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A Century of Lawmaking for a New Nation: U.S. Congressional Documents and Debates, 1774-1875
American State Papers --INDEX TO FOREIGN RELATIONS. VOL. II.
For carrying into execution the treaty of amity, commerce, and navigation, concluded by Mr. Jay, 1797, July 4, ... 103
Remarks on, by Mr. King, ... 108
Observations explanatory of their provisions, by Lord Grenville, ... 111
Reply of, to the animadversions of the minister of the Batavian republic, 1796, Oct. 31, ... 14
To the Secretary of State: the neutral rights of all the nations of Europe are as little regarded by France as those of the United States; Denmark required to exclude British vessels from the Elbe, 1797, Feb. 17, ... 14
To the Secretary of State: expresses opinions different from those contained in his instructions as minister to Prussia; the proposed change in the treaty in the clause making the vessel protect the cargo more especially objected to, 1797, Oct. 31, ... 251
Renews his objection to the proposed modification of the principle "free ships make free goods," 1798, May 17, ... 252
That he will be guided by his instructions, though he still thinks the suggested alterations in the treaty inexpedient, 1798, May 25, ... 252
Enclosing his memorial to the Prussian ministers, in which he suggests the alterations deemed advisable in the treaty proposed to be renewed, 1798, July 16, ... 253
To the ministers of Prussia, stating the reasons which have induced the United States to propose certain modifications of the treaty, 1798, July 11, ... 252
To the Secretary of State, enclosing the reply of the ministers of Prussia to his memorial of July 11, ... 253
To the Secretary of State, transmitting his reply to the Prussian ministers' note of September 25, 1798, Oct. 30, ... 255
To Messrs. Finckenstein, Alvensleben, and Haugwitz, replying to their objections, and presenting the reasons which induce the United States to propose the alterations in the ancient treaty, 1798, Oct. 29, ... 256
To the Secretary of State: enclosing the answer of the Prussian ministers to his note of October 29; they adhere to the principle making neutral bottoms cover the property on board; requisite ship papers; contraband articles, 1798, Dec. 31, ... 258
To the ministers of Prussia: review of the law of nations, and the stipulations of European Governments concerning enemy property on board neutral vessels subject to capture by a belligerent; the authority of Vattel; the policy of the United States favored the exemption of the property from capture; considerations which have led the Government of the United States to surrender their inclination, and adopt a principle inflexibly maintained by other Powers; what shall be contraband? the requisite ship papers, 1798, Dec. 24, ... 260 to 263
To the Secretary of State: the projet of a treaty has been received; the modifications which he proposed have been assented to, 1799, April 4, ... 263
To the Prussian ministers, proposing modifications of their projet of a treaty, 1799, March 16, ... 266, 267
To the Secretary of State: the alterations which he had proposed to the projet of the Prussian ministers are accepted, with one modification, on his part, to which they have agreed, 1799, May 10, ... 268
To the ministers of Prussia: that he adopts their modifications, and will be ready to sign, 1799, May 4, ... 269
To the Secretary of State: encloses the treaty, 1799, July 13, ... 269
The British Government have power to check abuses in courts of, ... 489
Documents in relation to affairs with, 1801, ... 347, &c.
Takes forcible possession of a national ship of war of the United States, 1800, 353
Letters from him on the subject, ... 401, 403, 404, 408, 409, 413, 414
To Mr. King, containing an elaborate calculation of the debt due by American to British merchants at the close of the war, 1801, Jan. 17 and 21, ... 406, 408
To Mr. King, enforcing his previous views and calculations, 1801, Feb. 14, ... 414
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For carrying into effect negotiations with the Barbary Powers from the commencement of the Government, 1802, Jan. 25, ... 365
To Mr. Monroe, that another effort has produced the same reply to that indicated in his note of March 12, 1805, March 18, ... 636
To Mr. Monroe, that no material change has taken place in the Government of France touching the relations between the United States and Spain, 1805, April 1, ... 636
To the Secretary of State, in relation to the ship New Jersey, Nicklin and Griffith owners, and defensive of his proceedings, 1805, ... 774
Transmitting his letter to the Minister of Marine and Colonies, and the reply, 1806, Dec. 24, ... 805
To the Minister of Marine and Colonies, asking an explanation of the imperial decree of November 21, 1806, 1806, Dec. 10, ... 805
To George Davis, that the Bashaw is desirous of peace; the success of the ex-Bashaw and Mr. Eaton would be the destruction of the Tripoline prisoners, 1805, Jan. 27, ... 703
To Commodore Samuel Barron, introducing Sidi Mohammed Dghies, the Bashaw's minister, and recommending him for surgical assistance, (in reality to confer respecting peace,) 1805, March 16 and 22, ... 704, 705, 706
To Hamet Caramalli, ex-Bashaw; his letter has been received, and the military supplies which were requested have been despatched, 1805, March 22, ... 707
To William Eaton, that he despatched the required supplies as far as practicable; explains the intentions of the American Government in relation to the ex-Bashaw, and intimates the necessity of keeping the United States free to pursue their own views and interests, untrammelled by any engagement to effect his restoration as reigning Bashaw, 1805, March 22, ... 708
To Captain Hull, committing to him stores and cash for the expedition under Mr. Eaton, and giving instructions for his co-operation, adapted to contingent circumstances, 1805, March 23, ... 708
To the Secretary of the Navy, communicating a sketch of Mr. Eaton's transactions in Egypt; the measures which he has adopted; and his own views of the success of the expedition, 1805, April 6, ... 708
To Mr. Eaton, that he has forwarded, by Captain Dent, two brass field-pieces, &c.; Tripoli remains closely blockaded, 1805, April 15, ... 709
To Tobias Lear, suggesting the present as a favorable moment for commencing negotiations with the Bashaw of Tripoli; reasons which render an honorable treaty desirable, 1805, May 18, ... 710
To Captain Hull, giving him instructions respecting certain supplies intended for the expedition under Mr. Eaton, 1805, May 19, ... 711
To Mr. Eaton, that, in the pecuniary and military supplies already furnished, he has gone to the extent of his authority and means; that the ex-Bashaw must now be left to his own resources; and that the overture made for peace has been embraced by Mr. Lear, 1805, May 19, ... 711
To Tobias Lear, informing him that his continued ill health has compelled him to relinquish the command of the American squadron; Captain Rodgers will succeed, 1805, May 22, ... 712
To Captain John Rodgers, that his protracted illness has made it an indispensable duty to resign the naval command to him, as the next in command, and that negotiations have been commenced with Tripoli, 1805, May 22, ... 712
What shall constitute a legal, ... 734
By proclamation, unsupported by an adequate naval force, the legality of, considered, ... 475, 476
Fictitious, by proclamation, one of the abuses of war, ... 476
The doctrine of, examined by Mr. Marshall, Secretary of State, ... 488
Law of, new principles of, enforced by Great Britain, ... 728
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Their appointment by the First Consul, and powers, 1800, March 3, ... 311, 313
To the ministers of the United States, communicating their additional powers, 1800, April 7, ... 313
Proposing their plan for conducting the negotiation, viz: to unite the consideration ot national and individual claims, 1800, April 9, ... 314
National claims will be determined by considering those of individuals; the discussion of the old treaties must precede the formation of a new one; commercial restrictions of the United States, whether they have ceased, 1800, April 14, ... 316
Acknowledging a supplemental note, with a projet for forming the Board of Commissioners, 1800, April 21, ... 318
Remarks upon the projet submitted; ask the reason for making a distinction between different epochs, and applying the stipulations of treaties to one, and the principles of national law to the other; the general principle of indemnity conceded, 1800, May 6, ... 319
Covering two acts of the French Government relating to the commerce of the United States, 1800, ... 325
The condition, insisted on by the French Government, that the ancient treaties shall be revived or declared in force, arrests their negotiation, [journal of American plenipotentiaries,] 1800, May 23, ... 325
They acknowledge the receipt of their note of 18 Floreal; which note has been submitted to the First Consul for his determination, 1800, June 5, ... 327
Their instructions require them to insist on the complete recognition of the ancient treaties; in what way treaties can be cancelled; not by the act of one; no right, inconsistent with the previous rights of France, can have been vested by treaty in Great Britain; in the event of reconciliation, the French ministers would recommend to their Government the voluntary surrender of their exclusive right respecting prizes, provided France were placed on the footing of the most favored nation; the last proposition of the American envoys examined, and rejected; they await new instructions, 1800, July 26, ... 330
Their new instructions allow them to propose the complete recognition of ancient treaties, with mutual indemnities; or France to be placed on the footing of the most favored nation, and a waiver of indemnities on both sides, 1800, ... 331
The overtures of the American envoys, of 20th August, deemed inadmissible, inasmuch as they propose a modification, and not a recognition, of ancient treaties; they submit propositions, viz: to exclude from their ports the prizes taken from each other after seven years, reserving the stipulations of existing treaties; the payment of indemnities to depend upon the proffer of the 17th and 22d articles of the ancient treaties; the guarantee convertible into a promise of succor amounting to two millions, 1800, August 25, ... 334
Reduce their propositions to these terms: France to have the right to carry in prizes; a commission shall regulate indemnities; the United States shall discharge the indemnities, and receive, as an equivalent, the abandonment by France of the privileges conceded by ancient treaties, 1800, Sept. 4, ... 336
Their notes upon the propositions of the American ministers of September 6, ... 338, 339
Their counter-projet to the overture of the American ministers of September 13, 1800, Sept. 19, ... 339
Propose that the treaty shall be concluded in the French language only, 1800, Sept. 29, ... 340, 341
Claims pending for captures by Great Britain, 1797, ... 122
Or detentions, regulations respecting, (See Prizes.) ... 248, 299
By British cruisers, from the 1st of January, 1800, 1801, Feb. 27, ... 345
British, report of a committee of the Senate on, 1806, ... 773
Receives assurances of effectual co-operation, ... 703
The agreement between him and Mr. Eaton, on the part of the United States, ... 706
To Commodore Barron: has agreed with Mr. Eaton on a plan of co-operation; is on his march, and requests military supplies, 1805, ... 706
To William Eaton, expressing his gratitude, and requesting the adoption of measures for the restoration of his family, 1805, June 29, ... 716
Address of, to the people of the United States, explaining his situation; when advances were first made to him by the United States; the expectations held out; and the destruction of his hopes, 1805, Sept. 1, ... 719
To the Secretary of State: the flagstaff of the United States cut down by order of the Dey, 1801, May 16, ... 355
Protest of, for various unjust and arbitrary acts of the Bashaw of Tripoli, 1800, Oct. 29, ... 355 to 357
Proposes co-operation with Hamet Caramalli, and successive operations against the Barbary Powers, 1801, ... 699
To the Secretary of State: the inhabitants of Tripoli hold the reigning Bashaw in abhorrence; advantages and justice of supporting the ex-Bashaw; the conduct of Mr. Eaton commended, 1801, ... 700
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To Mr. Pinckney: that Spain is not originally responsible for depredations committed by French cruisers equipped in Spanish ports, but, at most, could only be liable as an accessory; that France having been released by the convention of 1800, the benefit of that release must inure to Spain; the opinion of certain American jurists communicated in support of this decision, 1803, Aug. 23, ... 603, 604
To Mr. Pinckney: expressing the determination of the Spanish Government not to ratify the convention, except on three conditions: 1. To prescribe a limitation of time within which claims are to be adduced; 2. That a collection law of the United States, as regards West Florida, shall be repealed; 3. That the 6th article shall be expunged, so as to operate the abandonment of American claims founded on French captures, 1804, July 2, ... 620
To Mr. Pinckney: without departing from the decision of the Spanish Government already expressed, or giving the categorical answer requested by Mr. Pinckney, he expresses the opinion that the tone of Mr. Pinckney's letter cannot be approved by his Government, and informs him that a special courier will be despatched to the United States, 1805, July 8, ... 620
To Messrs. Pinckney and Monroe: concurs in the general views presented by the American ministers; Spain disposed to ratify the convention whenever the obstacles thereto shall have been removed; the claim of damages for the suppression of the right of deposite without foundation; commissioners are appointed to designate the boundaries of the Spanish possessions; proposes that each point shall be discussed separately, 1805, Jan. 31, ... 639
Confining his reply to the subject of indemnities provided for by the convention of 1802, he repeats the reasons already alleged for the suppression of the 6th article in the act of ratification, and insists on a compliance with the conditions previously brought forward, 1805, Feb. 10, ... 641
Discusses the claim of the United States to any part of West Florida as appertaining to Louisiana; by examining the extent of territory which Spain received from France, the terms of retrocession, and the limitation of the right of the United States to the territory which had thus passed between France and Spain, he infers that the territory acquired by the United States is bounded on the east by the Mississippi, 1805, Feb. 24, ... 644
He offers an explanation or justification of the tone and expressions of his note of the 16th February, and to which, in their reply of the 26th February, they had taken exception, 1805, Feb. 28, ... 649
That it was expedient and proper to proceed, as he had begun, to the separate discussion of each point of difference; the responsibility of Spain for the spoliations committed by French privateers is fully examined; he relies principally on the argument that France must be viewed as the principal, and Spain as accessory, and that the release of the principal, by the treaty of 1800, discharges the accessory; the obligation to indemnify for the suspension of the right of deposite is also examined, 1805, March 4, ... 650
He replies to the arguments set forth by the American ministers in their note of March 8, tending to show that the retrocession of Louisiana by Spain to France, "such as it was when France possessed it," included West Florida; and maintains that Spain having obtained West Florida from Great Britain, and Louisiana from France, Louisiana, "as in the hands of Spain," could not include Florida, 1805, March 14, ... 655
That the delay in replying to their note respecting the western boundary has arisen from "indispensable avocations," and not from a wish to terminate the negotiation, 1805, March 31, ... 658
Transmitting a note from Mr. Talleyrand to the chargé of Spain, and urging it as a ground for an explicit abandonment, on the part of the United States, of any claim to a part of Florida, 1805, April 9, ... 659
That the short delay that had occurred in replying to their note respecting the western limits of Louisiana was not attributable to the motives apprehended by the American ministers, but to the nature of the subject to be investigated; on the question of limits, he maintains the right of Spain to the Texas, founded on occupancy, and supported by historical facts; considers the pretensions of the United States, founded on the grant to Crozat, as illusory; and, until these points are settled, abstains from any propositions of a general nature, 1805, April 13, ... 660
That the propositions of the American ministers of May 12 would subject Spain to the payment of claims for which she is not responsible, and to the relinquishment of her indisputable territory for no valuable consideration, 1805, May 15, ... 666
Transmitting a passport for Mr. Monroe, and appointing a day for his audience, 1805, May 20, ... 667
To Governor Herrera, demanding the release of three American citizens unjustly arrested and confined by the Spanish authorities, 1806, Aug. 31, ... 802
Of American citizens awarded by the British commissioners anterior to the 16th April, 1802, ... 428
Against France for indemnities, report of a committee respecting, 1802, ... 459
Against France provided for by the convention of 1800, but pretermitted by that of 1803; instructions from the Secretary of State to the American minister to make an arrangement by which they shall obtain a pro rata proportion of the Louisiana fund, 1804, Jan. 31, ... 575
On Spain for depredations committed by French privateers equipped in the ports of Spain, correspondence between Mr. Pinckney and Mr. Cevallos concerning, ... 599, 605
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How far vessels owned by individuals may be allowed to arm in its defence, 1797, ... 77
Neutral, message of the Directory, and decree of January 8, 1798, against, ... 151
Measures recommended for its adequate protection, 1798, ... 152
With St. Domingo renewed, 1799, ... 240, 241
Continued depredations on, by Spain, 1805, ... 669, 670
Neural, restrictions upon, by Great Britain, 1806, ... 728
Stipulations for its freedom and security, 1800, ... 296
Articles declared to be, in the treaty with Prussia, (art. 13,) ... 246
Articles declared to be, in the treaty with France, (art. 13,) 1800, ... 298
What articles are, by the law of nations, ... 488, 734
The uses of war may render doubtful articles contraband, ... 488
Whether articles of, not carried to an enemy are liable to seizure, ... 488
Correspondence between Mr. King and Lord Grenville on a proposition to limit contraband articles, or define those that are so, ... 494
The Dey of Algiers in a better mood since the arrival of the "President," 1801, July 19, ... 360
His proceedings at Tripoli, 1801, Aug. 18, ... 360
Relinquishes the blockade of Tripoli, 1801, Oct. 4, ... 360
Due by American citizens to British creditors anterior to the Revolution, convention and negotiation by Mr. King for the purpose of discharging, 1800 to 1802, ... 382 to 428
An estimate, by the American agent, of their amount, ... 427
The French Directory refuse to acknowledge Mr. Pinckney, 1796, Dec. 11, ... 6
Notification to Mr. Pinckney to quit the territory of France, 1797, 6 Pluviose, ... 18
The representative of, claims indemnification for the recapture, by an American from a French privateer, of a Danish brigantine, 1803, ... 483
Held to be responsible to the United States on account of a claim of Peter Landais, ... 773
Decree of; merchandise of the enemy good prize; neutral vessels laden with enemy goods liable to seizure and detention; American vessels not having bills of lading liable to condemnation, 1792, March 2, ... 12
Message of, and decree of the council against neutral commerce, 1798, Jan. 8, ... 151
On wheat, wheat-meal, and flour, ... 104
On tobacco, ... 104
Countervailing, section 11, ... 105
Remarks on the meaning of the British treaty respecting, and the policy and mode of imposing, ... 109, 111, 112
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Tonnage, countervailing, light-house, on cargoes of American ships, and on tobacco, remarks on, by Mr. King, 1802, ... 498
Letters from, ... 463
To the Secretary of State: proposes co-operation with the ex-Bashaw of Tripoli, Hamet Caramalli; advantages of this measure, 1801, Sept. 5, ... 699
The American war unpopular at Tripoli; the Tripolines ripe for a revolt; plan of an attack by land, 1801, Dec. 13, ... 699
To Captain Hull, transmitting a letter from Hamet Caramalli, 1805, Jan. 8, ... 703
To the Secretary of the Navy, detailing his operations with the ex-Bashaw, and the movements which he designs, 1805, Feb. 13, ... 703
To Commodore Barron: his plans, his force, his resources, and anticipations, 1805, Feb. 14, ... 704
To Commodore Barron: that having so far succeeded in the expedition as to obtain possession of Derne, the expulsion of the Bashaw must crown their efforts, if persevered in; he justifies the expenses incurred; states those which may yet be necessary; gives a view of the characters of the two brothers; the state of Tripoli; the character of the Arabs; and the difficulties to be encountered; and states his objection to using the ex-Bashaw as an instrument to effect a peace advantageous to the United States, but destructive to Hamet Caramalli and his followers, 1805, April 29, ... 709
To Commodore Rodgers: informing him of the particulars attending the evacuation of Derne; the rage and dispersion of the Arabs; and the abandonment of Hamet Caramalli to his fate, 1805, June 13, ... 715
To Commodore Rodgers: enclosing a letter of Hamet Caramalli, 1805, June 30, ... 716
To the Secretary of the Navy: that the treaty of peace was an act of precipitation; he states the expense of the expedition by land, and that his accounts will be transmitted, 1805, July 6, ... 719
That the ex-Bashaw, Hamet Caramalli, has been deceived, used as an instrument, and abandoned; he can neither explain nor palliate the transaction, 1805, Dec. 5, ... 719
To Commodore Barron: detailing the military events which occurred before Derne from the 17th May to the 29th of June, and urging the motives of justice, expediency, honor, and humanity, in favor of the prosecution of the war, and against the proposed abandonment of Hamet Caramalli, by a premature treaty, 1805, May 29, ... 721
June 2, 3, 5, 9, 11 ... 724
To the Secretary of State, 1797, May 10, ... 67
To Governor Gayoso: causes of the discontents; delay in executing the treaty, 1797, ... 84
To the French Minister of Exterior Relations: having arrived at Corunna, on their way to Paris, they request passports, 1799, January 17, ... 307
To the Secretary of State, enclosing a copy of their letter of January 17 to the French minister, ... 307
To the Secretary of State: arrival at Burgos; their letter to Mr. Talleyrand, and the answer; transmitted, 1800, February 10, ... 308
To Mr. Talleyrand, announcing their arrival, &c. 1800, March 3, ... 309
To Messrs. Bonaparte, Fleurieu, and Roederer, expressing their readiness to exchange powers, and proceed to the negotiation, 1800, March 15, ... 310
Renewing the request contained in their last note, 1800, March 29, ... 310
Agreeing to a proposed conference, ... 311
Their full power, ... 312
To the ministers of France: that the power of the French ministers enables them merely to negotiate but not conclude; this inequality objected to, 1800, April 3, ... 312
Acknowledging the receipt of the note covering the decree of new powers, 1800, April 7, ... 314
Opening the negotiation by proposing an adjustment of claims and indemnities, antecedent to the consideration of commercial arrangements, 1800, April 7, ... 314
Stating the reasons which would incline them to defer the consideration of the national claims until those of individuals were adjusted. ... 315
They submit the projet of a treaty as the groundwork of their negotiation, 1800, April 17, ... 316, 321, 340
To the Secretary of State, recapitulating the incidents of the negotiation, 1800, April 18, ... 317
To the French ministers, proposing a mode for the appointment of a Board of Commissioners, 1800, April 21, ... 318
Reasons assigned for applying the stipulations of former treaties to claims for indemnities at one time, and the general principles of national law to similar claims at another; the French decrees reviewed; the treaties declared null; the violation of a known obligation a just foundation for indemnity; proposed commercial and political relations between France and the United States, 1800, May 8, ... 320
To the Secretary of State: information concerning the state of the negotiation; interrupted by Mr. Talleyrand's sickness; the French arms successful on the Rhine; their prospect of obtaining indemnities for the violation of treaties doubtful; the cause, 1800, May 17, ... 325
To the French ministers, acknowledging the receipt of two acts of the French Government, 1800, ... 325
Propose an addition to the 32d article of the projet, by which no advantage or privilege should thereafter be granted to the privateers and prizes of any nation which had not been previously assured to those of France, 1800, May 25, ... 326
Invite the attention of the French plenipotentiaries to their two notes of the 8th and 25th of May, 1800, June 1, ... 326
They request a conference for the purpose of being informed of the "ulterior views" of the French Government, 1800, July 6, ... 327
Propose a stipulation that the ascertained indemnities shall not be paid by the French Government until France shall have been offered, within seven years, the same advantages, with respect to privateers and prizes, which she enjoyed under the ancient treaties, 1800, July 15, ... 328
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To the Secretary of State: the causes which had impeded the negotiation; the inadmissible demand of France for the recognition of ancient treaties; their own proposition of May 8th and July 15th; an abandonment of the negotiation, or a deviation from their instructions unavoidable, 1800, Aug. 15, ... 332
To the plenipotentiaries of France: the justice of the American claims to indemnities enforced; the stipulations in the ancient treaties respecting privateers--free ship free goods--and the guarantee, with the motives which led to them, reviewed; they submit new propositions, viz: to renew former treaties; reciprocal stipulation for indemnities; uncondemned seized property to be restored; mutual guarantee specified and limited; the rights of either party respecting privateers and prizes may be reduced to those of the most favored nation, upon the payment of three millions; either party to have the option to exonerate itself from its obligations by the payment of a gross sum, 1800, Aug. 20, ... 333
They consider the propositions of the French ministers offered as substitutes for their own; state their objections to them; and agree to accept, in lieu of both, an informal proposition made by one of the plenipotentiaries of France, 1800, Aug. 29, ... 335
Propose to confirm the ancient treaties; to specify the guarantee; to secure indemnity and restoration; and give the United States the option, at the ratification, to renounce mutual indemnities, and cancel the ancient privileges; placing France on the footing of the most favored nation, 1800, Sept. 6, ... 336, 337
Remarks. or notes upon them, ... 338
Their previous overture being rejected, they propose another, to defer the questions growing out of the indemnities and ancient treaties, and make an arrangement to restore harmony, and prevent further condemnations, 1800, Sept. 13, ... 339
To the Secretary of State, transmitting a convention, and a journal of their proceedings; condensing the prominent points of the negotiation, and explaining the stipulations of the treaty, and the reasons by which they had been governed, 1800, Oct. 4, ... 342
Expenses incurred by the United States, in their transactions with the Barbary Powers, 1802, ... 368
To Mr. Adams: they defend the stipulation of the former treaty; the instances wherein Prussia has departed from it are only justifiable exceptions to her general policy; a different principle not less liable to abuse; the vessels of neutrals have been seized by belligerents, as well as enemy property on board; they propose a reserving stipulation, and a new list of contraband articles, 1798, Oct. 29, ... 259
They propose to waive all discussion upon the 12th article; assent to the proposed modification of their stipulation; adhere to their list of contraband articles; and agree to the views of Mr. Adams concerning the necessary shippapers; a new article proposed respecting salvage, 1799, Feb. 19, ... 264, 265
They communicate a second project, of a treaty, prepared conformably to the views of Mr. Adams, with one exception, 1799, April 30, ... 268
The extent of her depredations on the commerce of the United States, 1797, ... 28
Refuses to receive the envoy of the United States, who is ordered to quit the territory of France, 1796, ... 17, 18
Special mission to, 1796, ... 19
Captures by, of American vessels, abstract, 1796, ... 55
Violates the jurisdiction of the United States by burning an English vessel within the harbor of Charleston, 1797, ... 116
Communication from American ministers; message of the Executive Directory; decree of, 1798, January 8, ... 150
Unfavorable state of relations with; measures recommended for defence and protection, 1798, ... 152
Points in controversy with, (referred to in the instructions to the envoys of the United States,) 1797, ... 153
Letters of the ministers--See Talleyrand, Bonaparte.
Negotiations with, ... 153, 169, 199, 204, 239, 240, 295 to 344
Emigrants from the possessions of, papers respecting their admission into the United States, 1798, ... 201
A demi-official exposé, on the part of, of the origin, progress, and termination of the abortive mission of Messrs. Pinckney, Marshall, and Gerry, 1798, ... 224
Refuses to receive two of the three American envoys, but endeavors to seduce one into a negotiation separately from his colleagues, 1798, ... 187, 191, 200
Proposes, through Mr. Pichon, to receive with respect any envoy whom the United States may thereafter send, and professes pacific and liberal intentions, 1799, ... 239
Ministers again nominated to, 1799, Feb. 18, 25, ... 240
Further restrictions proposed upon commercial intercourse with, 1800, ... 285
Appoints ministers to negotiate with Messrs. Ellsworth, Davie, and Murray, 1800, ... 309
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Report of the vessels of the United States captured by the cruisers of, ... 453
The question discussed, whether France would be benefited by possessing and colonizing Louisiana, ... 520
The chargé of, makes complaint of private armed vessels of the United States engaged in supplying the West India islands with contraband articles, 1804, ... 607
The Emperor of, instead of supporting the claims of the United States upon Spain, relating to the boundary of Louisiana, and indemnification for spoliations, declares that they are unjust, must be abandoned, and that, in the event of war between Spain and the United States, France must take part with the former, 1805, ... 635, 636
Complains, by her minister, of the commercial intercourse with St. Domingo, by which the rebels are supplied with provisions, ... 725
Adopts a system of commercial warfare at variance with the law of nations, and greatly injurious to the fair neutral commerce of the United States, 1806, ... 727, 773
The privateers of, infest the harbor of Charleston, and capture American vessels when entering or departing, 1805, ... 749
The minister of, gives an assurance that the United States would be exempted from the practical operation of the imperial decree of November 21, 1806, 1806, Dec. 24, ... 805
Restricting neutral commerce, and subjecting American vessels to condemnation for alleged deficiency in ship papers, 1792, March 2, ... 12
Predicated on the law of March 9, 1793, 1797, March 2, ... 30
Subjecting neutral vessels, having on board English merchandise, to capture and condemnation, 1798, Jan. 8, ... 151
Respecting the piratical depredations of French privateers in the West Indies, 1798, July 31, ... 223
Raising the embargo from American vessels, 1798, Aug. 16, ... 229
Declaring the seamen or individuals found on board of enemies' vessels, or having a commission granted by the enemies of France, to be pirates, 1798, Oct. 29, ... 238
Seamen (two-thirds enemies) pirates, 1805, June 6, ... 728
Every foreigner found on board the vessels of war or commerce to be treated as prisoners of war, [applied to impressed American seamen,] ... 728
General Farrand's, respecting the trade with St. Domingo, 1805, June 6, ... 728
Declaring British islands in a state of blockade; prohibiting the entry of all vessels coming from English ports; and forbidding all trade in British merchandise, 1806, Nov. 21, ... 806
Stipulation in its favor in the treaty with France, 1800, ... 298
Correspondence with P. S. Pope, commandant of the United States' troops on the Mississippi, 1797, ... 97
His conference with Talleyrand, 1797, ... 167, 168
To the President, transmitting his unofficial correspondence with Mr. Talleyrand, 1798, ... 199
To Mr. Talleyrand, declining his proposition to carry on the negotiation with him solely, but renewing the expression of his desire to promote, in his unofficial capacity, the harmony of the two countries, 1798, April 4, ... 200, 209
To the Secretary of State, detailing his interviews with the minister and agents of France previous and subsequent to the departure of his colleagues, Messrs. Pinckney and Marshall, and communicating the probable intentions of the French Directory, 1798, Oct. 1, ... 205
To the Secretary of State, disclosing the reasons which induced him to remain at Paris after the departure of his colleagues, 1798, May 12, ... 208
To the Secretary of State: the instructions of March 23 have been received by the Sophia, 1798, May 13, ... 208
To Mr. Talleyrand, stating the reasons which had induced him to remain at Paris, and his readiness to confer informally and unofficially on the subjects in controversy, 1798, April 20, ... 209
Replying to his notes to be informed of the names of certain intriguers, designated by W, X, Y, Z. 1798, May 31 and
June 3, ... 210, 211
To Mr. Talleyrand, requesting the redelivery of certain despatches from the United States, captured in the American ship Fame, 1798, June 1, ... 210
To Mr. Talleyrand, expressing his hope that, after the lapse of nine months from the arrival of his colleagues, and six weeks from their departure, some arrangements will speedily be made to manifest the amicable dispositions of the French republic, 1798, June 10, ... 211
To Mr. Talleyrand, in reply to his letter of the 16th June, and justifying the message of the President by which the despatches of the American envoys were communicated to Congress, 1798, June 13, ... 212
In reply to Mr. Talleyrand's letter of 18th June, repelling his assumptions, and declining to enter into a formal negotiation, 1798, June 22, ... 214
To Mr. Talleyrand, renewing his application for passports, 1798, June 25, ... 214
That the President did not deserve the imputations; that he has no power to negotiate separately; that France has the power to institute a negotiation in the United States; expresses surprise that his applications for passports remain unnoticed, 1798, July 1, ... 216
Defends his Government against the charge of duplicity and suppressio veri, and renews his demand of passports, 1798, July 10, ... 218
To Mr. Talleyrand, exhibiting his view of the state of the controversy with France, and of the measures pursued in the negotiation, as a contrast to that of Mr. Talleyrand, 1798, July 20, ... 220
Requests the publication, in France, of a translation of one of his letters, 1798, July 25, ... 222
Acknowledging a note enclosing a decree (3d August) favorable to neutral commerce, 1798, Aug. 8, ... 222
To Mr. Hauteval, asking his correction of a published statement respecting the interviews between Mr. Gerry and Mr. Talleyrand, 1798, June 9, ... 223
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Substance of his conference with the " Dutch minister" concerning a proposed mediation, 1798, July 25, ... 224
To Lord Hawkesbury, that instructions have been received from the American Government to adjust the unsettled questions respecting the boundaries between the territory of the United States and the possessions of Great Britain, 1802, Aug. 24, ... 588
Representing the injurious pretensions of British traders claiming the right to transport merchandise through the American territory free of duty, 1802, Sept. 22, ... 588
To Lord Hawkesbury, transmitting minutes of what he had suggested in conference respecting the boundaries; these minutes relate to the proposed boundaries, 1802, Sept. 28, ... 589
To the Secretary of State: in behalf of certain underwriters of Boston; the British principle subjecting to capture and condemnation American ships engaged in a trade not enjoyed in time of peace, elaborately examined, 1806, ... 756
Explanatory article of a treaty with, 1798, ... 283
Captures of American vessels by the privateers of, 1801, ... 345
Convention of 1802, respecting British debts, formed with, 1802, ... 382
Supplemental documents explanatory of the relations with, from 1800 to 1803, ... 486
Convention with, (signed, but not ratified,) for settling the boundaries on the northeastern and northwestern parts of the United States, 1803, May 12, ... 584
Enforces new principles in the law of nations, by which the legitimate neutral commerce of the United States is restricted, and a sweeping system of aggression and plunder is commenced, 1806, ... 725
Enforces new principles of blockade, by which notification to the Government is made the substitute for actual force, 1806, ... 725
Adopts a more general practice of impressing American seamen, ... 725
An application made to the Government of, in behalf of Ira Allen, 1806, ... 800
The intelligence from American ministers at the court of, gives reason to expect that the pending negotiation will terminate in a favorable treaty, 1806, Dec. 3, ... 804
A treaty with, concluded by Messrs. Monroe and Pinkney, 1807, Feb. 19, ... 805
To Mr. King: abuses arising from consular certificates of citizenship granted to American seamen; objections to this practice, founded on the jurisdiction assumed by American consuls, and on their having been granted to British seamen; requests that the American consuls in Great Britain shall abstain from exercising this power, 1796, Nov. 3, ... 146
To Mr. King: states his objections to certain propositions, by which it was designed to guard American seamen from British impressments: the law authorizing consular certificates examined; abuses existing and apprehended; consular powers and jurisdiction, 1797, March 27, ... 148
To R. King, in reply to his note respecting the eastern boundary, 1798, Feb. 5, ... 184
To Mr. Liston, giving instructions respecting the modification of the 5th article of the treaty of 1794, 1798, Jan. 9, ... 184
To Mr. King: recapitulating the motives which led to the formation of the 6th article of the treaty of 1794; the proceedings of the commissioners on the part of the United States; and the general reasons which, in his opinion, justify the British Government in adhering to the original article of the treaty; in declining any explanatory instructions; and in requiring either that the commissioners shall proceed in making the award, or that new ones shall be appointed in their stead, 1800, April 19, ... 398
France insists upon its continuance without modification, as a condition for making indemnification for captures, ... 338, 339
To the Minister of Exterior Relations, explaining his agency in promoting the interviews between Mr. Gerry and Mr. Talleyrand, and avowing himself as the person referred to by the initial Z, 1798, June 1, ... 226
To Mr. King: that the decision of the British vice-admiralty court. subjecting to condemnation merchandise going from the United States to a Spanish port is erroneous, ... 491
To Mr. King: the cession of Louisiana by Spain to France is regarded by His Majesty as an important measure; the conditions on which it must pass into the hands of France: no sanction has been given by Great Britain to the cession, 1802, May 7, ... 517
Expressing the satisfaction of the British Government at the acquisition of Louisiana by the United States, 1803, May 19, ... 560
To Mr. Gore, acknowledging his note respecting the boundary line, and assuring him that he will give the subject an early consideration, 1802, Oct. 4, ... 589
Further documents in the case of, and reports in favor of the required restitution, ... 609
To William C. C. Claiborne, justifying his advance across the Sabine, and the various acts of aggression of which Governor Claiborne had complained, 1806, Aug. 28, ... 802
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Proposition by Mr. King declined by Lord Grenville, 1797, ... 148, 149
An argument against, by Mr. King, from an individual case, 1796, ... 150
The principle and the practice elaborately examined by Mr. Madison in his instructions to Mr. Monroe, 1804, Jan. 5, ... 730
Remonstrance against, by Mr. Monroe, 1805, ... 737
Excepted from the general provision for the payment of debts, m in the convention with France, (art. 5,) 1800, ... 296
To American claimants, the principle of, conceded by the French ministers, ... 314, 319
The right to, may result from the violation of a known obligation, ... 320
May properly arise "ex contractu," or from the general principles of national law, ... 320
Whether the Government of the United States is bound to pay, in consequence of not enforcing the payment of certain claims against the French Government, (report,) 1802, ... 458
Due by Spain, negotiations respecting, ... 480, 596, 636, 642
To Messrs. Pinckney, Marshall, and Gerry, 1797, July 15, ... 153
To the commanders of armed vessels in the service of the United States, 1798, Dec. 29, ... 204
To John Quincy Adams, minister to Prussia, to renew the existing treaty, with modifications, relating to embargoes, privateers, free ships free goods, and contraband articles, 1797, July 15, 17, ... 250
To Messrs. O'Brien, Eaton, and Cathcart, commissioners to negotiate amendments to a treaty with Tunis, 1798, ... 281
To Messrs. Ellsworth, Davie, and Murray, envoys to France, 1799, ... 301
To Commodore Dale, from the Secretary of the Navy, 1801, May 20, ... 359
For the private armed vessels of the United States to protect the commerce of the United States against the French decrees and cruisers, 1798, ... 365, 367
To Mr. King, American minister at London, respecting interruptions in the proceedings of the commissioners for the payment of British creditors, resulting in the convention of 1802, ... 382, 387
By Mr. Madison, Secretary of State, to Messrs. Livingston and Monroe, to negotiate the purchase of New Orleans and the Floridas from France, 1803, March 2, ... 540
To the Bashaw of Tunis, in reply to his demand of tribute and threat of war, 1801, Sept. 9, ... 358
Transmitting a protest of William Martin, 1797, April 19, ... 64
Transmitting an act of the British Parliament regulating the American trade, with his remarks, and Lord Grenville's observations on its provisions, 1797, June 12, ... 107
Further remarks on the act of Parliament, 1797, July 4, ... 111, 114
On the practice of consular certificates and the impressment of American seamen, 1796, ... 145
The extent of the impressments; the number of discharges and detentions; the importance of the subject, 1797, April 13, ... 146
Inquires what is the practice of foreign consuls in England in granting certificates of citizenship, 1796, Nov. 18, ... 147
To Lord Grenville: powers and jurisdiction of American consuls; American seamen; impressments; proposes that consular certificates affording protection from impressment may be issued to American seamen under certain restrictions 1797, Jan. 28, ... 147
In the case of Maxwell, an impressed American seaman; that the ground assumed by Great Britain for his detention ought to prevent all cases of impressment, 1796, ... 150
Proposing an amendatory article to the treaty of 1794, concerning the boundary, 1798, Feb. 2, ... 184
Assenting to his proposal to negotiate the proposed alteration of the 5th article in the United States, 1798, Feb. 5, ... 185
To the Secretary of State: transmitting the article explanatory of the 5th article, 1798, March 15, ... 185
Transmitting a letter from Lord Grenville respecting the decree of the French Directory declaring the seamen of foreign and friendly Powers, who shall form a part of the crew of British ships of war or other vessels, &c. to be liable to the penalty of piracy, 1798, Nov. 28, ... 239
Communicating the result of his interviews with Lord Grenville in relation to the recent convention with France, 1800, Oct. 31, ... 343
Conjectures variant respecting the restoration of peace; the sentiments of the British Government not averse to the recent convention with France, 1800, Nov. 22, ... 344
Has learned the interruption in the proceedings of the commissioners under the 6th article of the British treaty; Lord Grenville has intimated the necessity of a similar interruption in the proceedings of the commissioners under the 7th article, 1800, May 25, ... 390
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That Lord Grenville has agreed to await the despatches expected by Mr. King, before instructing Mr. Liston to apply for the appointment of other commissioners in the stead of those who had seceded; the substance of his conference with Lord Grenville, 1800, Oct. 11, ... 391
The temper manifested by the British Government inauspicious to the successful prosecution of his mission; conjectures respecting the negotiation with France, 1800, Jan. 22, ... 393
That he has received the despatch of the Secretary of State concerning the 6th article, and has addressed a note to Lord Grenville, which he supposes will lead to the commencement of the negotiation, 1800, Feb. 3, ... 393
Has had a conference with Lord Grenville; to a verbal note which he delivered the 18th instant, he has received no answer, 1800, Feb. 25, ... 393
That the British Government has expressed its determination not to enter into the discussion of explanatory articles, but is willing to dissolve the Board of Commissioners and appoint another, 1800, April 7, ... 394
A written answer received from Lord Grenville the 19th April, precluding a discussion of the proposed explanatory articles; a disposition was manifested on the part of the British Government to accede to certain regulations which might facilitate the execution of the treaty; a conference thereon; the expediency of substituting a gross sum, instead of the contingent awards of commissioners, suggested and enforced, 1800, April 20, ... 394
To Lord Grenville: submitting informally proposed explanatory articles, with remarks upon them, disclosing the difficulties existing and the objects desired to be accomplished, 1800, Feb. 18, ... 395, 396, 397
To the Secretary of State: the temper of the British Government apparently more favorable to a discussion of the question respecting the debts; the motives which incline him to negotiate on the basis of a gross sum, in lieu of the 6th article, and his estimate of what that sum should be, 1800, Dec. 13, ... 399
That Mr. Anstey has been appointed, with his concurrence, to carry on a preliminary negotiation respecting the debts; several papers have passed; the issue uncertain, 1800, Jan. 17, ... 401
That owing to a recent change in the department of Foreign Affairs, the subject in controversy still remains unsettled, 1801, Feb. 25, ... 401
That he is not without hope of a favorable termination of the negotiation upon the formation of the new cabinet, 1801, March 7, ... 401
That the negotiation is still interrupted by the King's illness, the change of ministers, and more weighty affairs, 1801, March 26, ... 401
Transmits his correspondence with Mr. Anstey on the subject of the British debts; the reasons which impelled him to bring that correspondence to a close, 1801, April 20, ... 401
To Mr. Ansley, 1801, Jan. 3, 6, 8, ... 402, 404
Containing an examination of the supposed amount due by the American to the British merchants at the close of the revolutionary war, 1801, Jan. 10, 29, ... 404, 409
Terminating the negotiation with him, 1801, March 20, ... 418
To the Secretary of State: transmitting his further correspondence with Lord Hawkesbury on the subject of the debt, 1801, March 10, ... 418
To Lord Hawkesbury: enclosing a paper showing the points in discussion with Lord Grenville, and urging the expediency of a decision upon them, 1801, March 10, ... 418
Inviting his attention to the subjects pending between the two Governments, 1801, April 1, ... 419
That Mr. Sitgreaves has the President's permission to return to the United States; that this would be a favorable opportunity to communicate to his Government a reply to his previous notes, 1801, April 15, ... 419
To the Secretary of State: Lord Hawkesbury expressed himself in favor of accepting the sum proposed by the American Government; the subject referred to the Lord Chancellor, 1801, May 1, ... 419
A conference having a favorable appearance has been had with Mr. Addington, 1801, May 30, ... 419
That he has received the assurance of a speedy decision, 1801, July 19, ... 420
The proposed communication accepted by the British Government; difficulties attending the settlement of subordinate points; project of a convention prepared, 1801, Aug. 24, ... 420
The negotiation respecting the debts not yet finally closed; report of what has passed, 1801, Oct. 4, ... 420
To Lord Hawkesbury: transmitting a project of a convention. 1801, Aug. 20, ... 421
Urging various reasons for the speedy completion of the business concerning the 6th article. 1801, Sept. 10, ... 431
To Lord Eldon: returning his project of a convention, accepted with slight modifications, 1801, Sept. 24, ... 422
To the Secretary of State: nothing decisive respecting the 6th and 7th articles, 1801, Nov. 30, ... 424
Encloses a convention respecting the 6th and 7th articles, 1802, Jan. 9, ... 424
Transmitting some further details respecting the negotiation, and a memoir, written by him to the Lord Chancellor, reviewing the points in controversy and the leading incidents of the negotiation, 1802, Jan. 11, ... 424
To Lord Eldon: transmitting a memoir for the purpose of removing the difficulties which had been interposed on the subject of British debts, 1801, Nov. 22, ... 425
To the Secretary of State: containing a remark explanatory of the convention, 1802, Jan. 15, ... 427
That the commissioners under the 7th article having decided to allow interest during the suspension of their proceedings, produced by the interruption of the proceedings under the 6th article, Lord Hawkesbury had questioned the power of the commissioners to make that allowance, 1803, March 25, ... 388
That several conferences have taken place with Lord Hawkesbury respecting the interest allowed during the period of suspension; a compromise of three instead of six per cent. is suggested to Mr. King, who insists on receiving the whole; he states the grounds upon which his decision is formed, 1803, April 23, ... 388
That the objection of the British commissioners under the 7th article, respecting the allowance of interest, has been yielded; no further difficulty is likely to occur in concluding the awards, 1803, April 30, ... 388
Miscellaneous letters from--
To Lord Hawkesbury: complaining of an erroneous decision of the vice-admiralty court of Nassau, subjecting the bona fide property of American citizens, the growth of Spain, to condemnation, ... 490
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To Lord Hawkesbury: presenting a full view of all the subjects pending between the United States and Great Britain respecting--I. Debts; 2. The proper construction of the law respecting contraband; 3. The interruption of the trade of the United States to New Orleans; 4. Impressments; 5. Maryland Bank stock, 1801, March 10, ... 492
To Lord Grenville: on the subject of contraband articles, and the improper seizure of nails and osnaburgs, not generally or exclusively used for warlike purposes, on the ground of being contraband articles, ... 494, 495
To the Secretary of State: his conference with Lord Hawkesbury on the navigation of the two countries; light-house duties, 1802, Feb. 5, ... 497
To Lord Hawkesbury: the state of the navigation and trade between Great Britain and the United States, and the laws by which they are regulated; counter-vailing duties; tonnage and light-house duties; duties on the cargoes of American ships; duties on American tobacco; the unjust operation of the British act, 1802, Feb. 3, ... 498
To the Secretary of State: the British Government accede to the proposition to remove all discriminating duties affecting the navigation and commercial intercourse of the two countries, 1802, Feb. 13, ... 500
The provisions of a bill which has passed the Commons, and will doubtless be a law, imposing duties on imports and exports, and observations upon it, 1802, May 5, ... 500
To Mr. Vansittart: objects to the discrimination between the United States and European Powers, in favor of the latter, in the export duties on British manufactures, 1802, April 29, ... 501
To Lord Hawkesbury: requests a conference on the West India trade and Maryland Bank stock, 1802, July 30, ... 501
To the Secretary of State: a report of his last conference with Lord Hawkesbury relating to the Bank stock of the State of Maryland; West India trade; the French expedition destined for Louisiana, and the one against Algiers by Great Britain, 1802, Aug. 10, ... 501
To Mr. Vansittart: concerning the causes which depress the American whale fishery, and whether Great Britain or France will be most benefited by that depression, 1803, Jan. 8, ... 502
To Lord Hawkesbury: concerning the West India trade; if opened to other Powers, the terms on which it shall be carried on become a fit subject for mutual compact; the effect of countervailing regulations and mutual exclusions, 1803, Jan. 18, ... 503
Supplementary letter to the Secretary of State: previous to his departure from Great Britain he renewed his efforts respecting American seamen; regulations consented to by Lord St. Vincent; difficulty interposed by a proposition to except the narrow seas; conjectures respecting the colony trade and the colonial system, 1803, July, ... 503
To the Secretary of State: the views of France with respect to Louisiana; the probability of its contemplated cession by Spain; its effect on the union of the States; suggests the appointment of an able minister at the court of France, 1801, March 29, ... 509
In a conference with Lord Hawkesbury, he expressed the reluctance with which England would see the transfer of Louisiana by Spain to France, 1801, June 1, ... 509
Transmits a copy of the treaty between Spain and France for the cession of Louisiana, 1801, Nov. 20, ... 511
That, in discussing the preliminaries of peace, the cession of Louisiana was not made a topic, nor would it be mentioned at Amiens, 1802, Jan. 15, ... 513
That an expedition or colony to Louisiana and Florida is in preparation under General Bernadotte, 1802, Feb. 5, ... 513
That regarding the cession of Louisiana as a measure, calculated to weaken and divide the United States, he had endeavored to learn the sentiments of the British Government thereon; he transmits the answer of Lord H. to his note, 1802, May, 7, ... 516
To Lord Hawkesbury: the renunciation by France of acquisitions on the American continent, by the treaty of 1778; how far the acquisition of Louisiana by France is consistent with that renunciation; and the effects of that acquisition upon the navigation of the Mississippi, and the commerce of the United States with foreign Powers, 1802, April ... 516
To the Secretary of State: that war was probable; propositions submitted by France to Great Britain; the abandonment by France of the expedition to America, and the execution by Great Britain of the treaty of Amiens, were among the terms; active warlike preparations on both sides, 1803, March 17, ... 548
European politics; war, in his opinion, unavoidable; conjectures respecting the intentions of Russia, Austria, Prussia, Denmark, &c.; erroneous policy of Great Britain in directing her warfare against the colonies of her enemy; in the event of war, the occupation of New Orleans would be her first object; conference with Mr. Addington thereupon, 1803, April 2, ... 551
The British ambassador at Paris writes that Mr. Monroe had arrived, and that upon his arrival little remained for him to do, 1803, April 19, ... 556
The British Government express their satisfaction at Mr. Monroe's special mission to France, 1803, April 28, ... 557
To Messrs. Livingston and Monroe: war seems inevitable; in that event, Great Britain intends to occupy New Orleans, 1803, May 7, ... 557
To Lord Hawkesbury: that Louisiana has been ceded by France to the United States, 1803, May 15, ... 560
To the Secretary of State: the state of the negotiation respecting the boundary, and the apparent disposition of the British Government favorable to an arrangement, 1803, Feb. 28, ... 590
Transmitting a convention concerning boundaries, 1803, May 13, ... 590
In relation to the convention with Great Britain of May 12, 1803, 1803, Dec. 9, ... 591
The right of belligerents to interdict a trade not enjoyed in time of peace, examined by Mr. Madison in an instruction to Mr. Monroe, 1805, April 12, ... 732
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To William Eaton: that a treaty with Tripoli has been effected;, its conditions, 1805, June 8, ... 715
To the Secretary of State: giving the particulars of the negotiation of the treaty with Tripoli, 1805, July 5, ... 716
Replies to a note making inquiries respecting a projected expedition against the dominions of Spain adjacent to the United States, 1797, July 2, ... 71
Requests the delivery up to justice, under the treaty of 1794, of Thomas Nash (alias Jonathan Robbins,) a British seaman accused of piracy, &c. who had taken refuge in the United States, 1799, May 23, ... 284
To the Secretary of State: thinks the transfer of Louisiana by Spain to France has been concluded; the French minister admits that it had been the subject of conversation, but nothing more, 1801, Dec. 10, ... 512
Louisiana a favorite object with France, 1801, Dec. 12, ... 512
To Mr King: suggests the probable transfer of Louisiana by Spain, and in what way it may prejudice the commercial prosperity of Great Britain, 1801, Dec. 30, ... 512
To the Secretary of State: Spain is reluctant to part with Louisiana, but is no longer a free agent, 1801, Dec. 31, ... 512
Communicates the treaty of cession, and notices the insincerity of the French Government in denying its existence, as indicative of the existing policy towards the United States, 1802, Jan. 12, ... 513
That the acquisition of Louisiana is disapproved by the statesmen of France; a favorite object with the First Consul; Bernadotte to take command of the expedition, 1802, Feb. 26, ... 513
To the minister of France: requesting some explanations respecting the cession of Louisiana, and the views of France, 1802, Feb. 20, ... 513
To the Secretary of State: communicates an evasive note from the French minister in reply to his own, 1802, March 15, ... 514
No explanation received from the French Government; the advantages which they anticipate from the acquisition, 1802, March 24, ... 514
To Mr King: the reserve of France respecting Louisiana; the power which she will acquire by that acquisition; the effect on Spanish Mexico, British Canada and West Indies, and the States dependent on the Mississippi; whether Great Britain may not resist at Amiens the violation of the treaty of 1778, 1802, March 30, ... 515
To the Secretary of State: his inquiries respecting Louisiana remain unanswered; Mr. Pinckney also appears uninformed of the transfer of the Floridas; there can be no doubt of the fact that Bernadotte will command the expedition to Louisiana; that means should be adopted to make Natchez the rival of New Orleans, 1802, April 24, ... 515
The language of the French minister respecting Louisiana still evasive; he thinks the armament intended for Louisiana will be sent to Hispaniola, 1802, May 20, ... 517
The expedition, though delayed until September, will proceed under Bernadotte; he awaits further instructions, and suggests the policy to be pursued, 1802, May 28, ... 518
To Chevalier d'Azara, minister of Spain at Paris, desiring to know the terms of the treaty by which Spain has ceded Louisiana or the Floridas, or both, to France; showing the manner in which the interests of the United States may be affected, and their right, by treaty, to be made a party to any convention ceding the free navigation of the Mississippi to any other Power, 1802, May 28, ... 518
To the Secretary of State: transmitting the reply of the Chevalier d'Azara to his letter of May 28; notices the dominant power of France in Europe, and the possibility of its extension to America, 1802, June 8, ... 519
France and Spain apparently at variance on the boundaries of Louisiana; his opinion asked and given; he desires to be informed of the greatest sum which the United States will give for New Orleans and West Florida, 1802, July 20, ... 519
Transmits a memoir which he had written and circulated in Paris, for the purpose of showing that the possession of Louisiana by France would prove injurious to her commerce and manufactures; he asks again for more precise information as to the sum which he should give for New Orleans and Florida, 1802, Aug. 10, ... 520
General Victor appointed to command the expedition to Louisiana; his force and pecuniary supplies; symptoms of ill humor between France and Great Britain, 1802, Aug. 16, ... 524
The claims of France extend to the Floridas, 1802, Aug. 19, ... 524
The negotiation suspended; character of the First Consul; the people; the legislature; and his counsellors, 1802, Sept. 1, ... 525
To the President of the United States: the general sentiment of Europe unfavorable to France; in Great Britain events tend to a rupture; the expedition to Louisiana has met with a check; his conversation arm measures with a brother of Napoleon; France desires to cripple the commerce of England in the Gulf, 1802, Oct. 28, ... 525
To the Secretary of State: recapitulates the substance of his letter to the President of October 28, and requests explicit instructions, 1802, Nov. 2, ... 526
The check to the expedition has been removed by the occupation of Parma; orders have been given tbr the embarcation; his notes remain unanswered; advises decisive measures and preparations for defence, 1802, Nov. 11, ... 526
That he has at length received in reply to his notes verbal assurances recognising the rights oftheUnited States derived from the treaties with Spain, 1802, Nov. 11, ... 526
That France has proposed to Spain to sell Parma, or exchange it for Florida, 1802, Nov. 14, ... 527
The armament has not yet sailed; Florida not ceded; he has sent a memoir to the First Consul; adverts to the importance of New Orleans and Florida to the United States, and requests explicit instructions of the sum which he may offer, 1802, Dec. 20, ... 528
Memoir of, showing the desire of Russia and Great Britain to extend their acquisitions so as to secure the navigation of the Mississippi; and that if the latter should succeed, the French colony in Louisiana would only exist by her permission, 1802, Dec. ... 530
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To the Secretary of State: that General Bernadotte has been appointed minister to the United States, with full powers; Bonaparte rules with absolute sway; he again refers to his want of instructions, and expresses his desire to bring the subject to an immediate issue, 1803, Jan. 24, ... 529
To the Minister of Exterior Relations: urging strongly the liquidation of the American debt, agreeably to the treaty, 1803, Jan. 24, ... 530
To James Madison, Secretary of State: the Louisiana armament is ice-bound; the Floridas are not yet ceded, 1803, Feb. 5, ... 532
Communicates a general outline of the principles on which he has conducted the negotiation; notices the various means by which he has endeavored to impress the First Consul with his sentiments; states the actual posture of affairs; and complains strongly of not having been furnished with precise instructions, which would enable him to propose the purchase of Louisiana from France, 1803, Feb. 18, ... 533
Memoir of, (No. 2) enclosed in despatch of 18th February, enforcing the expediency of the plan by which he had proposed to cede a portion of Upper Louisiana, New Orleans, and West Florida, to the United States, whilst France should reserve Pensacola, the port east of it, the free navigation of the Mississippi, and all Louisiana lying west of the Mississippi and south of the river Arkansas; the objects of France; that these objects would be secured ed by the proposed division; danger from Great Britain; alienation of the United States, and the causes which must render them the allies of England, 1803, ... 534
Memoir of, to show that General Bernadotte, who is proposed to be sent as a minister to the United States, would only increase the causes of mutual irritation, unless he carried with him a treaty already signed, ... 536
That he has received the letter notifying him of the appointment of Mr. Monroe; he encloses a letter which he had previously addressed to the First Consul. 1803, March 3, ... 537
To the First Consul: he urges the justice of the American claims, and the faith of the First Consul pledged for their discharge; adverts to the cession of Louisiana to France; the subsequent interdiction of the right of deposite, and the alarm pervading the United States; shows, by a train of reasoning, that France can never realize any permanent advantage from the retention of Louisiana, and suggests the expediency of a partial cession to the United States, 1803, Feb. 27, ... 538
To the Secretary of State: in reply to his letter to the First Consul, he has received assurances, through Mr. Talleyrand, that the convention will be observed, and the American debt discharged; General Bernadotte; mission to the United States; dispositions and opinions, 1803, March 11, ... 545
To the President of the United States: his propositions, though not agreed to, have left a favorable impression; he has been gaining ground; from a conversation between Bonaparte and the British minister, he infers that a rupture between France and England is impending, 1803, May 12, 547
To the Secretary of State: transmitting a letter which he wrote to the French Minister of Exterior Relations, 1803, May 18, ... 548
To the Minister of Exterior Relations: expressing his satisfaction at the declaration of the First Consul in favor of the payment of the debt due to American citizens; and urging the immediate recognition by the French Government of the right of the United States to the navigation of the Mississippi and the depot at New Orleans, derived unalterably from their treaty with Spain, 1803, March 16, 548
To the Secretary of State: the recent information in France of tranquillity being restored in the United States by the appointment of Mr. Monroe, prevents a favorable reply to his demands; war probable; the armament destined for America is countermanded, 1803, March 24, ... 549
To the Minister of Exterior Relations: replies to the note of the French ministers; acknowledges his disappointment in not having received an explicit acknowledgment of American rights; declares that the United States consider the proximity of the French possessions more dangerous than those of Spain, and urges the subject of his former notes, 1803, March 21, ... 550
To the Secretary of State: an important interview with Mr. Talleyrand; inquires the sum which the United States will give for the whole of Louisiana; Mr. Ross's resolution; the negotiation in a favorable train; Mr. Monroe has arrived at Havre; his absence alone prevents more decisive action; war inevitable, 1803, April 11, ... 552
Further details respecting his previous interviews with Mr. Talleyrand; conference with the Minister of the Treasury; Mr. Marbois informs him of the resolution of the First Consul and the council to sell Louisiana, and invites an offer from the United States; the negotiation is now open, and the acquisition of Lou- isiana has become a money transaction, 1803, April 13, ... 553
Remarks concerning his commission, rank, and powers; reception of Mr. Monroe; state of the negotiation; the sum to be given still under consideration, 1803, April 17, ... 554
To Mr. King: that a treaty for the cession of Louisiana has been concluded, 1803, May, ... 557
To the Secretary of State: detailing the exciting causes which led to the conclusion of the treaty with France; and entering more particularly into his own measures to remove prejudices, gain the co-operation of individuals, and ensure success, 1803, May 12, ... 557
Transmitting the treaty for the purchase of Louisiana; explaining their joint negotiation; justifying the departure from their instructions in purchasing more than was contemplated, and referring to the stipulations of the treaty; departure of the English ambassador from Paris, 1803, May 13, ... 558
Transmitting an account to be annexed to the treaty; the Consul has engaged to ratify immediately, 1803, May 16, ... 560
That the limits of Louisiana, as understood by France, and assented to by Spain, extended at least to the Perdido; advises to take possession accordingly, 1803, May 20, 560
To Mr. Talleyrand: on the receipt of the manifesto produced by the rupture between France and Great Britain, 1803, May 30, ... 563
To the Secretary of State: suggests the expediency of forming commercial arrangements with France at this juncture; the reasons which had occasioned the postponement of subordinate subjects during the negotiation for Louisiana, 1803, June 3, ... 635
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To Mr. Marbois: acknowledging the obligation upon the United States to execute the Louisiana treaty, on their part, within the time specified therein, 1803, June 2, ... 565
To the Secretary of State: that the commissions to proceed to England had been received; adverts to his former suggestions, the apparent apathy of his Government, and to the measures and tone to which the success of the negotiation was mainly attributable, 1803, June 25, ... 566
That the appearance of war was not the sole or principal inducement for the cession of Louisiana; whether more ought to have been expected by his Government in relation to the payment of American claims, 1803, July 30, ... 567
Explains the circumstances attending the unauthorized publication of one of his memoirs; enters into some particulars of the negotiation, disclosing its progress until Mr. Monroe's arrival, the little which remained for him to do, and the previous measures which had contributed to success; he notices also a clerical error in the instructions he had received, restricting the purchase money to thirty millions of francs, 1803, Nov. 15, ... 573
Memoir of, on the relative situation of France, Great Britain, and America, as maritime nations, ... 575
The opinions of the British ministry on the subject of the acquisition by France, 1801, June 1, ... 509
Mr. Madison, Secretary of State, informs Mr. Pinckney, then in Spain, of the rumors, derived from different sources, of a transfer of Louisiana by Spain to France, and of the causes which may have led to it; the measures expected from him towards Spain, 1801, June 9, ... 510
Mr. Madison instructs Mr. Livingston, the American minister in France, in relation to the rumored transfer of Louisiana by Spain, and that the United States desire to obtain that country by purchase, 1801, Sept. 28, ... 570
The treaty of cession by Spain is communicated by Mr. King, 1801, Nov. 20, ... 511
Mr. Livingston still uncertain respecting the transfer by Spain; notwithstanding the declarations of the French minister to the contrary, he thinks the business has been concluded, 1801, Dec. 10, ... 512
Mr. Livingston informs Mr. King of the probability, of the cession; shows its operation upon the commercial policy of Spain, and in what way the cession will conflict with the policy of Great Britain, 1801, Dec. 30, ... 512
Mr. Livingston informs the Secretary of State that Spain cedes Louisiana with reluctance, but has not the power to refuse, 1801, Dec. 31, ... 512
Mr. Livingston communicates the treaty of cession previously transmitted by Mr. King, anti comments on the secrecy observed by France in this transaction, 1802, Jan. 13, ... 513
Mr. King states that the cession of Louisiana was not a topic for discussion at the preliminaries of peace between France and Great Britain, 1802, Jan. 15, ... 513
An expedition or colony to Louisiana and Florida is in preparation under General Bernadotte, 1802, Feb. 15, ... 513
The acquisition of Louisiana disapproved by the statesmen of France, but is a favorite object with the First Consul; General Bernadotte is designated; ten thousand troops required, 1802, Feb. 26, ... 513
Mr. Livingston requests some explanation of the French Government respecting their views and measures relative to Louisiana, but his note remains unanswered, 1802, Feb. 20, ... 513
The cession to France is considered by Mr. King as an affair decided; its aspect in relation to the French colony and the free blacks of the West Indies, 1802, Feb. 27, ... 514
Mr. Livingston endeavors to impress Mr. King, at London, with the important political results depending on the acquisition of Louisiana, and to show the motives which should induce Great Britain to counteract it, 1802, March 10, ... 515
Mr. Madison adverts to the circumspection necessary in communicating with the British Government in relation to the cession, 1802, March 16, ... 514
The French Government, having resolved on occupying Louisiana, still withhold explanations; by occupying New Orleans, they expect to command the trade of the Western States, 1802, March 24, ... 515
The Secretary of State expresses solicitude to receive information from Mr. Pinckney respecting Louisiana, and instructs him to make an arrangement securing the tree navigation of the rivers emptying into Mobile bay, 1802, March 30, ... 515
Mr. Livingston gives more decisive opinions respecting the measures of France and the policy of the United States, 1802, April 24, ... 515
The Secretary of State instructs Mr. Livingston to use proper means to divert France from her contemplated colony in Louisiana; to ascertain the extent of the cession; and to learn the price at which New Orleans and the Floridas would be yielded to the United States, 1802, May 1 , ... 516
Mr. King is informed that the administration are aware of the troubles which may arise from the reported cession of Louisiana, and that it is their primary object to obviate such an event, 1802, May 1, ... 516
Mr. King, having written to Lord Hawkesbury a note expressive of the deep interest which the United States take in the reported cession of Louisiana, receives a reply from him, that it is viewed by His Majesty as an interesting measure, and that it has not received his sanction, directly or indirectly, 1802, May 7, ... 517
Additional instructions are given to Mr. Pinckney, in the event of the cession of Louisiana to France not having been actually concluded, 1802, May 11, ... 517
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Mr. Livingston discovers some disagreement between France and Spain respecting the boundaries of Louisiana; his own opinion; asks to be informed of the highest sum that the United States will give for New Orleans and West Florida, 1802, July 30, ... 519
Mr. Livingston writes and circulates a memoir for the purpose of showing that, in a commercial and political point of view, the possession of Louisiana would prove disadvantageous to France, 1802, Aug. 10, ... 520
General Victor is appointed to command the expedition, instead of Bernadotte; his force limited to three thousand men, and his supplies to two millions of francs; symptoms of ill-humor occur between France and Great Britain; the claim of France extends to the Floridas, 1802, Aug. 16, 19, ... 524
Mr. Livingston is explicitly informed that, until France takes possession of Louisiana, she will not negotiate on the subject, 1802, Sept. 1, ... 525
The views of the American Government do not extend beyond the acquisition of New Orleans and the Floridas, 1802, Oct. 15, ... 525
The haughty conduct of France excites the suppressed hostility of Europe; in England, especially, events tend to a rupture; in this feeling the minority and majority coincide; the military expedition to Louisiana receives a check; Mr. Livingston endeavors to profit by events, and asks from his Government more distinct authority and more explicit instructions, 1802, Oct. 28, Nov. 2
525, 526 The check to the expedition is removed by the occupation of Parma; orders are given for the embarcation; consequences which may follow; defensive measures necessary, 1802, Nov. 11, ... 526
Mr. Livingston at length receives a verbal answer from the French minister to his written note, and is assured that the rights of the United States, acquired from Spain, will be regarded by France in the occupation of Louisiana, 1802, Nov. 11, ... 526
France endeavors to obtain Florida from Spain, and proposes the sale or exchange of Parma, 1802, Nov. 14, ... 527
The Intendant of New Orleans withholds the right of deposite; the importance of this right to the Western States; general irritation; difficulty in restraining it; application to Spain for speedy redress, 1802, Nov. 27, ... 527
The President intimates to Congress that the cession of Louisiana to France may render necessary a change in the foreign relations of the United States, 1802, Dec. 15, ... 527
Mr. Livingston communicates a memoir to the First Consul, showing the effect of possessing Louisiana--1. In producing hostilities between the United States and France; 2. In increasing the naval power of Great Britain, 1802, Dec. 20, ... 528
Mr. Madison informs Mr. Livingston of the interdiction of the right of deposite at New Orleans, 1802, Dec. 23, ... 528
Mr. Pinckney, in Spain, and Mr. Livingston, in France are informed of the proceedings in Congress on the subject of the interdiction at New Orleans; the cession by France has been associated with it; a special mission has been resolved on; Mr. Monroe appointed conjointly with Mr. Livingston, 1803, Jan. 3, 18, ... 528, 529
Mr. Livingston addresses a letter to the French minister, informing him of the interdiction of the right of deposite at New Orleans; representing the unfavorable impressions in the United States towards France connected with that event; suggesting a plan for the mutual accommodation of the interests of France and the United States; and showing that, unless this accommodation takes place, Great Britain will be aggrandized at the expense of both, 1803, Jan. 10, ... 531
Mr. Livingston transmits two memoirs which he had communicated to the First Consul; describes Bonaparte's absolute control over every one around him; and expresses regret at not having received instructions, and his impatience to bring the negotiation to an immediate issue, 1803, Jan. 24, ... 529
Mr. Livingston addresses a memoir to--respecting the recent intelligence from New Orleans, showing the operation of causes in the United States which urge the expediency of an immediate treaty between France and the United States, 1803, Jan. 7, ... 536
Mr. Madison informs Mr. King that a special mission to France has been resolved on; that he may now renew his conversations with the British minister on the topic noticed in his former communications; that the United States desire a cordial and friendly understanding with Great Britain; and that, while they wish to preserve peace with all, they are bent on the maintenance of their rights, 1803, Jan. 29, ... 532
Messrs. Pinckney and Monroe are commissioned to treat with Spain on the subject, 1803 Feb. 17, ... 532
Mr. Livingston, in a letter to the Secretary of State, explains the principles on which he had conducted the negotiation; shows its actual state; gives intelligence of what has passed between Spain and France; and concludes with pressing more precise instructions and more definitive authority, frequently solicited in vain, 1803, Feb. 18, ... 533
Mr. Livingston transmits a memoir to--for the purpose of showing that the interests of France will be subserved by a partial cession to the United States; that Great Britain will strain every nerve to acquire Louisiana and Florida; and that, if aided by the United States, the resources of France cannot prevent that result, 1803, ... 534
Mr. Livingston is notified by the Secretary of State that Mr. Monroe is appointed a minister to France, conjointly with himself, 1803, Feb. 23, ... 537
Mr. Livingston informs Mr. Madison that he had received the notification of Mr. Monroe's appointment; and encloses a letter which he had previously addressed to the First Consul, 1803, March 3, ... 537
[In the letter to the First Consul, Mr. Livingston urges the pledged faith of the French Government for the payment of the American claims; adverts to the jealousies and alarms produced in America by the acquisition of Louisiana by France; shows that France cannot derive any permanent advantage from its acquisition; and hence deduces the expediency of a partial cession to the United States,] ... 538
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Mr. Livingston obtains, by his direct application to the First Consul, positive assurances that the American debt shall be paid; and that this assurance may be still more binding, he gives to it immediate publicity, 1803, March 11, ... 545
Various plans are in agitation to make the acquisition of Louisiana by France conducive to her commercial monopoly; to exclude American vessels from entering the Mississippi from the ocean; and to render the Western States wholly dependent upon her, 1803, ... 547
War between Great Britain and France becomes more probable; the detention of Malta produces dissatisfaction in France; the armaments in France destined for America awaken alarm in England, 1803, March 12, ... 547
Mr. King transmits the terms submitted by France to England, among which were the abandonment by France of the expedition to America, and the execution by Great Britain of the treaty of Amiens; active warlike preparations on both sides, 1803, March 17, ... 548
In the event of war, which seems inevitable, Great Britain forms the determination to occupy New Orleans--[Mr. King to Secretary of State] 1803, April 2, ... 551
The First Consul determines to sell Louisiana; the American minister is invited to propose terms; a sum suggested by the French minister; the negotiation is opened, and becomes a money transaction before Mr. Monroe's arrival, 1803, April 13, ... 553
Mr. Monroe received; mutual propositions as to the sum to be paid by the United States, 1803, April 17, ... 554
Further instructions by the Secretary of State, predicated on the supposition that the negotiation has failed, and that France meditates hostilities; the future cooperation of Great Britain and the United States suggested, 1803, April 18, ... 555
Lord Whitworth, the British ambassador, anticipates the transfer of Louisiana to the United States, as the consequence of the disagreement between the United States and France, 1803, April 19, ... 556
Messrs. Livingston and Monroe are apprized by Mr. King of the determination of Great Britain to occupy New Orleans, 1803, May 7, ... 557
Treaty signed for the cession of Louisiana to the United States; the British ambassador departs from Paris, 1803, May 13, ... 558
The minister of Great Britain expresses satisfaction at this result of the negotiation, 1803, May 19, ... 560
A manifesto issued by the French Government recapitulating the hostile acts of Great Britain, and the pacific desires of France, 1803, May 30, ... 562, 563
France apparently hesitates in carrying the treaty into complete execution; delays instructions to surrender the country; and intimates, by her minister, that a strict and literal compliance with its terms, in the prescribed period, will be insisted on, 1803, June 7, ... 564, 565
Spain remonstrates with France against the cession of Louisiana to the United States, and endeavors to prevent the ratification of the treaty, 1803, Aug. 5, ... 567
Spain informs the American Government that the right of France to alienate Louisiana was imperfect, and that the treaty concluded is void, (see Yrujo,) 1803, Sept. 4, ... 569
Spain declares that the title of France to Louisiana was invalid, and that she had stipulated not to alienate; and interposes her protest against the ratification by the United States of the treaty for the cession of that province to the United States, 1803, Sept. 4, 27, ... 569
Oct. 12, ... 570
Mr. Pichon exonerates France from favoring the conduct of Spain, and defends the title of the former, 1803, Oct. 14, ... 571
The United States, disregarding the formal protest of Spain, exchange ratifications, and order the employment of military force, if necessary to the obtaining possession, 1803, Oct. 24, Nov. 9, ... 572
Spain is induced to abandon her opposition to the transfer of Louisiana, and formally notifies the American Government of her acquiescence in the cession, ... 583
The true boundaries of Louisiana, as ceded by France, become a disputable point between Spain and the United States; the claim of the United States, that Louisiana, as ceded by France, extends from the Perdido on the east, to the Rio Bravo on the west, reviewed and maintained by the American Secretary of State, ... 576, 577
Is formally surrendered by France to the United States, ... 581, 582, 583
The boundaries of, discussed by Mr. Cevallos and Messrs. Pinckney and Monroe, ... 654, 662
The reluctant evacuation of, by Spanish officers, 1804, ... 690
To the several consuls in Algiers, Tripoli, and Tunis, explaining the object in despatching an American squadron into the Mediterranean, 1801, ... 347, 348, 349
To the ministers of the United States in Europe, ... 349
To R. King: sanctions the commutation of a gross sum, in lieu of the award of commissioners under the sixth article of British treaty; limitation of the amount to be given to £600,000 sterling; provision, in that case, to be made for renewing the proceedings under seventh article, 1801, June 15, ... 389
The British Government evinces little attention to the subjects relating to the United States, 1801, July 24, ... 390
To Charles Pinckney, minister to Spain: instructions respecting the matters in controversy; spoliations on the commerce of the United States, 1801, June 9, ... 476
Further instructions; the pretext of Spain for these spoliations considered; blockades, whether valid, constructive, or illegal; that of Gibraltar considered, 1801, Oct. 95, ... 476
To R. King: probable effect of the peace on American navigation; the injurious operation of the countervailing act of Great Britain; three expedients to which the United States can resort in self-defence; the preference given to negotiation, to restore an equality to American navigation, instead of legal enactments to countervail British regulations, 1801, Dec. 10, ... 497
To Mr. Pinckney, in Spain: that rumors of the transfer of Louisiana by Spain to France have reached the United States, through different sources; the policy which may have governed France in its acquisition, and Spain in its cession; the conduct which Mr. Pinckney is expected to pursue, 1801, Jan. 9, ... 510
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To Robert R. Livingston, minister in France: containing instructions for his government in the event of the transfer of Louisiana by Spain to France being either in contemplation, or having been effected; and intimating the desire of the United States to obtain the cession of the same from France, 1801, Sept. 28, ... 510
That the subject of his note of December 30th to Mr. King requires great circumspection, to prevent jealousies, &c. 1802, March 16, ... 514
To Mr. Pinckney: expresses solicitude to know more respecting the transfer of Louisiana to Spain; and instructs him to obtain the consent of Spain to the free navigation of rivers emptying into the Mobile bay, &c. 1802, March 30, ... 515
No information has been received from him respecting Louisiana; should the cession have failed, and New Orleans and Florida be still in the hands of Spain, he is instructed to obtain the cession of the territory east of the Mississippi, and to propose the guaranty of territory beyond that river, 1802, May 11, ... 517
To Mr. King: acknowledging the importance of Mr. King's correspondence with Lord Hawkesbury, transmitted in his despatch of May 7th, 1802, July 23, ... 519
To Mr. Pinckney: that, having obtained from France certain information of the cession of Louisiana and the Floridas, it will be unnecessary to pursue the negotiation on that subject in Spain, 1802, July 26, ... 519
To Mr. Livingston: nothing to be omitted to divert France from occupying Louisiana; the suspense between France and Spain seems favorable, 1802, Oct. 15, ... 526
To Mr. Pinckney: that information has been received of the violation by the Intendant of New Orleans of the right of deposite; the importance of the navigation of the Mississippi to the Western States; the irritation produced by this measure at present; the hope of speedy redress can scarcely restrain it, 1802, Nov. 27, ... 527
To Mr. Livingston: that the Spanish Intendant has interdicted the right of deposite at New Orleans; the effect of this measure in the Western and Atlantic States; the American Government await a knowledge of facts, and the intentions of Spain, 1802, Dec. 23, ... 528
To Mr. Pinckney: the Governor of New Orleans has dissented from the Intendant, and denied his having had authority from his Government to interdict the deposites; resolution passed by the House of Representatives, indicative of the sensibility of the American people to this event; the necessity is urgent for speedy measures on the part of the Spanish Government, 1803, Jan. 10, ... 528
To Mr. King: the crisis produced by the interdiction at New Orleans has induced the President to institute a special mission to France; he can now meet the British minister on the subject of his previous communications; the views of the United States essentially pacific, but that it is their determination to maintain their rights, 1803, Jan. 29, ... 532
To Charles Pinckney and James Monroe: enclosing a joint commission to treat with His Catholic Majesty for the enlargement of the right of deposite, for the purchase of the Floridas, and the liquidation of American claims, 1803, Feb. 17, ... 535
To Robert R. Livingston: notifying the appointment of Mr. Monroe conjointly with himself; and specifying the subjects to which his attention may be directed, 1803, Feb. 23, ... 537
To James Monroe: enclosing two commissions; one as minister to France, the other as minister to Spain, 1803, March 2, ... 537
To Messrs. Livingston and Monroe: containing instructions for the purchase of Louisiana from France, 1803, March 2, ... 540
To Mr. Pinckney: the interdict at New Orleans is still continued; resolutions moved by Mr. Ross; the love of peace has occasioned forbearance for the present, and a resort to negotiation; former convention with Spain, 1803, March 8, ... 544
To Messrs. Livingston and Monroe: giving them further instructions respecting the mutual co-operation of Great Britain and the United States, in the event of the failure of the negotiation for the purchase of New Orleans; state of affairs in the United States, 1803, April 18, ... 555
Authorizing them, in certain contingencies, to open a confidential communication with the ministers of Great Britain, 1803, April 18, ... 556
To Mr. Livingston: the assurance of the First Consul, on the subject of the American claims, is satisfactory; the evasion of France, respecting the deposites, excites suspicion of her policy and intentions; Spain has issued orders recognising the rights of the United States; similar orders, to the officers at New Orleans, should be issued by France, 1803, May 25, ... 561
To Messrs. Livingston and Monroe: the posture of affairs between France and Great Britain highly favorable to their negotiation; the expedition to Louisiana was controlled by Great Britain; refers to the avowals by Mr. Addington; modification of the original instructions suggested: these relate to the place of deposite on the Mississippi, the guaranty, the payment, and the right of a belligerent to cede any portion of her territory to a neutral, 1803, May 28, ... 562
To Robert R. Livingston: attributes the difference, in the diplomatic title between him and Mr. Monroe, to a clerical mistake; desires more information as to the precise boundaries of Louisiana; adverts to one of his memoirs, the language of which may give umbrage to Great Britain, and expresses the hope that he may be reconciled to a longer stay in Paris, 1803, July 29, ... 566
To Messrs. Livingston and Monroe: that the Executive approves the terms of the treaty, although the western part of Louisiana was not embraced in their powers; the combined circumstances alluded to, which occasioned the special mission, 1803, July 29, ... 566
They will communicate to France the pacific and neutral policy of the United States; certain commercial regulations the subject of just complaint; the consideration of a commercial treaty deferred; adverts to the intimations of Spain, concerning the alleged secret stipulation of France not to alienate Louisiana, and the invalidity of the French title; their futility proved by the declarations and conduct of Spain; the United States will maintain their rights; and they rely on the concurrence of France, 1803, Oct. 6, 567, 568
To the Marquis de Casa Yrujo: proving the right of France to alienate Louisiana by the declarations of the Spanish Government; and declaring the determination of the United States to maintain their acquired rights, 1803, Oct. 4, ... 569
To Charles Pinckney: showing, from the relations between Spain, France, and Great Britain, that it is the policy of the former to acquiesce in the cession of Louisiana to the United States; and intimating the determination of the United States to maintain it, 1803, Oct. 12, ... 570
To Mr. Monroe: the ratifications of the Louisiana treaty have been exchanged; remarks upon the protest and conduct of Spain, and the determination of the United States, 1803, Oct. 24, ... 572
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To Mr. Livingston: Congress have passed an act to take possession of Louisiana; if necessary, military force will be used, 1803, Nov. 9, ... 572
The occupation of Louisiana; an act has passed providing for its government; the limits still uncertain and undefined; suggests the procuring of certain documents and information relating to ancient boundaries; adverts to American claimants against France; proposes the conclusion of an arrangement with France for the equitable distribution among all of them of the Louisiana fund, so as to include the claims pretermitted by the Louisiana convention, but provided for by that of 1800, 1804, Jan. 31, ... 574
Reasons which induced the American Government to forbear demanding the delivery of the posts of West Florida as a part of Louisiana; they chose to consider their right as vested, and the occupation as constructive; umbrage is given to Spain by the revenue law of the United States, including part of Florida in a collection district; the reprehensible deportment of the Marquis de Yrujo; a review of the boundary question, and of the right of the United States to claim from the Perdido to the Rio Bravo, or Del Norte; depredations by French and Spanish privateers upon American commerce with the West Indies, 1804, March 31, ... 575
To Mr. King, American minister in London: refers to the doubts respecting the true boundary line between the British American possessions and the United States; and to facts indicative of the intention of the parties to the treaty of 1783; and suggests a descriptive boundary, 1801, July 28, ... 585
Encloses a commission to adjust the boundary between Canada and the United States; objects to be secured; the difficulty arising in the extension of one line from the non-existence or indefiniteness of the "highlands;" the proposed remedy; the remaining boundary connecting the most northwestern point of the Lake of the Woods with the Mississippi; refers to a letter from Judge Sullivan. (See Sullivan,) 1802, June 8, ... 585
Suggesting the expediency of suspending the negotiation respecting the northwest boundary, 1802, Dec. 16, ... 589
To Charles Pinckney, minister to Spain: the consideration of the convention of 1802, providing certain indemnities, was postponed; the indemnity secured inadequate; negotiations to be pursued for remodelling the convention, 1803, March 8, ... 596
Suggesting the defects of the convention signed, but still unadvised, and the alterations which it is expedient to make, 1803, March 22, ... 596
A convention has been formed with France for the cession of Louisiana; Mr. Monroe has been associated with Mr. Pinckney to procure the Floridas from Spain; indemnification for spoliations to be included in the overtures, 1803, July 29, ... 614
To Mr. Livingston: that the convention (of 1802) with Spain has received the sanction of the Senate; the cases therein omitted are not abandoned; instructions to ascertain from the departments in France whether applications have been made there for indemnity by the claimants now resorting to Spain, 1804, Jan. 31, ... 614
To Mr. Pinckney: that the Senate have advised the ratification of the treaty of 1802; the claims not yet provided are not intended to be abandoned, and are to be presented anew; considerations which enforce their liquidation; answers are given to the objections urged by Spain, 1804, Feb. 6, ... 615
Containing further instructions for his government in the negotiation then pending, 1804, April --, ... 616
To the Marquis de Casa Yrujo: he examines the reasons adduced by the Spanish minister in favor of the alterations proposed in the convention already formed as the condition of its ratification; shows the unreasonableness of the suggested alterations; accedes, nevertheless, to one of them, proposing an extension of time within which claims may be brought in; considers the only circumstances in which a sovereign can rightfully withhold his ratification to a convention agreed on; and informs him that a special envoy has been appointed to negotiate with Spain, 1804, Oct. 15, ... 625
To James Monroe, jointly with Mr. Pinckney: instructions are given in the expectation that the public interest will permit his departure from London; 1. To obtain the sanction of Spain to the late cession of Louisiana to the United States; 2. To procure the cession of the territory held by Spain east of the Mississippi; 3. To make provision for the payment of all the American claims not provided by the convention of 1802; a projet embracing these objects, and observations upon each article, follow, 1804, April 15, ... 627
Further instructions are given, in which the latitude allowed by the instructions of April 15 is restricted, 1804, July 8, ... 630
To Mr. Monroe: that the state of affairs at Madrid, occasioned by Mr. Pinckney's pressing a decision respecting the ratification of the convention, renders it expedient for him to proceed to Spain; a friendly reception is anticipated; he is instructed to promote peace and harmony between the two nations; to effect the ratification of the convention, unaccompanied by any condition; and to obtain an adjustment of the claims not thereby provided for; the pleas or objections of Spain to the claims founded on French captures are separately examined and refuted, 1804, Oct. 26, ... 632
Urging his particular attention to the claims not provided for in the convention of 1802, 1805, May 4, ... 632
France appearing to lean in favor of Spain in the negotiation then pending, little expectation is entertained of its successful termination; as the only means of preventing hostilities, he is instructed to form a provisional agreement: 1. That neither party shall augment its settlements, or strengthen its military establishments, within the contested limits; 2. That Spain shall not obstruct the free navigation of the Mobile, 1805, May 23, ... 633
To William Eaton, American Consul: a squadron has been sent to Tripoli; the hostile designs of that Power; the regalia to Tunis will be provided; his cooperation with Commodore Dale recommended, 1801, ... 698
To Mr. Cathcart: instructing him under what circumstances, and to what extent, the United States may take advantage of the objects desired by the ex-Bashaw of Tripoli; and the manner he should be treated if his objects should be found unattainable, 1802, Aug. 22, ... 701
Giving him further instructions as to the terms on which a treaty with Tripoli may be made, 1802, April 9, ... 701
To Tobias Lear: that he is authorized to join Commodore Barron in negotiating a peace with Tripoli; that the co-operation of the ex-Bashaw may be still used advantageously, 1804, June 6, ... 702
Respecting the conditions of a treaty with Tripoli, 1805, April 20, ... 702
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To Mr Monroe: containing an elaborate examination of the principle upon which impressments are defended, and of the injustice, inhumanity, and inexpediency of the practice, 1804, Jan. 5, ... 730
Examination of the British principle interdicting a colonial trade in time of war, not enjoyed in time of peace, 1805, April 12, ... 732
Report of, as Secretary of State, upon the illegal seizure of American vessels, and the introduction of new principles of national law, 1806, ... 728
One of the envoys to France--(for letters from, see Pinckney.) Secretary of State--Report of, of captures by British cruisers, from 1800 to 1801, ... 345
To Mr. King: the American Government greatly desires the adjustment of the subject concerning British debts; unjust imputations; the pretensions of the British commissioners wholly inadmissible; views of the American Government explained; explanatory articles, serving as a guide to the British commissioners, preferred; if rejected, a gross sum may be given; that sum not to exceed one million sterling; with four millions of dollars the President would be satisfied, 1800, Aug. 23, ... 386
To Mr. Sitgreaves: the probability of an adjustment having been made, by Mr. King, of the subject of British debts; if not, several modes suggested by which it may be settled; explanatory articles; rules to be adopted, 1800, Dec. 2, ... 388
The different modes of an adjustment; an explanatory article; a gross sum; and an informal agreement considered; considerations applicable to each, and the preference given to the first, (see Lincoln,) 1800, Dec. 4, ... 389
To Rufus King: general instructions on the subjects pending between the two Governments; the true policy of the United States exhibited; erroneous impressions removed; the principles of the American Government--peace and neutrality--evinced by a review of its proceedings; the subjects of complaint to be presented; these relate to commerce and seamen; the construction of the article of the treaty relative to contraband of war; the extent of the rule concerning blockaded ports; the unjust decisions of British courts; and the impressment of American seamen, 1800, Sept. 20, 486, 490
State of the negotiation respecting, at the time Mr. King returned to the United States, ... 504, 506
To establish the position, that the objects sought by France in acquiring Louisiana can only be attained by a partial cession to the United States, ... 534
That a mission to the United States, unaccompanied by a treaty, would neither tend to allay apprehensions, nor prevent the adoption of measures the crisis may demand, ... 536
To the First Consul: to urge the justice of the American claims on France; and to point out the consequences of the occupation of entire Louisiana by France, and of a partial cession to the United States, ... 538
On the relative situation of France, Great Britain, and the United States, as maritime nations, to show that it is the interest of France to build up the naval power of the United States, as the only counterpoise to that of Great Britain, ... 578
Of the merchants, &c. of Philadelphia, on the illegal restrictions upon neutral commerce, and the seizure and condemnation by Great Britain of vessels engaged in the colonial trade, 1806, ... 740
Ot the merchants and insurers of Charleston, South Carolina; that an American ship, the Two Friends, has been captured at the entrance of their harbor, and that their harbor remains blockaded by French privateers, 1806, ... 749
Armed, complained of, and documents respecting, 1805, ... 606
Nominated minister extraordinary to France and Spain, 1802, Jan. 11, ... 475
To Chs. M. Talleyrand: he informs him that he is then on his way to Madrid; reminds him of the assurance which the Government of the United States had received, that the Emperor would interpose his good offices for the attainment of the objects desired in their negotiation with Spain; adverts to the subjects in controversy, viz: the boundaries of Louisiana, indemnity for spoliations, and the cession of Florida; and requests the fulfilment of His Majesty's promise, 1804, Nov. 8, ... 634
[For his notes, in conjunction with Mr. Pinckney, see Pinckney.] To Mr. Cevallos, requesting a conference, 1805, April 3, ... 658
Address of, on taking leave of the Spanish Government, 1805, ... 667
To the Secretary of Foreign Affairs of Great Britain, remonstrating against the seizure and condemnation of American vessels and the impressment of American seamen, 1805, Sept. 23, ... 734
(See Pinckney.)
The Emperor disavows the capture, and preserves peace, ... 592
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American citizens, in France, engage in piratical acts against their countrymen, under the French flag; urge the French Government to new aggressions; continued captures, 1797, Feb. 14 & 21, ... 11
To Mr. Talleyrand: informing him of his appointment as an envoy to France, in conjunction with Messrs. Ellsworth and Henry, and that his colleagues will sail from the United States whenever an assurance shall be given of their appropriate reception, 1799, May 5, ... 243
To the Secretary of State: accepting his appointment, and enclosing his letter to Mr. Talleyrand of May 5, 1799, May 7, ... 243
Journal of, previous to joining Messrs. Ellsworth and Davie, ... 308
[For his letters, in conjunction with Mr. Ellsworth, see Ellsworth.] To Mr. Talleyrand: acknowledges his letter of 30th January, with the passports, 1800, Feb. 4. ... 308
Prohibiting searches or detentions by the vessels of any Power, 1798, ... 204
Instructions for private armed vessels of the United States, to protect the commerce of the United States against the decrees of France, 1798, ... 365, 367
To William Eaton, appointing him navy agent for the Barbary Regencies, 1804, May 30, ... 702
To Commodore Samuel Barron: that he will be the sole judge of the expediency of acting in concert with the ex-Bashaw of Tripoli; Mr. Eaton may be useful; Mr. Lear has power to negotiate, 1804, June 6, ... 702
Rights of, infringed by new principles of national law, ... 728
To the Secretary of State: affairs at Algiers, 1801, Jan. 27, ... 354
To the American minister at Lisbon: the critical condition of the commerce of the United States in the Mediterranean, 1801, Feb. 7, ... 355
To Consul Gavino: state of affairs at Algiers, 1802, Jan. 11, ... 382
Concerning the trade to the British East Indies, ... 103
For carrying into execution the treaty of 1794 concluded by Mr. Jay, ... 103
Remarks and observations on the same, by Mr. King and Lord Grenville, ... 108, 111
To the Secretary of State: reviewing the objections by Spain to the validity of the treaty by which France cedes Louisiana to the United States; maintaining the title, and justifying the measures of France; and intimating that, while he is ready to exchange ratifications, his Government is prepared to deliver possession, 1803, Oct. 14, ... 571
His reply to the memorial of the minister of Spain, on the subject of the treaty with Great Britain; the stipulations relating to contraband articles, free ships free goods, and the Mississippi, examined, 1797, May 17, ... 16
Report of, to the President, accompanied with documents explanatory of the proceedings of Spain in retaining posts, and interposing delays in running the southern boundary line, 1797, June 12, ... 20, 78
Report of, on depredations on the commerce of the United States, 1797, June 22, ... 28
Letter to the minister of Spain (De Yrujo) respecting his suspicion that the Spanish posts in Louisiana will be attacked by Great Britain through the American territory, 1797, Mar. 11, ... 68
April 28, ... 68
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To De Yrujo: desiring to know the intention of Spain relating to the delivery of posts with the boundaries of the United States, 1797, March 16, ... 69
To Mr. Liston: making further inquiries concerning a projected expedition against the territory of Spain, 1797, July 1, ... 70
Correspondence with Charles Jackson, attorney of the United States, in Georgia, respecting any design of a military expedition against the territory of Spain by citizens of Georgia, 1797, April 27, May 22,
71
Report and correspondence respecting the evacuation of the posts, 1798, Jan. 22, ... 78
To the Chevalier De Yrujo: minister of Spain, in reply to animadversions on his report, and reviewing the whole proceedings on the boundary and posts, 1797, Aug. 8, ... 89
Replying to his notes of October 9, and November 21, 1797, maintaining his former positions respecting the Mississippi, and the stipulations in the British treaty, 1798, Jan. 20, ... 101
To Mr. Ellicott, commissioner on the part of the United States under the treaty with Spain: further directions for his government, 1797, July 14, ... 102
To Mr. King: approving the granting of certificates of citizenship to American seamen abroad, 1796, ... 146
To Rufus King: containing instructions to obtain a modification of the fifth article of the British treaty of 1794, on the northeast boundary, 1798, Jan. 2, ... 183
To Messrs. Pinckney, Marshall, and Gerry: instructing them, if they have not been duly received, to demand passports and return to the United States, 1798, March 23, ... 200
To E. Gerry: his recall from France, 1798, ... 204
Report of, to the President, containing an examination and review of the documents relative to France and the United States, recently communicated to Congress, 1799, Jan. 21, ... 229
To William Vans Murray: notifying him of his appointment as an envoy to France, in conjunction with Chief Justice Ellsworth and Patrick Henry, Esq. 1799, March 6, ... 243
To John Quincy Adams, minister to Prussia: general instructions; existing treaty to be renewed, with modifications on four points--relating to embargoes, privateering, free ships free goods, and contraband articles, 1797, July 15 and 17, ... 250
Report of, on American seamen impressed, 1799, Dec. 9, ... 270
Report in the case of Jonathan Robbins, alias Thomas Nash, 1800, ... 284
To the Judge of the district of South Carolina: respecting the application of the British Government for the delivery of Jonathan Robbins, alias Thomas Nash, 1799. July 1, ... 284
To Messrs. Ellsworth, Davie, and Murray, envoys to France, 1799, ... 301
Their commission and powers applicable to a recent change in the Government of France, 1800, Feb. 14, ... 324
The arrival of Captain Barry with their despatches; discretionary power given them to detain the "Portsmouth," continue the negotiation, or return, 1800, April 9, ... 326
To Mr. King, at London: the differences of opinion between the British and American commissioners, under the sixth article of the treaty of amity and commerce, will doubtless suspend their proceedings; the claims presented amount to nineteen millions of dollars, 1799, Feb. 5, ... 383
Causes which are likely to suspend the proceedings of the commissioners; Mr. McDonald, the British commissioner, his character, pretensions, and deportment, 1799, Sept. 4, ... 383
Departure of one of the British commissioners for England; statements in preparation, 1799, Oct. 4, ... 384
Proceedings of the commissioners interrupted by the secession of the American commissioners; general instructions for the settlement of the opposing claims of Great Britain and the United States; principles upon which an explanatory article may be formed; character of the debt; solvency of the debtor; creditor used diligence; lawful impediment; actual loss thereby, 1799, Dec. 31, ... 384
That the imputation of improper motives for the secession must be repelled. (See Marshall.) 1800, Feb. 7, ... 386
Full power to ... 153
Instructions to, ... 153
Letter from, to the Secretary of State; arrival at Paris; letter to the French minister, announcing it; public reception deferred; Mr. X proposes confidentially a private douceur to Mr. Talleyrand and his colleagues; propositions from Mr. Y.; conferences; final reply of American envoys; intimations from the agents, 1797, Oct. 22, ... 153
Sequel to the letter of October 22; further conferences with X, Y, and Z, in which a loan to France and a douceur to the French ministers were strongly urged, and as firmly declined; Mr. Talleyrand confers with Mr. Gerry; decline a further indirect intercourse with the French Government, 1797, Nov. 8, ... 161
Their letter to the Minister of Foreign Affairs; no definite answer; the envoys officially received; the sentiments of the Directory unfriendly; no prospect of success in their mission, 1797, Nov. 27, ... 166
No answer to their letter; reiterated attempts to inveigle them into informal negotiations; defer their final act to the loth of the ensuing month, 1797, Dec. 24, ... 166
To the Secretary of State: transmitting their letter to the Minister of Foreign Relations of France, ... 169
To the Minister of Foreign Relations: reviewing the existing relations with France, the points in controversy, and the measures of the United States; peace and honest neutrality the desire and policy of the United States; how far it was incumbent upon them to maintain against England the principle "free ships, free goods;" British orders; French decrees; object and policy of the mission to England; treaty; its stipulations reviewed and defended; contraband, law of; provisions; exposition of the complaints of the United States against France, 1798, Jan. 17, ... 182
To the Secretary of State: communicating the result of two interviews with the French minister, (Talleyrand,) in which a loan to France was strongly urged; but no favorable change in the sentiments of the French Government was manifested, 1798, March 9, ... 187
Transmitting the reply of the French minister to their memorial of January 17, ... 188
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To Mr. De la Croix: reviews the proceedings of the French Government; that it is his right, by the law of nations, to receive the written determination of the Directory respecting his reception, 1796, Dec. 13, ... 6
To the Secretary of State: he still remains in Paris, awaiting the express order of the Government to quit the territory of France; inconveniences sustained by American merchants and citizens from having no representative of their Government; his secretary has had another interview with the French minister, 1797, Jan. 6, ... 9
Has received a notification to quit the territory of France, 1797, Feb. 1, ... 17
His arrival at Amsterdam, 1797, Feb. 18, ... 10
The French urge the Dutch to join them in hostile measures against American navigation; the power of France to enforce their will; causes which suspend its execution, 1797, March 5, ... 11
Condemnation of American vessels; how far measures of resistance may be necessary, 1797, March 8, ... 11
His reply to M. De la Croix, who transmits an order to quit the territory of France, 1797, ... 18
Progress of the French arms; the determined policy of France to disregard the neutral rights of the United States, 1797, May 9, ... 72
That, after appearing to accede to the claims for spoliations, the Spanish Government interposed an unexpected objection, 1802, July 1, ... 480
That the claims of other Powers for depredations committed by French cruisers equipped in Spanish ports increased the difficulty of his negotiation, 1802, July 8, ... 481
His conference with Mr. Cevallos; the suggestions made by him in favor of American claims for spoliations, and the reasons by which their allowance was opposed, 1802, July 6, ... 481
That he has concluded a convention providing for the payment of American claims for illegal captures made by Spanish privateers, but that he has been unable to obtain the extension of this provision to the spoliations by French cruisers equipped in Spanish ports, 1802, August 15, ... 482
The political condition of Spain; her extreme unwillingness to compensate injuries which it was not in her power to prevent, 1802, August 30, ... 483
That, in conformity with the views of his Government, he will renew the negotiation with Spain to obtain indemnities for spoliations committed by French privateers which fitted out from Spanish ports; he desires more precise instructions, 1803, May 12, ... 596
The expected arrival of Mr. Monroe caused some delay in the negotiation; obtains an audience with Mr. Cevallos; recapitulates the arguments which he had brought forward to enforce the justice of the American claims, and the reasons urged by the Spanish minister to exonerate Spain from liability for the captures made by French privateers; he adverts to a declaration by Mr. Cevallos, that, by a secret article, France was restricted from ceding Louisiana, 1803, August 2, ... 597
To Mr. Cevallos, Secretary of State of Spain: that the Senate of the United States have postponed their action upon the convention already formed, for the purpose of including the class of claims founded on the depredations of French cruisers; he explains the principle on which Spain is liable, and encloses a draught of a proposed convention, 1803, May 23, ... 599
His letter of May 23d having remained unnoticed, he requests a definitive answer upon the subject of the American claims; that, when on such subjects two nations seriously differ, they can only be decided by war or arbitration, ... 602
Before receiving the definitive answer of the American Government, he submits additional reasons tending to enforce the justice of the American claims, and to meet the objections of the Spanish Government, 1803, July 15, ... 602
Replies to his letter of August 23; reviews the opinion of the American jurists; shows its inapplicability to the case at issue; and maintains the original, instead of the eventual, liability of Spain, 1803, August 28, ... 605
Presents three subjects for discussion: 1. the cession of Louisiana; 2. the proposed cession of Florida; 3. the claims of American citizens; that to the 1st Spain has no right to object; that, on the 2d, it is the policy of Spain to cede the Floridas; and that, on the 3d, justice demands the adjustment of the claims of American citizens, on the terms proposed by their Government, 1804, Jan. 11, ... 616
Acknowledging a letter from him on the subject of an act of Congress comprising a portion of West Florida in a collection district, and urging the ratification of the convention recently concluded, 1804, June 1, ... 618
As a last effort to preserve peace, he recapitulates the wrongs inflicted by Spain on American commerce; the moderation and forbearance displayed by the United States; and asks a definitive answer from Spain whether she will ratify the convention, or not, 1804, June 22, ... 618
Desiring to be informed whether he may consider Mr. Cevallos's letter of the 2d July as a definitive act of the Spanish Government; declining to ratify the convention already formed; and intimating his intention, if the answer be affirmative, to take measures preparatory to an eventual rupture, 1804, July 5, ... 620
He reviews the notes which have passed between Mr. Cevallos and himself; the pretensions set up by Spain, and the justice and moderation of the United States; he again notices the inadmissible and affrontive conditions on which Spain proposes to ratify the convention, while his own efforts were sincere and unremitting to obtain justice and preserve peace; and reiterates his intention to terminate the negotiation, and prepare for his departure from Madrid, (See Monroe,) 1804, July 14, ... 621
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Agreeably to his intimation, they proceed to discuss the subject of indemnities, and add remarks on the question of limits, 1805, Feb. 5, ... 640
Perceiving no prospect of coming to an agreement on the subject of spoliations on commerce, they propose to proceed to the remaining topics of discussion; and ask the views of His Majesty's Government particularly with regard to the eastern and western boundaries of Louisiana, 1805, Feb. 12, ... 642
Requesting a conference, in consequence of the tenor of his last note, 1805, ... 644
That they had been induced, at the commencement of the negotiation, to disclose the, views of the United States on all the subjects then pending between the two countries; that Mr. Cevallos, instead of discussing the project as submitted, had proposed to discuss the subjects seriatim, and in detail; after animadverting on the tone and expressions of his note, they proceed to maintain the justice of the claims of the United States to indemnity for spoliations, and for the interruption of the right of deposite; the liability of Spain for the violations of her territory, and the consequent injuries to the commerce of the United States, is elaborately discussed, 1805, Feb. 26, ... 646
They reply to the note of Mr. Cevallos, of the 24th of February, respecting the eastern limits of Louisiana; that "Louisiana," as originally possessed by France, included West Florida; that, by whatever means the latter came into the possession of Spain, it was ceded by Spain to France, inasmuch as Spain restored Louisiana to France, "such as it was when France possessed it;" and that all the title of France was passed to the United States, 1805, March 8, ... 654
They express regret at finding their opinions so variant upon the points discussed; consider it unnecessary to make further remarks on those topics; and request to be favored with the views of the Spanish Government on the western limits of Louisiana, 1805, March 16, ... 657
Receiving no reply to their note of March 16th, they renew their request, "if it is His Majesty's pleasure to continue the negotiation," 1805, March 30, ... 657
Requesting a conference, 1805, April 3, ... 658
That they cannot avoid considering the omission to answer their notes respecting the western limits of Louisiana, the failure to accept their propositions of 28th January, and the fact that the Spanish Government has proposed no others as a strong expression adversely to an amicable arrangement of the points in controversy; that they will, nevertheless, remain a reasonable period for any proposition which the Spanish Government may make; and that they will expect an early answer to this communication, 1805, April 9, ... 658
They acknowledge the receipt of his note transmitting the declaration of the French Government respecting the eastern limits of Louisiana; and, as that subject had been disposed of, they request the propositions of the Spanish Government, so frequently asked, on all the points remaining to be adjusted, 1805, April 13, ... 660
They disavow any personal imputation in the suggestion that his silence may have been caused by a desire to terminate the negotiation; justify their urgency by the expectations of their Government, the course of the negotiation, and the special demands upon the services of one of them in London; express their disappointment that the solicited propositions on the part of Spain had not been furnished; and defend the right of the United States to the territory west of the Mississippi as far as the Rio Bravo; they rely on the possession and occupancy of this territory by the authority of France, evinced by the settlement on the bay of St. Bernard, in 1685, by M. de la Salle, by the grant to Crozat in 1712, and by the authority of learned writers and geographers; they examine the grounds upon which Spain relies in support of her title, and show that they are all subsequent to the perfect anterior title of France, 1805, April 20, ... 662
They propose that Spain shall cede her possessions east of the Mississippi, and pay the claims provided for in the convention of 1802, and that the United States shall make the Colorado the western boundary, and indemnify the claimants for the French spoliations, and cancel the demands on Spain, 1805, May 12, ... 665
That while they regret to see the rejection of their propositions, they consider the negotiation as terminated; they, therefore, ask the necessary passport for Mr. Monroe, 1805, May 18, ... 667
To the Secretary of State: reviewing the course of the negotiation with Spain which had just terminated; recapitulating the substance of the several notes which had passed, and placing the hauteur, extravagant pretensions, and inflexible obstinacy of Spain, in strong contrast with the moderation and justice of the American Government, 1805, May 23, ... 667
His correspondence with the Governor of Louisiana, 1797, ... 97
To the Bashaw of Tunis, 1801, April 15, ... 358
Allowed to bring prizes into the ports of the contracting parties free from duties, and to depart with them, (art. 24,) ... 300
Foreign, shall not be allowed to fit their ships in the ports of France and the United States, (art. 25,) ... 300
To be free from arrest or seizure in the port wherein conducted, (art. 24.) ... 300
The sale of, restricted, (art. 25,) ... 300
Made by French privateers, a statement of their disposition by the Council of Prizes, 1801, Oct. 25, ... 439
Letter from Mr. Talleyrand to citizen Pichon, explanatory of the proceedings and intentions of the French Government respecting. 1801, Jan. 3, ... 432
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Letters of the ministers of--see Finckenstein.
On the expediency of allowing vessels to arm for their security and defence, 1797, ... 77
On a treaty with Tunis, 1797, ... 126
On the aggression committed by a French privateer within the bar and harbor of Charleston, 1798, ... 152
On restricting more effectually the commercial intercourse with France, 1800, ... 285
On the expediency of restricting the expenditures incurred by consuls in the prosecution of American claims, 1800, ... 285
On the obligation upon the Government of the United States to indemnify American citizens for certain claims on the French Government, the payment of which was not enforced by the treaty of 1800, 1802, ... 458
On the convention with Great Britain respecting boundaries, of May 12, 1803, ... 590
On the depredations and injuries committed by Spain, 1805, ... 695
On British captures and condemnations, 1806, Dec. 5, ... 773
On the memorial of Peter Landais, ... 773
Restoration, mutual--Of ships and property taken by France or the United States, ... 296
Rivers--How far another Power, owning neither of the shores, has right to navigate, considered, 1797, ... 98
[For letters of, see Bonaparte.]
Reports the result of another interview with the French Minister of Foreign Affairs, 1796, Dec. 26, ... 9
Seamen--American, impressed by foreign Powers, statements showing the number, 1798, ... 127, 140, 269
American, impressed, report showing the number discharged, detained, &c. 2800, 1802, ... 292, 471
American, the principle and the practice of their impressment considered by Mr. Marshall, Secretary of State, ... 489
Measures which the United States have power to take in order to prevent their impressment, ... 490
Report of the Secretary of State, specifying impressments of American seamen, 1803, Dec. 2, ... 593
Remonstrance against their impressment, 1805, ... 737
Report of the Secretary of State on the number, and the discriminating circumstances of each case, 1806, March 6, ... 776
American, abroad, letter from Mr. King, and reply of the Secretary of State, respecting the usage of granting them certificates of citizenship, ... 145, 146
Propositions respecting, submitted and declined, 1798, ... 147, 148, 149
American, impressed by a British officer from a national vessel of the United States, 1798, ... 203
Report of the Secretary of State and other documents respecting, 1799, Dec. 9, ... 270
(Or visits) prohibited in cases of convoy, (art. 19,) ... 299
Measures of, preventing the running and marking the boundary between the United States and East and West Florida, as provided for by treaty; and detaining posts, 1797, June 12, ... 20, 66
The extent of her depredations on the commerce of the United States, 1797, ... 28
Further proceedings of, detaining the posts, and infringing the treaty of 1797, reviewed by the Secretary of State, 1797, ... 78--83
Spoliations committed on the commerce of the United States under the authority of, documents showing, ... 440, 445
Captures of American vessels, made by French cruisers, and carried into the ports of, ... 446
Captures by Spanish cruisers of American vessels, carried into Spanish ports, ... 453
Interruption by, of the right of deposite at New Orleans; report of the Secretary of State, and papers respecting, 1802, Dec. 22, ... 469
Treaty with, providing indemnification for spoliations on American commerce, 1802, Aug. 11, ... 476
Documents explanatory of the treaty of 1802, ... 476--483
Remonstrates with France against the cession of Louisiana to the United States, and endeavors to prevent the execution of the treaty for that purpose, ... 567
Further negotiations with, for the purpose of obtaining indemnity for spoliations not provided for by the convention of 1803, ... 596
Message showing the critical relations between Spain and the United States; and the abortive attempt to obtain, by a special mission, the cession of Florida, or payment for depredations, 1805, Dec. 6, ... 613
Documents communicated showing her continued depredations on American commerce; the obstruction of the navigation of the Mobile; and the violation of American territory by persons acting under her authority, 1805, Dec. 10, ... 669, 695
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Encroaches with a military force on the territory of the United States, 1806, ... 798, 801
Convention and correspondence on the subject of those committed under the authority of Spain, ... 47
Reports of, to the President and to Congress:--
Detention of posts by Spain, 1797, ... 20, 66
Depredations on commerce of the United States, 1797, ... 28
Detention of posts by Spain, 1797, ... 78
Claims for indemnities recovered by American citizens, under the treaty of 1794 with Great Britain, 1797, ... 119
Seamen of the United States impressed, with documents on the subject, 1798, ... 126--150
Instructions from, to the agent for American seamen, ... 146
Relations with France; review of the despatches of the American envoys; and observations on recent transactions, 1799, Jan. 21, ... 229
Impressed American seamen, 1799, Dec. 9, ... 270
In the case of Jonathan Robbins, alias Thomas Nash, a British seaman, demanded by the British Government, 1800, ... 284
Seamen, American, impressed, ... 361
Spoliations on the commerce of the United States by Spanish cruisers, and by French cruisers under Spanish authority, ... 446, 453--458
Interruption of the right of deposite at New Orleans, 1802, Dec. 21, ... 469
On the case of the Danish brigantine Hendrick, re-captured by an American from a French privateer, 1803, 483
Restrictions on American commerce; the unjust seizure and condemnation of American vessels; and the interpolations of the law of nations, 1806, Jan. 25, ... 728
On impressed seamen; the number; and the facts attending their impressment, 1806, March 5, ... 776
To Mr. Gerry: proposing, after the departure of Messrs. Pinckney and Marshall, to resume their reciprocal communications upon the interests of France and the United States, 1798, April 3, ... 200, 209
Requests the names of the intriguers designated in the London Gazette by the initials W, X, Y, and Z, 1798, May 30, and June I, ... 210, 211
Strongly denounces the exhibits in the President's message; and desires to know whether Mr. Gerry is yet in a situation to proceed to the removal of the difficulties existing between France and the United States, 1798, June 10, ... 211
Intimates the expediency of Mr. Gerry's remaining at Paris; discloses the basis on which the negotiation might commence; and enumerates the particular grievances of France, 1798, June 18, ... 212
States the ground of his charge against the President of suppressing facts; defends his delay in commencing the negotiation; and suggests various reasons to prevent Mr. Gerry's departure, 1798, June 27, ... 215
Inveighs against the reproaches cast upon the French nation by the American press, as well as the "insulting speeches" uttered within the walls of Congress; and again proposes negotiation on the consular convention, 1798, July 6, ... 217
Recapitulates the various efforts which he had made to incline Mr. Gerry to a separate negotiation; the reasons which had induced the Directory to decline the reception of Mr. Pinckney and Mr. Marshall; professes regret at Mr. Gerry's departure; declares that France is sincerely desirous of peace; and transmits the desired passports, 1798, July 12, ... 219
France disposed to re-open the negotiation at Paris, receive any envoys whom the United States may send, and dispense with all preliminary questions concerning loans, 1798, July 22, ... 222
Transmitting a decree,favorable to neutral commerce in the West Indies, 1798, July 31, ... 222
Letters of, to Mr. Skipwith, respecting decrees of France affecting neutral commerce, 1798, ... 228, 299
To Mr. Pichon, Secretary of Legation at the Hague: approves his political and social intercourse with Mr. Murray, the American minister; intimates the mutual advantage which would accrue to the United States and France from the restoration of harmony; and declares the readiness of France to remove all causes of estrangement, 1798, Aug. 28, ... 241
Instructing him to assure Mr. Murray, the minister of the United States there, that France still remains disposed to preserve peace with the United States; desires to renew the negotiations; and will receive, with respect, any envoy whom they may send, 1798, Sept. 28, ... 242
To Mr. Murray: giving the required assurance as to the proper reception and treatment of the American envoys, 1799, May 12, ... 243
To Mr. Murray: communicates the intelligence that Messrs. Ellsworth and Davie have arrived; and transmits passports, 1800, Jan. 30, ... 308
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Appointing a time for their reception, 1800, March 4, ... 309
Informing them that the First Consul has appointed citizens Joseph Bonaparte, Fleurieu, and Roederer, to treat with them, 1800, March 8, ... 310
To Messrs. Bonaparte, Fleurieu, and Roederer: communicating more explicit and full powers, 1800, April 6, ... 312, 313
To Mr. Livingston: that the convention of 1800 will be observed in every particular; that the debt due to American citizens under it will be discharged; that the political questions concerning Louisiana are not to be blended with pecuniary interests, 1800, Feb. 19, ... 545, 546
Expressing satisfaction that the excitement in the United States had been allayed by the wisdom of the Government; and containing general professions of the continued friendship of France to the United States, and of their satisfaction at the appointment of Mr. Monroe, 1803, March 21, ... 550
Recapitulating the hostile acts of Great Britain, and declaring the desire of France to preserve peace; the French manifesto, 1803, May 30, ... 563
To Mr. Armstrong: that Louisiana, as ceded by France to the United States, did not include any part of West Florida; instead of the good offices promised the United States, in their pending negotiation with Spain, he expresses, very strongly, the decision of the Emperor against the general objects, as well as the specific measures, of the United States, 1804, Dec. 21, ... 635
To the Chargé of Spain, asserting that France had no pretension to any territory west of the Iberville and Mississippi when Louisiana was ceded to the United States, 1805, 5 Germinal, ... 659
Remonstrates against the commercial intercourse between the United States and St. Domingo; by which the latter, in a state of revolt, is supplied with provisions and ammunition, 1805, ... 726, 727
Letter from Mr. Dundas, concerning, ... 114
With the West Indies; the terms on which it should be opened; and the respective rights of the United States and Great Britain, 1803, Jan. 18, ... 503
Colonial, the right of the neutral to participate in it examined by Mr. Madison, Secretary of State, 1805, April 12, ... 732
Of neutrals, what are its rights, and its just restrictions, 1805, ... 734
The novel principles adopted by Great Britain, by which neutrals are deprived of the carrying trade which they did not enjoy in time of peace, examined in a memorial of Baltimore merchants, and also in a letter of Mr. Gore, in behalf of Boston insurers, 1806, ... 750--756
With Tunis, 1797, ... 123, 281, 282
With Great Britain, concerning boundary, 1798, ... 183
With Great Britain; British debts, 1802, Jan. 8, ... 383
With Great Britain, (signed, but not ratified,) to settle the boundaries on the northeastern and northwestern parts of the United States, 1803, May 12, ... 584
With Prussia, of friendship and commerce, 1799, ... 244
With France, peace and commerce, 1800, ... 295, 344, 345
With France, cession of Louisiana, 1803, April 30, ... 507
With Spain, indemnity for spoliations, 1802, Aug. 11, ... 475
With Tripoli, with secret article, 1805, ... 697, 725
With Spain; different constructions, 1797, 92
With Great Britain; objected to by Spain, 1797, 99
With Great Britain of 1794; two acts of the British Parliament to carry into execution, 1798, ... 103
With Great Britain of 1794; the amount of indemnity recovered by American citizens under the seventh article of, ... 119
With France; different constructions of, by the respective parties, ... 155
With France; estimate of the expense in carrying it into effect, 1802, ... 365
Documents explanatory of the proceedings for its execution, 1802, ... 428--439
With Spain of 1802, August 11, documents relating to, ... 476, 483
Its palpable violation by one party would give the other the right to declare it void. [American ministers.] ... 328
Being a compact formed by two, cannot be abrogated by one of the parties, except by war and victory. [Ministers of France.] ... 330
How far they can be modified or invalidated by instruments extraneous to them, [Mr. Pichon's letter,] ... 571
The circumstances considered which would justify a nation in declining their ratification, after their formation by duly authorized ministers, ... 625
Documents communicated in relation to, 1801, ... 347, 348
A rupture with, anticipated, ... 349
Bashaw of, letter from, to the President, demanding gratuities, and threatening war, ... 352
Treaty with, 1805, ... 697
Treaty with, secret article, ... 725
Ex-Bashaw of, (Hamet Caramalli,) documents concerning his co-operation with the United States, and his subsequent fate, ... 699, 795
[For the events and correspondence connected with this treaty, see the names of Barron, Eaton, Caramalli, Lear, and Davis.]
Report on, 1798, Feb. 28, ... 126
Instructions to the commissioners appointed to negotiate alterations in the treaty with, 1790, ... 281
Documents in relation to, 1801, ... 347, 348
Bashaw of, his letter to the President of the United States, demanding forty additional twenty-four pounders, 1801, April 15, ... 358
Bashaw of, levies a general contribution on friends; and demands of the United States, as their quota, ten thousand stands of arms, 1801, June 28, ... 358
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Armed, of the United States, laden with alleged contraband articles, engaged in the West India trade; complaints against by the representatives of Great Britain and France, 1805, Feb. 1, ... 606
To Governor Cordero: communicating the determination of the American Government to consider the occupancy of territory east of the river Sabine as an invasion, and to resist it accordingly, 1806, Sept. 24, ... 803
To the Secretary of War: transmitting a letter of Antonio Cordero, 1806, Oct. 21, ... 804
To Antonio Cordero: that he moves forward to the Sabine, with a military force, only to defend the territory of the United States from invasion, 1806, Oct. 4, ... 804
To the Secretary of State: suspicion of an attack by Great Britain from Canada on the Spanish posts in Louisiana, 1797, March 2, and April 21, ... 68
Possesses no recent information touching the evacuation of the posts and the execution of the treaty, 1797, April 17, ... 69
Complaining of the conduct of the American commissioner, Mr. Ellicott, and in justification of the measures of the Baron de Carondelet, 1797, June 21, ... 69
Animadversions on his report; defence of the Spanish proceedings, 1797, July 11, ... 87
Acknowledging the receipt of his letter of the 8th August, 1797, Aug. 19, ... 96
Stating the causes which have suspended the delivery of the posts; criminating the military and civil officers of the United States, and demanding due satisfaction, 1797, Oct. 9, ... 96
On the British treaty; the Mississippi; contraband; free ships free goods; and reiterating the objections of Spain to the article explanatory of the treaty with Great Britain, 1797, Nov. 21, ... 98
Communication from, to a public paper, signed Verus, (attributed to him by the Secretary of State,) 1797, ... 99
Transmitting an extract from a despatch of the French ambassador, declaring that France will never alienate Louisiana, 1803, Sept. 4, ... 569
Declaring that France had no valid title to Louisiana; and requesting the United States to suspend the ratification of the treaty by which Louisiana was ceded to them, 1803, Sept. 27, ... 569
Replies to his letter of October 4th, and attempts to explain the declaration of French title given by the Spanish minister, and to maintain the invalidity of the treaty between France and Spain, 1803, Oct. 12, ... 570
That the American Government is reformed, by the correspondence between Mr. Cevallos and Mr. Pinckney, of the conditions on which Spain proposes to ratify the convention already signed; that the right of Spain to propose these antecedent conditions cannot be questioned; he is instructed to renew these conditions, with a material modification of one of them, and, if acceded to, to propose the ratification, 1804, Oct. 13, ... 624
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