bearing date the fifth day of June 1793. recognising him as...
698From Thomas Jefferson to Edmond Charles Genet, 3 October 1793 (Jefferson Papers)
In a former letter which I had the honor of writing you, I mentioned that information had been recieved that Mr. Duplaine, Vice-Consul of France at Boston, had been charged with an opposition to the laws of the land, of such a character, as, if true, would render it the duty of the President immediately to revoke the Exequatur whereby he was permitted to exercise the functions of Vice-Consul...
699From Thomas Jefferson to Gouverneur Morris, 3 October 1793 (Jefferson Papers)
Mr. Duplaine, Vice-Consul of France at Boston, having by an armed force, opposed the course of the laws of this country within the same, by rescuing out of the hands of an officer of justice a vessel which he had arrested by authority of a precept from his court, the President has thought it necessary to revoke the Exequatur by which he had hitherto permitted him to exercise his functions...
700From Thomas Jefferson to George Washington, 3 October 1793 (Jefferson Papers)
Th: Jefferson with his respects to the President has the honor to inclose him a commission from the French Executive council to Mr. Dannery to be Consul for them at Boston, also an Exequatur, countersigned by himself, which will want the President’s signature, and then the seal of the US. With these is a letter to Mr. Genet, and a cover to Mr. Bankson directing him what to do. Should the whole...