To James Madison from John Brice Jr., 9 August 1806 (Abstract)
From John Brice Jr., 9 August 1806 (Abstract)
§ From John Brice Jr. 9 August 1806, Collector’s Office, Baltimore. “In the temporary absence of the Collector I transmit you the papers herewith inclosed, respecting the treatment experienced by the vessels, therein named, from British cruisers.
“It appears that neither of the persons named in Captains Wilson & Perry’s Protests as impressed, were citizens of the United States.”1
RC (DNA: RG 59, Records Relating to Impressed Seamen, Lists and Misc. Papers, 1796–1814, box 13). 1 p.; signed by Brice as “D Colr.” Enclosures not found, but see n. 1.
1. Brice may have referred to the case of the Eliza, Captain Perry, from which the British frigate Cleopatra reportedly impressed sixteen Irish immigrants as the Eliza entered the Virginia Capes on 11 May 1806 (Easton, Md., Republican Star or Eastern Shore General Advertiser, 24 June 1806).