¶ From Messrs. Robe & Gardner. Letter not found. 25 August 1806. Acknowledged in JM to Robe & Gardner at Boston, 4 Nov. 1806, where it is described as presenting a question “belonging to the Treasury Department,” to which it had been forwarded. JM stated that the government would not likely intervene in the matter (DNA: RG 59, DL, vol. 15).