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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. III.
To the Secretary of State; that the Emperor of Russia has proffered his mediation; the result of his conference with the Chancellor, who stated that steps had been taken to ascertain the views of Great Britain, 1813, Sept. 30, ... 625
To the Secretary of State; he has received a letter from Mr. Russell, by which he is informed of the rejection of the proposed armistice; rumors of renewed negotiations; the information from Mr. Russell communicated to Chancellor Romanzoff; despatches forwarded to the Russian minister in the United States, giving him authority to propose the Emperor's mediation, 1812, Oct. 17, ... 626
To the Secretary of State; that his letter of the 1st July, communicating official intelligence of the war with Great Britain, had been received; that its contents were communicated to the Russian minister; and that the British ministry were apprised of the policy intended to be observed by the United States towards France, and of the unsettled state of their relations with that Power, 1812, Dec. 11, ... 626
To the Secretary of State; Count Romanzoff had received information of the acceptance, by the United States, of the proffered mediation; its intended rejection by Great Britain rendered probable by letters from Count Lieven, the Russian minister at London, 1812, June 26, ... 627
Protocol of their two first conferences with the British ministers, ... 707, 708
To the Secretary of State; arrival of Lord Castlereagh; explanations of the British sine qua non, respecting Indian boundary; the British demands--to exclude the United States from maintaining a naval force on the lakes; to establish new boundary; to cede part of Maine, and to retain Moose Island--were decidedly negatived, 1814, August 19, ... 708--709
To the Secretary of State; they transmit their correspondence with the British plenipotentiaries. Although the British sine qua non is now reduced to an Indian pacification, there is no prospect of an immediate adjustment. The object of Great Britain, apparently, is to protract the negotiation, and to retain the decision in her own hands until she sees the issue of the American campaign, and the result of the proceedings of the Congress at Vienna, 1814, Oct. 25, ... 710
To the British ministers; they examine the consistency of the sine qua non, and the peremptory demands of the British ministry, with the terms of the overture made by Lord Castlereagh; show that they are neither founded on the principle of reciprocity, nor sanctioned by public law, nor required for the maintenance of the maritime rights of Great Britain, nor rely for support on the usual basis of negotiation, whether of uti possidetis, or status ante bellum; whilst they ask the territory, invade the sovereignty, assail the rights, and wound the honor of the United States. They state explicitly that their powers do not extend to the consideration of these demands, and that it is unnecessary to refer them to the Government of the United States for its instructions, 1814, August 24, ... 711
To the British ministers; they reply to the reasons adduced by the British Commissioners in support of their demands; examine the grounds upon which the ministers of Great Britain rest a pretension to an Indian barrier, formed from the American territory, and to the exclusive military possession of the lakes; trace the previous measures of Great Britain towards the Indians residing within her jurisdiction, exhibited in the history of her American colonial settlements; justify, by British precedent, even a greater degree of restraint over the Indians than that now exercised by the United States; review some of the recent barbarities of the allies of Great Britain; suggest, instead of the proposed barrier, the prohibition, for the future, of the employment by either party of the Indians as allies; state the true question in dispute respecting the Northeastern and Northwestern boundary, and the extent of their powers on that subject; and vindicate their Government from the imputed spirit of acquisition and conquest, 1814, Sept. 9, ... 715
To the British ministers; they defend the acquisition of Louisiana; and the occupation of Florida; disclaim, for their Government, the proclamation of the American generals, and advert to an equally indefensible proclamation of Admiral Cochrane; they claim, for the United States, the right of sovereignty over the whole territory; and over all persons embraced within their boundaries; show the manner in which that right would be affected by permitting Great Britain to negotiate a peace, or protection, for the Indians within their territory; and, if the right were conceded, question the power of the British ministers to stipulate so as to bind the Indians as independent allies. In relation to the boundary they have power to render whatever is doubtful certain; but they have no power to cede American territory under the pretext of rendering that certain which was not doubtful, 1814, Sept. 26, ... 719
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To the British ministers; they decline treating on the basis of uti possidetis, and propose that a project and counter project shall be simultaneously exchanged by the respective parties, 1814, Oct. 24, ... 725
To the Secretary of State; they transmit a treaty of peace, concluded with the British plenipotentiaries, and review the progress of the negotiation until its completion. After the question concerning the Indians had been adjusted, the mutual restoration of territory, the privilege to fish, and the free navigation of the Mississippi, became the only subjects involving difficulty: to the first, an exception was made in favor of islands in the bay of Passamaquoddy, claimed by Great Britain; and the two last were placed on the footing left by the treaty of 1783, 1814, Dec. 25, ... 732
To the British plenipotentiaries; although they cannot view the note of the British ministers of the 21st October, as containing the desired projet of a treaty, they submit a projet of their own, and offer explanations on its prominent points. On the subject of the fisheries they are not at liberty to bring into discussion any of the rights and liberties which the United States have heretofore enjoyed. These rights, subsisting anterior to the treaty of 1783, were recognized, not conferred by that act, and now require no stipulation for their confirmation. Having formerly declined to treat on the basis of uti possidetis, they propose the basis of status ante bellum; advert to the proposed stipulations concerning boundaries, seamen, blockades, indemnities, and the employment of savages; and suggest a limitation of time to captures at sea, 1814, Nov. 10, ... 733
To the British plenipotentiaries; that they have received their note of November 26, with the marginal alterations and suggestions on the several articles of a projet of a treaty; they proceed to state the alterations to which they assent; to waive insisting on the articles deemed inadmissible, and to designate some of the proposed alterations to which they could not give their concurrence; and ask a conference, 1814, Nov. 30, ... 741
To the British plenipotentiaries; (after the conference of 12th December;) they assent to such an exception to the mutual restoration of territory, as will enable Great Britain to retain islands in the Bay of Passamaquoddy, without prejudice to the rights of the United States, until a decision of title can be had; they decline an acknowledgment, under any form, that the right to the fisheries has been abrogated by the war; and they express their willingness either to recognize that right, together with the British right to the navigation of the Mississippi, or to be silent in relation to both, 1814, Dec. 14, ... 743
Of Great Britain, upon the seamen, coasts, commerce, trade, security, and peace of the United States, recapitulated by the President of the United States, 1812, June 1, ... 405
By the belligerents upon the American ships and merchandise, 1812, ... 583
A declaration of war against, recommended by the President, 1815, Feb. 23, ... 748
Report of a committee of the House of Representatives, concerning, ... 748
Report of the Secretary of State showing the relations with, ... 749
Proposed by Mr. Russell, ... 589, 591
Rejected by Lord Castlereagh, ... 589, 592
Proposed, on certain conditions, by Admiral Warren, ... 595
Declined by the Secretary of State, ... 596
A review of its rejection, and of the terms proposed, by a committee of the House of Representatives, 1813, Jan. 29, ... 604
To Mr. Monroe, (in England,) that the accounts of French captures of American vessels are not correct; assurances have been given that the decree of November, 1807, was not to be enforced against American vessels in violation of the treaty with France; in what way that decree will be construed and enforced, 1807, July 7, ... 242
To Mr. Madison, communicates incidental remarks of the Emperor of France; intimates a projected union of commercial States against Great Britain; refers to the seizure of Copenhagen, and the attack upon the Chesapeake; and notices the Emperor's tone towards foreign ministers, 1807, August 3, ... 243
To Mr. Champagny, that the construction of the Spanish decree against neutral commerce will depend upon the practical construction which will be given to the French decree of November 2, 1807; and requesting such a declaration from the French minister as will show to Spain that the vessels of American citizens are to be exempted from the French decree, and that, while enforcing that decree, the treaty with the United States will be observed, 1807, August 9, ... 243
To Mr. Champagny, requesting explanations of the reported construction intended to be given to the Imperial decree of November 21, 1806; and desiring to be informed whether the treaty between the United States and France is still to be considered as in force, 1807, September 24, ... 244
To Mr. Madison, transmitting his remonstrance on the decree of condemnation of a portion of the cargo of the American ship Horizon, wrecked on the coast of France, having merchandise on board of British manufacture, 1807, November 12, ... 245
To Mr. Champagny, remonstrating against the enforcement of the decree of November, 1806, against the American ship Horizon; which ship had merchandise of English origin on board, and had been wrecked on the coast of France; and containing an examination of the reasons assigned by the Council of Prizes for extending that decree to American navigation, in violation of the existing treaty with France, and the assurances of the French Government that no such construction would be given, 1807, November 12, ... 245
To Mr. Madison, transmitting a copy of a recent letter received from the French Minister of Foreign Affairs, 1807, November 24, ... 247
To Mr. Madison, transmitting a still more rigorous decree of the French Government against American and neutral commerce, 1807, December 27, ... 248
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To Mr. Madison, enclosing a reply of the Minister of Marine to his letter of February 13, by which it appears that the promises of forbearance are applicable only to vessels sequestered in the ports, and not to captures at sea, 1808, February 17, ... 250
To Mr. Madison, that the Emperor had himself confiscated two of the sequestered American vessels, for the want of a document not required by any usage or law of commerce; and had declared that the decrees should be enforced, and that the Americans must become allies or enemies, 1808, February 22, ... 250
To Mr. Madison, that the Emperor had professed a willingness to except American property from the operation of the November decree, if practicable, 1808, March 9, ... 251
To Mr. Madison, that, agreeably to an intimation that, if a practicable expedient could be found, American vessels should constitute an exception to the general rule embraced in the decree of November, 1806, he had prepared and submitted a form of a rule, by which the professed object of the French Government could be attained, but that his expedient has produced no reply, 1808 March 15, ... 251
To Mr. Madison, that, agreeably to his instructions, he has prepared and presented a formal remonstrance against the French decrees, 1808, April 5, ... 251
To Mr. Champagny, that he has been instructed by his Government to remonstrate against the provisions and operation of the French decrees; he predicates his remonstrance on the express provisions of the convention of 1800, and the acknowledged principles of public law, of which the decrees were subversive; and refers to the declarations of the French Government as the strongest and most unequivocal condemnation of its own proceedings, 1808, April 2, ... 251
To Mr. Madison; after waiting, pro forma, for the answer of the French Government to his note of the 2d April, and having no expectation of receiving any, he has instructed the bearer of despatches to proceed, by the way of England to the United States, 1808, April 12, ... 252
To Mr. Madison; the vessel bringing his despatch of 2d May has arrived, 1808, June 25, ... 253
To Mr. Madison, transmitting two letters to Mr. Champagny, 1808, July 18, ... 253
To Mr. Champagny, asking an avowal or disavowal of the conduct of Admiral Baudin, in burning or destroying, on the high seas, four American ships and their cargoes, 1808, July 10, ... 253
To Mr. Champagny, containing animadversions upon Mr. Champagny's note of 15th January; that its tone is not consistent with the respect due to an independent Power; and that the alternative presented--war with Great Britain, or the confiscation of sequestered American vessels--must be not less offensive to the Government of France than it is to that of the United States, 1808, July 4, ... 254
To the Secretary of State; that every attempt to draw explanations from the French Government respecting their differences with the United States has failed, 1808, July 26, ... 255
To the Secretary of State; two weeks have elapsed without producing a new case of condemnation; his remonstrances remain unanswered, 1808, August 7, ... 255
To Mr. Champagny; that his physician has prescribed the waters of Bourbon L'Archambault; he expresses his regret at leaving Paris with so little prospect of a good understanding between the two Governments; points out the distinction between commercial regulations purely municipal, and those in violation of public law; and shows how the objects of France might be attained by the former, 1808, August 6, ... 255
To Mr. Madison, that any further remonstrances to the French Government on the subject of their decrees would be unavailing, if not positively injurious, 1808, August 28, ... 255
To Mr. Madison, that the embargo may have had its use as a measure of precaution, or as a pacific expedient, but is wholly inoperative as a means of coercion; an armed commerce recommended, 1808, August 30, ... 256
To Mr. Madison, communicating the satisfaction expressed by the minister of Russia at the determination of the American Government to establish diplomatic relations with that Power, 1808, November 24, ... 299
To Mr. Champagny, presenting a copy of the non-intercourse law, and stating the readiness of the United States to re-establish commercial intercourse with the Power who shall respect the maritime rights of the United States, 1809, April 29, ... 324
To Mr. Smith, transmitting a note received from Mr. Champagny, (August 8,) and stating that he is informed by Mr. Warden, that the council of prizes have been ordered to suspend their condemnations, 1809, September 4, ... 324
To Mr. Champagny, acknowledging the receipt of his promised note on the relations between France and the United States, 1809, September 8, ... 324
To Mr. Smith, enclosing two notes from Mr. Champagny; one of which being an exposition of the principles by which the Emperor will be governed with regard to neutral commerce, 1809, September 16, ... 224
To Mr. Pinckney, communicating the declaration, on the part of the French Government, that the Berlin decree will be revoked upon the revocation of the previous blockading decree of Great Britain, 1810, January 25, ... 326, 350
To Mr. Pinckney, communicating the official notification of the French minister that the Berlin and Milan decrees are revoked, and that from the 1st of November they shall cease to have effect, 1810, Aug. 6, 7, ... 364, 365
To Mr. Smith, Secretary of State; in a conference with Mr. Champagny, it was declared that the allies of France could participate in no commerce denied to the subjects of France; that sequestered American property was still the subject of negotiation; and that the only condition required for the revocation of the Berlin decree was the previous revocation by Great Britain of her blockade of France, 1810, January 28, ... 380
To Mr. Smith, enclosing a note from Mr. Champagny, of February 14, 1810, February 17, ... 380
To Mr. Smith; suggests the course which he considers it expedient to adopt in consequence of Mr. Champagny's letter of February 14, 1810, February 18, ... 381
To Mr. Smith; His Majesty has decided to sell American property seized in Spain, and to hold the proceeds in depôt; Mr. Armstrong's letter thereupon, 1810, March 10, ... 381
To Mr. Champagny, Duke of Cadore; inquiries whether the decision of His Majesty, in relation to American property seized in Spain, was applicable to ships as well as cargoes; and whether the money arising from sales was to be subject to the issue of the pending negotiation; replies to Mr. Champagny's letter of February 14; shows, in, strong terms, the grounds of complaint which the United States have against France; justifies their measures of prevention and remedy against the two great belligerents; and remonstrates against the late act of the French Government, directed on the principle of reprisal, against the property of a neutral; remarks upon the sudden change in the French councils, 1810, March 10, ... 381
To Mr. Smith; that, upon the arrival of the John Adams from England, he invited communications from the French Government, to be transmitted to the United States, but was informed that the intended marriage of the Emperor had prevented a reply to his note, and would for some time prevent the transaction of any other business, 1810, April 4, ... 383
To Mr. Smith, that the Emperor has directed the sale of all American vessels, and the depôt of the proceeds in his caisse privée; the Hero has been ordered for trial, 1810, April 16, ... 383
To Mr. Smith; transmits two letters from Mr. Pinckney to him, and his replies; that the statement of Mr. Pinckney furnishes no ground work for a new application for a repeal of the decree, 1810, May 3, ... 383
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To Mr. Smith, communicating the Rambouillet decree, which directs the seizure of all American vessels in the ports of the empire or its dependencies; the measures taken to carry the decree into effect, 1810, May 24, ... 384
To Mr. Smith, enclosing a note from Mr. Champagny, notifying the revocation of the decrees of Berlin and Milan; the decree of March 23 has had no operation since the unofficial communication of the act of Congress of May 1, 1810, August 5, ... 386
To Mr. Champagny, relating to the regular transmission of the public acts of Congress to the French Government, 1810, ... 387
To Mr. Smith; the Rambouillet decree not in operation, but the law of reprisal will govern the seizures; he sets out for the United States, 1810, September 10, ... 387
To Mr. Champagny, inquiring whether the law of reprisal (Rambouillet decree) has been recalled; what is the operation of the decree of July last, forbidding the departure of vessels without licenses? are the seizures to be subject to negotiation, or is the reprisal final? 1810, September 7, ... 388
To Mr. Pinkney, containing his views on the sufficiency of the French repeal of the Berlin and Milan decrees to entitle the United States to claim the fulfilment of the British pledge to rescind the orders in council; and commenting on the construction now given by Great Britain to that pledge, 1810, September 29, ... 389
To Mr. Smith, enclosing documents intended as supplements to his last communication, exhibiting a tariff of new duties payable on merchandise imported into France, 1810, December 27, ... 403
A regular peace establishment recommended, ... 731
Of the United States; vindicated against the aspersions of British officers, ... 752
To Messrs. Monroe and Pinkney, proposing a conference, 1806, September 12, ... 137
Specified by the American commissary general of prisoners, 1814, January 19, ... 681, 683
To J. Mason, that six American seamen, of the Sarah Ann privateer, who had been sent to Jamaica, are considered by Admiral Stirling as in the state of American prisoners generally; he, therefore, requests that the contingent responsibility upon twelve British seamen, held by the United States as hostages, may be removed, 1813, June 1, ... 634
To J. Mason, transmitting a copy of a letter from from Lieut. General Prevost, notifying his confinement of forty-six American officers, in retaliation for twenty-three British prisoners confined as hostages by the United States, 1813, November 26, ... 637
To J. Mason, respecting the treatment of certain British officers at Worcester, Massachusetts, 1813, Dec. 15, 21, ... 638, '9
Transmitting Earl Bathurst's letter to Lieut. General Prevost, communicating the commands of the Prince Regent to put forty-six American officers in confinement as hostages, &c. 1814, January 6, ... 640
To Mr. Mason, proposing a mutual exchange of the officers and men now in confinement on retaliatory measures, 1814, January 27, ... 641
To Mr. Mason, explanatory of his letter of January 27, ... 642
To Mr. Mason, enclosing a list of the names of American officers in close confinement at Halifax, and of American prisoners confined at Quebec, 1914, March 10, ... 644
To Mr. Mason, relating to two American seamen, (of the Vixen,) and the hostages held for their safety, 1813, June 15, ... 645
To Mr. Mason, requesting information as to the confinement of Joseph Barss, captain of the British privateer schooner Liverpool Packet, as a hostage for William Nichols, 1813, July 8, ... 646
To Mr. Mason, relating to the confinement of two British prisoners as hostages for William Nichols, and remonstrating against the principles of retaliation exercised in this case, 1813, July 27, Aug. 7, ... 647
To Mr. Mason, stating further particulars relating to the alleged grounds for transporting Captain Nichols to England for trial, and commenting on Mr. Mason's letter of August 25, 1813, August 29, ... 649
To Mr. Mason, varying the ground first assumed for the confinement of Captain Nichols, and requesting a mitigation of the close confinement of the British hostages for his safety, 1814, January 24, ... 651
To Mr. Mason, proposing the liberation of the prisoner detained on account of Captain Nichols, on his parole, 1814, March 13, April 1,
651 652
Correspondence of, with Mr. Mason, in,relation to sixteen American maritime officers and seamen confined at Halifax in cells or dungeons; concerning one hundred and one American seamen (prisoners) sent to England; and on the subject of fifty-nine American soldiers picked out and transported to England; tending to show the treatment which the prisoners received; the retaliatory measures adopted by the respective Governments, and the gradual change in the determination at first manifested by the Government of Great Britain, 1813, April 13, 1814, February 6,
652 to 669
To the commissary general of prisoners, proposing an exchange of prisoners without distinction of hostages, 1814, June 14, June 22, Aug. 9,
728 729
Instructions to him, 1811, July 26, ... 509
To Mr. Russell, in London, communicating the cases of the Acastus and other American vessels admitted into France without molestation, after being boarded by a British frigate, and after having touched in England, corroborative of the repeal of the French decrees, 1812, January 29, ... 425
To the Secretary of State; his arrival at France; absence of the the Emperor; interview with the Duke of Bassano, 1811, September 29, ... 512
The prolonged absence of the Emperor from Paris; the Minister of Foreign Relations, is with him; the Emperor is expected by the 10th of November; he can do nothing until then, 1811, October 29, ... 512
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To the Duke of Bassano; that the true interests of France will dictate the prompt and effectual execution of the arrangement of the 5th of August and 2d of November; urging the liberation of vessels and cargoes seized, captured, and sequestered, compensation for their cargoes sold, the restoration of confiscated American property, or that compensation be allowed therefor, and the formation of a commercial treaty on terms of reciprocity; a public vessel is detained for his reply, 1811, November 10, ... 513
To the Secretary of State; the expected answers to his note still delayed; he receives kind professions and flattering assurances; the preservation of the continental system seems an obstacle with the Emperor to a change of policy towards the United States, 1811, December 19, ... 515
To the Secretary of State; he transmits the reply of the Duke of Bassano to his note of 10th November; endeavors to obtain a more explicit declaration favorable to the views of the United States, but obtains it only verbally; the prevention of unjust captures, and the suppression of the licence trade, have been the topics of conversation, 1811, December 31, ... 515
He endeavors to obtain the acknowledgment of certain principles by the Emperor, ... 517
To the Secretary of State, that Mr. Biddle, the messenger by the Hornet, had delivered his despatches, 1812, January 4, ... 517
To Mr. Monroe, Secretary of State; thinks, from the assurances he has received, that a commercial treaty may be concluded in three or four weeks; to ensure its prompt conveyance he has detained the Hornet, 1812, January 28, ... 518
To Mr. Monroe; the minister of Foreign Affairs is interrupted in his progress upon the treaty with the United States by the discussions with Russia, 1812, February 8, ... 518
To Mr. Monroe; he still detains the Hornet; is urging the completion of the treaty; and has written to Mr. Russell, 1812, March 3, ... 518
To Mr. Russell, American Chargé at London; states the cases of American vessels liberated in France as additional proof of the repeal of the decrees; remarks on special licenses, 1812, March 2, ... 518
To Mr. Monroe; he has not been able to obtain an interview with the Duke of Bassano for the last fifteen days, although several had been appointed, 1819, March 15, ... 519
To Mr. Monroe; the Hornet still detained; the Emperor was dissatisfied with the bill to allow the importation of British merchandise contracted for previous to the non-importation act; he endeavored to explain its justice, 1812, March 16, ... 519
To the Duke of Bassano; remonstrance in behalf of the Belisarius, and her cargo, about to be confiscated, 1812, February 6, ... 519
To the Duke of Bassano, transmits the protests of a number of masters of American vessels, whose ships had been burned after their cargoes had been plundered by his imperial and royal majesty's ships, and he calls upon him to lay a true representation of these unprecedented spoliations before the Emperor, 1812, March 12, ... 520
To Mr. Monroe; he dismisses the Hornet without the expected treaty; the efforts he has used to effect that object have been unremitting, and will be prosecuted; the Wasp has arrived with despatches, 1812, April 22, ... 520
To the Secretary of State, transmitting a copy of his note of May 1, to the Duke of Bassano, 1812, May 2, ... 602
To the Duke of Bassano, that the British Government still insist that the French decrees are not repealed, and rely, in proof of their assertion, on the circumstance that his late report to the Emperor contains no notice of any repeal, or modification of the decrees; to silence all objection, he asks the publication of an authentic act, declaring the repeal of the decrees from the 1st of November, 1810; he urges also the importance of a convention of indemnity, and a treaty of commerce, 1812, May 1, ... 602
To the Secretary of State, transmitting the French decree of April 28, 1811, declaring the Berlin and Milan decrees to have had no existence in regard to American vessels from November 1, 1810, and stating that this declaratory decree had, according to the Duke of Bassano's statement, been communicated to Mr. Russell, in France, and Mr. Serrurier, in the United States, 1812, May 12, ... 603
To Mr. Russell, that, having communicated to the Duke of Bassano the doubt still expressed by the Prince Regent of the actual repeal of the Berlin and Milan decrees, and requested an authentic act of the French Government to put these doubts at rest, he is, for the first time, apprized of the French decree of April 28, 1811, and is informed of its having, at a former period, been communicated to him, [Mr. Russell;] Mr. Barlow transmits a copy of that decree, 1812, May 11, ... 613
To the Secretary of State, that he has accepted an invitation to prosecute his negotiation at Wilna, 1812, October 25, ... 603
To the Duke of Bassano, that he accepts his invitation to leave Paris, next day, for Wilna, 1812, October 25, ... 604
Proceeding of a court of inquiry into his conduct, 1807, ... 21, 22
Censure passed upon, 1807, ... 23
To Mr. Russell, American Chargé at Paris, that the Minister of Finance had been ordered by the Emperor to authorize the admission of the American cargoes which had been placed in deposite, 1811, May 4, ... 505
That the case of the Good Intent, in whose behalf Mr. Russell had remonstrated, was then before the Council of Prizes, and that it remained only for the Minister of Marine to execute their decision, 1811, May 25, ... 507
Requesting an interview with Mr. Russell, 1811, July 13, ... 508
To Mr. Barlow, that twenty-three American seamen, unjustly detained, had been delivered to the American consul at Rochelle, 1811, December 21, ... 516
To Mr. Barlow, that the languishing state of the commerce and navigation between France and the United States, is attributable solely to the measures of Great Britain; that the duties payable upon foreign productions imported into France, are ultimately paid by the consumers; that the merchants of the United States are placed on a footing with those of France; and that he is authorized to negotiate, conclude, and sign a commercial treaty, based on principles of reciprocity, 1811, December 27, ... 516
To Mr. Barlow, that the Emperor had ordered the delivery to an American consul of eight American seamen, taken from captured vessels, 1812, January 8, ... 517
To Mr. Barlow, that the ship Belisarius, and part of her cargo, had been liberated, and that a final decision upon the residue of the cargo had been suspended, 1812, March 15, ... 520
To Mr. Barlow, expressing surprise at his desiring additional evidence of the repeal of the decrees; and, especially, at the declaration of his having no knowledge of the decree of April 28, 1811, which ha?? been communicated to Mr. Russell and Mr. Serrurier, 1819, May 10, ... 603
To Mr. Barlow; inviting Mr. B. to join him at Wilna, where the Emperor is, to terminate the negotiation, 1812, October 11, ... 604
To Mr. Crawford, minister plenipotentiary of the United States; welcomes his arrival in Paris; he will communicate the intentions of his Majesty respecting his reception, and the presentation of his credentials; in the mean time he will receive Mr. Crawford's communications, 1813, August 1, ... 628
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To Mr. Monroe, that his application to Lord Castlereagh for the discharge of impressed American seamen, in time of war, has been unavailing, 1812, October 13, ... 685
To Lord Castlereagh, calling his attention to the impressed American seamen serving on board of British vessels, 1812, October 12, ... 685
To Mr. Monroe; his efforts in favor of impressed American seamen are still without success, and American prisoners of war are enticed to enter British ships and merchantmen, 1812, October 28, ... 686
To Alexander McLeay, of the British transport office, showing that impressed American seamen, known to be such, have been retained in the British service; commenting on the principle of their first detention, or subsequent imprisonment, and stating the position in which these seamen are placed, 1812, March 13, ... 686
To Alexander McLeay, in reply to the reasons urged in favor of the detention of impressed American seamen as prisoners of war, until their nativity shall be proved by themselves; urging their claims to an immediate discharge; and proposing the appointment of commissioners to ascertain their rights, 1813, May 29, ... 688
To Mr. Monroe, recapitulating his correspondence with the British transport office; the propositions he had made; and stating that out of one hundred and sixty-five cases of impressed American seamen, whose particular cases had been brought before the Government, not one had been attended to, 1813, June 10, ... 689
To Mr. Monroe; no discharge of American seamen from British prison ships, 1813, July 5, ... 689
To Mr. Monroe, stating the particular circumstances attending the case of Alexander Bigelow, for whose discharge he had applied, but who was ordered by the British authorities to join his ship, after they had obtained evidence of his nativity, 1813, September 1, ... 690
To Mr. Mason, transmitting his correspondence with the transport board, 1813, November 25, ... 690
To Mr. McLeay; representing the claims of one hundred and sixty-five impressed American seamen, and claiming the release of nineteen impressed seamen discharged from service, but held as prisoners, 1813, September 18, ... 690
To the Commissary General of prisoners; that the treatment of the American prisoners sent to England for trial has, in no respect, been different from other prisoners of war, 1814, March 18, ... 727
To the Secretary of the transport board, stating the measures which had compelled the United States to resort to retaliatory measures against British prisoners, for the protection and safety of their own citizens; that the British prisoners had been treated with the utmost humanity consistently with that system; and requesting information concerning the confinement and treatment of the American prisoners sent to England, 1814, February 19, ... 727
Seizures, captures, and condemnations of American vessels and merchandise, under their authority, 1812, ... 584
Of Holland suspended, ... 265
Of Curaçoa, ... 266
Fecamp, St. Vallery aux Caux, Dieppe, Treport, Somme, Etapes, Boulogne, Calais, Gravelines, Dunkirk, Nieuport, and Ostend, ... 266
Ems, Weser, Elbe, and Trave, ... 267--8
Elbe to Brest, ... 267
Of all ports and places of France, and her allies, ... 269
Carthagena, Cadiz, St. Lucar, and intermediate ports, ... 273
Copenhagen, and island of Zealand, ... 282
Leeward French Caribbean islands, ... 284
Instructions concerning, 1804, January 5, ... 266
Further instructions and remarks concerning, 1806, May 17, ... 121
How far the British Government were inclined, in 1806, to adopt the views of the American Government on the subject of, ... 144
Of the ports of France, and of those of other nations allied to France, and engaged, in the war, declared by Great Britain, 1807, March 12, ... 158
Remarks on the 10th article of the rejected treaty with Great Britain, on the subject of, 1807, ... 170, 182
Report of a committee of the Senate upon, ... 220
Constructive, or fictitious, by Great Britain and France, affording pretexts for the capture and condemnation of neutral property; review of, in a report of a committee of the House of Representatives, 1808, November 22, ... 259
By proclamation, characterized by the Emperor of France as monstrous and absurd, 1809, ... 325
The description of, which may be considered as conformable to usage, and justified by public law, 1809, ... 326
Specific inquiry respecting those in force against France, which were instituted before January 1, 1807, made and answered, 1810, Feb. 15, March 2, and April 30,
350, 357
Of the ports of Spain, by Great Britain, 1810, ... 351
Of Spain partially relaxed, ... 358
The principles upon which fictitious blockades may be defended, are examined, 1810, July 2, ... 360--1
Of Corfu, by Great Britain, and considerations produced by it, 1810, Aug. 21, ... 365, 369
The questions connected with, reviewed by the Secretary of State, Mr. Smith, 1810, October 19, ... 369
The British system of, reviewed by the President of the United States, 1812, June 1, ... 405
British, of 1806, merged in the order of 1807, and discontinued by its revocation; in what cases, and in what manner the system of blockades may be resumed, 1812, June 29, ... 434
The law of, as laid down by elementary writers, and recognised by Great Britain herself, is reviewed by Mr. Monroe in his instructions to the American plenipotentiaries, ... 699
Further instructions in relation to, ... 700
The expediency of precisely defining, more strongly urged upon the American negotiators, 1814, January 28, ... 702
Definition of, proposed by the American ministers, but dissented to by the ministers of Great Britain, (article 12,) ... 739
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Memoir upon the subject prepared by Mr. Monroe, and delivered to Lord Harrowby, 1804, September 5, ... 97
Negotiations on the subject detailed, 1807, April 25, ... 162
Instructions in relation to, given to the American plenipotentiaries, 1813, June 23, ... 700--1
Between Great Britain; negotiation for its settlement, ... 706, 725, 734
Indian, within the jurisdiction of the United States, proposed by British commissioners, ... 706--8
To Mr. Monroe; that if the circumstances narrated by him shall be found correct, the British Government will disavow the aggression upon the Chesapeake, and manifest its displeasure at the offending officers, 1807, August 3, ... 188
To Mr. Monroe, requesting information as to the authenticity of a proclamation, contained in an American newspaper, excluding British ships of war from American ports, 1807, August 8, ... 188
To Mr. Monroe, appointing an interview, 1807, September 1, ... 189
To Mr. Monroe, appointing an interview, 1807, September 9, ... 191
To Mr. Monroe, inquiring as to the extent of the interdiction of British armed vessels from the ports and harbors of the United States, 1807, October 22, ... 193
To Mr. Monroe, requesting an interview, 1807, October 23, ... 193
To Messrs. Monroe and Pinkney; that the cause for suspending the negotiation upon the general subjects of negotiation, arising from the affair of the frigate Chesapeake, having been removed by the appointment of a special minister (Mr. Rose) to the United States, he requests an interview previous to Mr. Monroe's departure, 1807, October 15, ... 197
To Messrs. Monroe and Pinkney; that the declaration, by the British commissioners, at the signing of the treaty, would have been no obstacle to its execution; that the proposed alterations were fit subjects for negotiation; he protests against a practice, by which the American Government assume the right to revise and alter agreements signed by duly authorized agents; and that the proposal to negotiate anew, upon the basis of the rejected treaty, is inadmissible, 1807, October 22, ... 198
To Mr. Monroe, explaining the grounds upon which Great Britain withholds the demanded reparation for the attack upon the frigate Chesapeake; stating the principles upon which the British Government would be willing to repair the acknowledged wrong; maintaining the right of Great Britain to impress her seamen; and expressing a wish to disconnect the questions of reparation and impressment, and an intention to despatch a special minister to the United States, 1807, September 23, ... 200
To Mr. Monroe; that the mission of the minister will be limited, in the first instance, to the question of the Chesapeake, 1807, October 10, ... 203
To Mr. Pinkney, communicating the intention of the British Government either to prohibit all cotton, brought into Great Britain agreeably to the orders in council, from being exported to the continent, or to subject the cotton exported to certain duties, 1808, February 22, ... 208
To Mr. Pinkney; notifying the blockade, by Great Britain, of Copenhagen, and the island of Zealand, 1808, May 4, ... 223
To Mr. Pinkney, stating the substance of what transpired at two interviews, in relation to a proposition to rescind the embargo, as to Great Britain, upon the abrogation of her orders in council, 1808, September 23, ... 230
To Mr. Pinkney, in reply to his note of the 23d August; justifies the commercial edicts of Great Britain, on the ground of self-defence; considers an adherence to the policy which dictated the orders in council, as not less necessary than its commencement; attributes the embargo to a virtual, if not intended, co-operation with the designs of her enemy; and declines the proposition made by Mr. Pinkney, for the contemporaneous repeal of the orders and the embargo; the exclusion of British ships from the ports of the United States is also a subject of animadversion, 1808, September 23, ... 231
To Mr. Pinkney, in further explanation of what transpired between Mr. Pinkney and Mr. Canning, in relation to the conditional proposition to repeal the embargo, 1808, November 22, ... 237
To Mr. Pinkney, communicating an order in council, suspending the export duties on certain productions, the growth of countries in amity with Great Britain, 1808, December 24, ... 239
To Mr. Pinkney, notifying the blockade, by Great Britain, of the isles of Mauritius and Bourbon, 1809, March 10, ... 240
To Mr. Pinkney, communicating an order in council, dated April 26, 1809, modifying, in favor of neutral rights, the commercial regulations previously in force, 1809, April 30, ... 241
To Mr. Erskine; instructing him to enter into an agreement for the contemporaneous repeal of the embargo and non-intercourse acts, as regards Great Britain, and the withdrawal of the British orders in council affecting the commercial rights of the United States, 1809, January 23, ... 300
To Mr. Pinkney, declaring that the provisional agreement entered into by Mr. Erskine was not authorised by his instructions, and will not be carried into effect by Great Britain; and that, instead of despatching a special minister to the United States, for the purpose of carrying Mr. Erskine's arrangement into effect by a formal treaty, a successor to Mr. Erskine will be appointed, 1809, May 27, ... 301
Cases of, for having accepted, or for having been forced under, convoy, 1811, ... 523, 529 to 536
Of American vessels, made by the belligerents, since May 1, 1811, ... 557 to 567
Seizures and condemnations of American vessels and cargoes, under the authority of the Governments of Europe, 1212, July 6, ... 583
Memorial of, ... 27
Correspondence with the French minister, on the subject of certificates required by the Government of France, for the purpose of determining the neutral character of the cargo, 1810, ... 400
To Mr. Russell; that he acknowledges the receipt of Mr. Russell's official note, transmitting two letters of the French minister, and the French decree of April 28, 1811, 1812, May 23, ... 432
To Mr. Russell; enclosing an order in council, of June 23, 1812, revoking former orders of 1807 and 1809, so far as regards American vessels and property; and stating that one of his Majesty's vessels will sail with despatches for America, 1812, June 23, ... 433
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To Mr. Russell, that the terms upon which he has proposed the suspension of hostilities are absolutely inadmissible; and that Admiral Warren has been authorized to agree to the reciprocal revocation of all hostile orders on certain conditions, 1812, August 9, ... 589
To Mr. Russell, enclosing passports for himself and family. Mr. Beasley has permission to remain as agent for American prisoners of war, 1812, September 2, ... 590
To Mr. Russell; requests an interview, 1812, September 16, ... 591
To Mr. Russell, (by Mr. Hamilton,) deferring an answer to his note of September 12, 1812, September 16, ... 591
To Mr. Russell, that his subsequent prepositions, being viewed as substantially the same as the first, but in a more covert and disguised form, are alike inadmissible, 1812, September 18, ... 592
To the American Secretary of State, communicating the decision of the Prince Regent to decline the mediation of Russia, and proposing to open a direct negotiation with the American Government for the restoration of peace, and the adjustment of the differences subsisting between Great Britain and the United States, 1813, November 4, ... 621
To Mr. Armstrong, in reply to his letter of September 24, requesting explanations as to the execution of the blockading decree of 21st November, 1806; that the European Powers have acquiesced in that decree, and that it is easy to reconcile its enforcement with the subsisting treaty with the United States, 1807, October 7, ... 245
To Mr. Armstrong, justifying the enforcement of the decree of November, 1806, against American navigation, on the ground that the United States have acquiesced in the constructive blockades of Great Britain, 1807, November 24, ... 248
To Mr. Armstrong, that the enormities of Great Britain have compelled France to adopt and enforce the British system of maritime aggression; that he considers war to have existed between Great Britain and the United States from the date of the order of the 11th November, 1807; and that relying upon a more formal declaration by the United States, now to be regarded as the associate of France, the American shipping in French ports is placed, ad interim, in a state of sequestration, 1808, January 15, ... 248
To Mr. Armstrong, that a vessel will be permitted to depart from France with his despatches; and that he proposes to address him a note, by order of His Majesty, on the actual relations between France and the United States, 1809, August 8, ... 324
To Mr. Armstrong, transmitting an official note, by order of the Emperor, on the principles affecting neutral rights, by which he will be governed, 1809, August 22, ... 325
To Mr. Armstrong, that His Majesty has ordered him to communicate the principles by which he will regulate his conduct towards neutrals, viz: 1. That the flag covers the property. 2. Every merchant vessel, the property of individuals, ought to be respected. 3. That proclamation blockades are monstrous and absurd. He adverts to the aggressions of England, the duty of neutrals, and the indefeasibility of national rights; and declares that France has followed England from necessity in her aggressions, and will follow her, step by step, in her acts of revocation, 1808, August 22, ... 325
To Mr. Armstrong, that he has rendered an account to his Majesty of his conversation with him; a distinction drawn between visit and search; the decrees only defensible as a means of resisting the previous blockading orders of Great Britain; considerations which should impel the United States to resistance; that the Emperor will be ready to recognise the rights of the United States, and renew the treaty of commerce, if assured that American vessels will not submit to the orders and illegal blockade of Great Britain, 1810, February 14, ... 380
To Mr. Armstrong, that the act of Congress, of May 1, has been received; that France has been disposed to acquiesce in any impartial measure, dictated by a just regard for her maritime right. The objections to the act of March 1 are removed by that of May 1; he is now authorized to declare that the decrees of Berlin and Milan are revoked, and that after November 1 they shall cease to have effect. Professions from the Emperor of love for the people, and respect for the independence of the United States, 1810, August 5, ... 386
To Mr. Armstrong, that, although His Majesty has always wished to favor the commerce of the United States, the provisions of the act of Congress, of March 1, 1810, imposed upon him the necessity of making reprisals, by subjecting American vessels to seizure and confiscation; the repeal of that act has caused him to arrest his measures of retaliation, and to repeal, conditionally, the Berlin and Milan decrees; in the mean time American vessels will be treated either with friendship or hostility, as they shall maintain or abandon their national character, 1810, September 7, ... 388
To Mr. Armstrong, replying to Mr. Armstrong's inquiries of the 7th September; that the Rambouillet decree was repealed; that licenses are granted to American vessels; and that the seizures of American merchandise are final and conclusive, 1810, September 12, ... 388
To Mr. Russell, American chargé at Paris, that the consular superintendence of the license trade has fallen with the Berlin and Milan decrees, 1811, January 18, ... 501
Proceedings of a court of inquiry concerning, ... 21, 22
Negotiations concerning, communicated, ... 24
Instructions to Mr. Monroe respecting, ... 183
Correspondence between Mr. Monroe and Mr. Canning on the subject, ... 186 to 193
An honorable reparation tendered by Mr. Erskine, on the part of Great Britain, and accepted by the United States, ... 295
Mr. Erskine's arrangements having been disavowed by the British Government, reparation is tendered by Mr. Foster, and accepted, 1811, ... 499, 500
Of the British minister (F. J. Jackson) to the British consuls, 1809, ... 323
Of the Secretary of the Treasury, at different periods, with respect to foreign armed ships or vessels within the waters of the United States, 1809, ... 334
To Lieutenant Colonel Governor Harcourt, enclosing an order in council authorizing a license trade in time of war, between the citizens of the United States residing in the Eastern States exclusively and the British West Indies, 1812, November 9, ... 608
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To Mr. Monroe, that his letter of the 16th of September has been received, and will be forwarded to his Government, and that, until other instructions shall be given him, the measures he had adopted will be persisted in, 1814, September 19, ... 694
A proclamation of, adverted to, ... 719
Between British and enemy ports, permitted by a British order, 1805, August 17, ... 266
In which British vessels are excluded, prohibited by Great Britain, ... 267
Restrictions by the United States upon British manufactures, in what case to be repealed, ... 123
Of Great Britain and the United States may be placed, reciprocally, on the footing of the most favored nations. [Instructions to Monroe and Pinkney, of May 17, 1806,] ... 123
Of the United States, to what extent it has been plundered by Great Britain; message, 1812, June 1, ... 405
Of the United States with Denmark, state of 1811, ... 521
Restrictions upon with foreign nations in amity with the United States; message of the President and report of a committee recommending their removal, 1814, March 31, ... 629
On the petition of thirty-six American citizens, confined in Carthagena, who had been seduced to engage in Miranda's unlawful expedition against the Spanish provinces, ... 256 to 259
On the principles and operation of the British orders and French decrees, ... 259
On the expediency of excluding foreign armed vessels from the ports and harbors of the United States, ... 297
On the aggressions of the belligerents on the commerce of the United States, and especially on the wrongs committed by Great Britain in the refusal to rescind her orders and relinquish the impressment of American seamen; and recommending vigorous warlike defensive measures, 1811, November 29, ... 537
On the authenticity and character of the papers communicated by John Henry, 1819, March 19, ... 555
Stating the causes which justify war against Great Britain, and recommending the adoption of that measure, 1812, June 3, ... 567
On the conduct of the Executive towards France and Great Britain, ... 618
Recommending the removal of restrictions upon the commerce of friendly Powers, 1814, ... 629
On the hostile acts of Algiers, requiring corresponding measures on the part of the United States, ... 748 to 749
Vindicating the American Government and arms from the imputation of having departed from the rules of civilized warfare, ... 751 to 752
Of American vessels, by the courts of Great Britain, ... 422
By the prize courts of Denmark, 1811, ... 521 to 536
For being found under the convoy of one of the belligerents, remonstrance against, 1811, ... 524
Seizures and captures of American ships and merchandise, under the authority of the Governments of Europe, 1812, July 6, ... 583
Observations concerning, in Mr. Madison's instructions to Messrs. Monroe and Pinkney, in 1806, and by Mr. Monroe in 1813, ... 120, 700
Explanatory remarks concerning, by Messrs. Monroe and Pinkney, on the provisions of their unratified treaty, 1807, ... 144
Horses declared to be, ... 291
The abuses practised by the seizure of innocent merchandise returning from an enemy's port, on the pretext that contraband articles had been carried thither, to be provided against, ... 700
With Great Britain, for the mutual release of prisoners of war, including hostages, 1814, July 16, ... 728 to 730
By an enemy, how far and under what circumstances it becomes a legal cause of condemnation, 1811, ... 524
The exportation of, from Great Britain, prohibited, 1808, April 14, ... 281
To Mr. Henry, stating the object of his mission to the United States as a secret agent, and communicating confidential instructions, 1809, February 6, ... 546
General Letter of credence to John Henry, ... 547
To the Duke of Bassano, informing him of his official appointment, and of his readiness to present his letters of credence, 1813, July 27, ... 628
To the Secretary of State. The Duke of Bassano has expressed a desire that he should present his letter of credence to the Emperor, who is now with the army. The winter may be far advanced before the Emperor may return to Paris. The Duke of Bassano will not arrive sooner, 1813, September 8, ... 628
To the Secretary of State. A detailed report was made to the Emperor, by the Minister of Foreign Relations; a decision promised, but nothing done. The Emperor departs from Paris for the army, 1814, January 16, ... 692
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By Great Britain; of the grounds upon which her orders in council are maintained; and that they will be revoked only upon the absolute and unconditional repeal of the French decrees, 1812, April 21, ... 429
Of January 3, 1808, ... 80
Similar to the Berlin and Milan decrees of France, ... 293
Milan, 1807, Dec. 17, ... 290
Bayonne and Rambouillet, and remarks on, ... 384, 511
Report of a committee of the Senate on, 1808, April 16, ... 220
Revocation of announced, 1810, Aug. 6, ... 364
Authorizing a limited trade, in specific articles between certain ports of the United States and those of France, under specific regulations, 1810, July 15, ... 400
Of France; declared by Sir William Scott, (case of the Fox,) to be still unrevoked, ... 417, 421
Of France; declaring that the decrees of Berlin and Milan, in regard to American vessels, are revoked from November 1, 1810, 1811, April 28, ... 432, 603
Of France; report of Secretary of State, concerning, ... 609
Of France; orders from the Emperor to the minister of France and the President of the Council of Prizes, suspending their enforcement against American vessels, for captures after November 1, 1810, 1810, Dec. 25--'6, ... 612--13
Claims for compensation for losses sustained by Danish subjects, in consequence of illegal seizure by commissioned officers of the United States, 1810, ... 344
Depredations on ships and cargoes of the United States, by the privateers of, ... 328, 523, 529 to 536
Negotiations with, for indemnities on account of illegal captures, 1811, ... 521
Further negotiations with, respecting captures of American vessels, ... 557
Letter from R. Liston on the subject, 1800, Feb. 2, ... 576
Mutual stipulation respecting, proposed by the American Secretary of State, 1800, May 3, ... 577
Opinions of the Secretaries of Treasury, War, and Navy, and the Attorney General, on the questions of deserters and recaptures, given to the President, 1800, ... 578
On exports, by British Government; their unequal operation upon the United States, 1807, ... 169
On exportation of certain neutral products, (forced into British markets,) amounting to prohibition, imposed by act of Parliament, ... 274
Exacted by Spain on American merchandise transported, to American citizens on the rivers emptying into the Gulf of Mexico, 1810, ... 341
Imposed by France on imports from the United States, 1810, ... 403
That it should be viewed by Great Britain as a measure of precaution, not of hostility, 1807, Dec. 23, ... 206
The expediency of continuing, examined, (report of committee H. R.) ... 261
For sixty days recommended by the President, 1812, April 1, ... 557
On exports recommended by the President, 1813, ... 620
To Mr. Madison, transmitting copies of certain orders in council, (November 11,) allowing only a direct trade between the colonies of the enemy and the United States, and prohibiting a trade between the United States and the continental ports of the enemy, except through those of Great Britain, subject to such duties and prohibitions as Great Britain may deem expedient, and declaring the moderation which has dictated this measure, 1808, February 23, ... 209
To Mr. Smith, Secretary of State; considering the non-intercourse act as placing Great Britain on an equal footing with other Powers, he has been authorized, in that event, to tender an honorable reparation for the attack made by the British frigate Leopard, upon the United States' frigate Chesapeake; the terms proposed, 1809, April 17, ... 295
To Mr. Smith; that the tendered satisfaction for the attack upon the Chesapeake having been accepted, he is instructed to inform the American Government that a minister plenipotentiary will be sent by Great Britain; and, in the mean time, to give assurances that, upon the suspension of the non-intercourse act as to Great Britain, the orders in council will be rescinded as to the United States, 1809, April 18, ... 296
To Mr. Smith; that he is authorized to declare that the orders in council of January and November, 1807, will be withdrawn on the 10th of June next, 1809, April 19, ... 296
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To Mr. Smith, apprizing him that the British Government had not thought proper to carry into effect the provisional agreement which had been made between Mr. Smith and himself; and communicating an order exempting American vessels, departing from the United States under the faith of that agreement, from seizure and condemnation, 1809, July 31, ... 301
To Mr. Smith, stating, agreeably to Mr. Smith's request, the substance of opinions expressed by Messrs. Madison, Smith, and Gallatin, in relation to the relative position of France and Great Britain to the United States, which were communicated by him to his Government, 1809, August 14, ... 305
To Albert Gallatin, confirming the accuracy of his statement of the sentiments and opinions expressed by Mr. Gallatin, in conversations with Mr. Erskine, in relation to the position in which Great Britain was placed by the late act interdicting commercial intercourse with the belligerents; and to the claim or abandonment, by the United States, of the colonial carrying trade, 1809, August 15, ... 308
To Mr. Rosenkrantz, minister of Denmark; the injustice of the Danish tribunals, in condemning American vessels captured by Danish privateers; a suspension of their proceedings requested; the grounds of this application fully stated; no disposition exists, in the American Government, to protect the prostitution of the flag of the United States; but they will resist aggressions upon the legitimate commerce and the bona fide property of their citizens; the cases of capture classified; remarks on each class, 1811, June 6, ... 532
To Mr. Rosenkrantz, remonstrating against the condemnation of American vessels on the ground of their having made use of the British convoy, either in the Atlantic or the Baltic; an inquiry into the law of convoy, and whether a neutral found, in any circumstances, under the convoy of the enemy, is subject to capture and condemnation by another belligerent, 1811, June 7, ... 524
To the Secretary of State; transmits his correspondence with the Government of Denmark, and narrates his ineffectual attempts to prevent or retard the condemnation of four American vessels, 1811, July 15, ... 525
To Mr. Rosenkrantz; expresses his satisfaction at the liberal and friendly sentiments of His Danish Majesty, from which he infers a disposition in the Danish Government to remedy the acts of injustice already committed by Danish cruizers, and countenanced by the decisions of the Danish tribunals. To make this injustice the more manifest, he proceeds to analyze the facts and the law in the case of the American ship Swift, and to comment on the decisions founded on the certificates of origin, and to contest the principles maintained by Mr. Rosenkrantz on the subject of convoy, 1811, June 30, ... 527
To the Secretary of State; the state of the American commerce in the Baltic; transmits his correspondence with Mr. Rosenkrantz, 1811, July 28, ... 557
To Mr. Rosenkrantz; he perceives with regret, by his note of the 9th July, the determination of His Majesty to adhere to the rule respecting British convoy; to exhibit more clearly the injustice of that rule, Mr. Erving proceeds to analyze the facts attending the forced convoy and capture of four American vessels, which still remained uncondemned, 1811, July 17, ... 558
To the Secretary of State; states the capture of two American vessels, (Hero and Radius,) by a French privateer, 1811, August 18, ... 559
To Mr. Russell, chargé at Paris, representing the facts attending the capture of two American vessels, (Hero and Radius,) for having on board colonial produce, and which were carried into France for trial, 1811, August 9, ... 559
To Mr. Monroe; that the same French privateer continues to capture American vessels entering the Sound, 1811, September 8, ... 559
To Mr. Monroe; that a fleet of American vessels had at length departed from the Sound, and that the greater number had fortunately escaped the French privateers; the Danish gunboats afforded protection within the maritime jurisdiction of Denmark, 1811, September 21, ... 559
To Mr. Monroe; specifies the captures made by French and Danish privateers, the condemnations at Paris, and the cases still pending, 1811, November 10, ... 560
To Mr. Monroe; representing the general state of the Baltic trade, and the cases in which his interposition in favor of captured American vessels has been successful, 1811, December 23, ... 564
To Mr. Monroe; contains an estimate of the number of American vessels engaged in the trade to the Sound, and the proportions captured, released, and condemned; the general results favorable to American commerce, 1812, February 12, ... 564
Responsibility of, to the people of the United States, through the House of Representatives, 1813, ... 618
Declines a conference with a committee of the Senate, 1813, July 6, ... 619
Of cotton wool prohibited by Great Britain, ... 281
Negotiations between the American and British plenipotentiaries, respecting the right of the United States to the, ... 732, 733, 743, '4, & '5
West; erects herself into an independent State; applies for admission into the American Union; is temporarily occupied by the United States; and becomes the subject of correspondence between the Secretary of State and the chargé of Great Britain; who interposes his protest against the procedings of the American Government, 1810, ... 394, 400
The Spanish Governor of, proposes to deliver to the United States, 1810, Dec. 2, ... 398
The United States take possession of, in right of purchase from France, and hold the unoccupied lands, as a part of their public domain, for the common benefit of the people of the United States, ... 398, 571
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Further proceedings and remonstrances by Great Britain on the subject, 1811, ... 542--5
Instructions to the commissioners appointed to take possession of East and West Florida, 1811, January 26, 1812, April 10, ... 571--2
To Colonel McKee; enclosing to his care the letter which he addressed to the Secretary of State of the United States of the 2d December, and requesting him to be the bearer of it to the American Government, and to facilitate the accomplishment of its object by verbal explanations, 1810, Dec. 2, ... 399
To James Monroe, Secretary of State; communicating the sentiments expressed by the Prince Regent to Mr. Pinkney at his audience of leave; and stating that a minister plenipotentiary to the United States having been appointed in the spirit of amity, the Prince Regent anxiously desires the restoration of harmony by every means consistent with the maritime rights of Great Britain, 1811, June 2, ... 435
To James Monroe; vindicating the maritime system of Great Britain; reviewing the origin and principle of the British blockades and orders in council; maintaining the regularity of the first, and the necessity of the last, on the principle of retaliatory defence; urging the existence of the French decrees of which the British orders were retaliatory; declaring that the system, adopted by Great Britain, must be continued until neutral commerce shall be restored to its condition previous to the French decrees; and, finally, representing the injustice with which the American Government has enforced the non-importation act exclusively against Great Britain, and calling upon it to reconsider the line of conduct it has pursued; and, at least, re-establish its former state of neutrality, 1811, July 3, ... 435
To Mr. Monroe; that he receives with great gratification the friendly assurances contained in Mr. Monroe's note of July 6, 1811, July 7, ... 437
To Mr. Monroe, [in explanation of his letter of July 3;] that the order in council of April 26, 1809, superseded the order of November, 1807, and thus relieved the British system from the transit duty, 1811, July 11, ... 438
To Mr. Monroe; that His Majesty's packet boat being about to sail, he would be glad to learn the President's determination with respect to suspending the operation of the late act of Congress; and to be able to communicate the speedy return of America from her unfriendly attitude, 1811, July 14, ... 438
To Mr. Monroe, [replying to his inquiry of the 15th July;] that until the French decrees are effectually revoked, and neutral commerce thereby restored to its condition previous to their promulgation, His Majesty's measures of retaliation must be continued; the whole scope of the French decrees, upon the ocean and the land, is objected to by Great Britain, 1811, July 16, ... 438
To Mr. Monroe; inquiring whether the President rests satisfied with the partial repeal of the decrees of France; sees no reason in the conduct of France for exercising his power to suspend the non-importation act as to Great Britain, 1811, July 24, ... 442
To Mr. Monroe; that his communication of the 3d July should have occasioned no disappointment in the American Government. Nothing had previously occurred to induce the United States to expect that Great Britain would depart from her system of retaliatory defence against the enemy. He proceeds (in reply to the several arguments urged by Mr. Monroe) to justify the abstract principle of the orders in council; to illustrate the supposed injustice of the discrimination in favor of France; and to pronounce the conduct of France not only unworthy of imitation by Great Britain, but deceptive and hostile towards the United States, 1811, July 26, ... 443
To Mr. Monroe; that he has not received from his Government the letter from the American chargé at Paris, in relation to the supposed repeal of the French decrees, which was referred to by Mr. Monroe; and that he disclaims any intention to make a degrading demand upon the American Government. As reasons to justify Great Britain in adhering to her orders, he proceeds to state that the condition of the world is attributable to the unbounded ambition of the ruler of France; that his policy is directed to the ruin of Great Britain, and to the obtaining for that object the aid of the United States; that Great Britain is justifiable in demanding the strongest possible proof of the revocation by France; that this proof is still wanting; and that the sum of the condition precedent of Great Britain is, that France shall follow the established laws of war as formerly practised, 1811, October 22, ... 448
To Mr. Monroe; that Great Britain objected to the principle of the French system, embodied in her decrees; reiterates their existence; regrets that Mr. Monroe can still maintain their repeal; and intimates that the determination of the American Government to enforce the non-importation act, against Great Britain, will render retaliatory measures unavoidable, 1811, October 31, ... 450
To Mr. Monroe; to correct mistatements, in a respectable source, of the positions he has maintained, he explains himself more fully on two leading points; that he has never demanded the passage of a law for the introduction of British goods into American ports: or that the United States should undertake to force France to receive British manufactures; he denies that France has repealed her decrees, and protests against any preference in her favor. He asserts that the British orders are directed only against France; that the injury to the United States is incidental, but unavoidable; and that if the French trade is important to the United States, they should assert their neutral rights, or at least refuse to become the medium by which the resources of Great Britain are undermined. The correspondence of Mr. Russell, transmitted by Mr. M., has also been received from his Government; but no satisfactory proof is thereby afforded of the repeal of the French decrees, 1811, December 17, ... 451
To Mr. Monroe; that in consequence of unfounded reports implicating Great Britain in the recent hostile movements of the Indians against the United States, he is induced to call Mr. Monroe's attention to a communication made by Mr. Morris, the former chargé d'affaires of Great Britain, to the predecessor of Mr. Monroe, by which the United States Government were put upon the guard against the machinations of the Indians, 1811, December 28, ... 453
To Mr. Monroe; respecting the desertion of British seamen, from a British public vessel, in an American port: requesting the adoption of measures for their restoration; and proffering his exertions to procure the discharge of American seamen from British vessels, 1812, April 15, ... 454
To Mr. Monroe; enclosing a Moniteur, containing a report of the Duke of Bassano, of the 10th March, 1812, which, in his opinion, furnishes not only conclusive evidence of the existence and enforcement of the French decrees, but is, in itself, a republication of the Berlin and Milan decrees in a more aggravated form. He proceeds to exhibit the object and policy of the French decrees; the danger to the commercial world
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which would follow a general acquiescence in them; and the particular duty of the United States to join in their resistance; to justify Great Britain in all her measures of retaliation; to ascribe the policy of the United States to an abject and impolitic acquiescence in the views of Bonaparte; and to call upon the United States, by every motive of honor and interest, to lay aside their unjust and temporizing policy, 1812, May 30, ... 454
To Mr. Monroe; that his letter of May 30 contains the whole substance of Lord Castlereagh's despatch, submitted confidentially to his inspection; and that he cannot with propriety explain the import of a detached paragraph, 1812, June 3, ... 460
To Mr. Monroe; that he has been thrown into embarrassment by Mr. Monroe's note of June 4. He states the reasons by which he was induced to submit Lord Castlereagh's despatch to the consideration of the President: wishes not to commit himself to an explanation on any single topic, without discussion; believes there is no ambiguity in his own communication; and refers Mr. Monroe to a recent declaration of the Prince Regent as a clear and authentic exposition of the grounds upon which the British orders will be revoked, 1812, June 4, ... 461
To Mr. Monroe; that he has perceived, in the public prints, an article purporting to be an official declaration of His Royal Highness, that the orders in council will be, and are, absolutely revoked, from the period when the French decrees shall, by an authentic act, be in like manner revoked; the immediate consideration of this declaration is urged upon the American Government, 1812, June 4, ... 461
To Mr. Monroe, transmitting a number of papers for the purpose of showing that the British authorities have had no agency in exciting the Indians to hostilities against the United States, 1812, June 7, ... 462
To Mr. Monroe; that it is with satisfaction he perceives, by Mr. Monroe's note of June 6, the discussion still open; he adverts to the circumstances which seemed, to indicate a different determination; explains, more fully and explicitly than before, the extent of the repeal demanded by Great Britain; declares that she never did and never could repeal her orders, as affecting America alone, upon condition that France would except America, singly, from their operation; and, after replying to some of the topics of Mr. Monroe, in support of the repeal by France, introduces others to show that the repeal had never taken place, 1812, June 10, ... 468
To Mr. Monroe; that it was owing to the United States having connected the withdrawal of the blockade of 1806 with the repeal of the orders, that Great Britain was compelled to adhere to her orders, or to require the total abrogation of the decrees; that if the United States will produce a full and unconditional repeal of the decrees, as they have a right to demand in their character of a neutral nation, disconnected with any question concerning the maritime rights of Great Britain, the orders will be revoked; he declines, however, to make any written proposition to terminate existing differences, as invited by Mr. Monroe, 1812, June 14, ... 470
[Relating to the rencounter between the United States' frigate President and the British sloop of war Little Belt.]
To Mr. Monroe; expresses his satisfaction at the verbal assurances of Mr. Monroe that no instructions had been given by the United States to their naval officers which, could authorize the forcible recovery of American seamen from British ships; he recapitulates the circumstances attending the rencounter, and requests a court-martial upon the case, and such reparation as facts, thus ascertained, may justify, 1811, July 3, ... 471
To Mr. Monroe; after some remarks upon topics incidentally referred to by Mr. Monroe, he expresses regret that no notice had been taken of his request that a court of inquiry should be held on Captain Rogers's conduct; that the course pursued by the American Government, in this transaction, had suspended the execution of his instructions to proffer an honorable reparation for the attack upon the Chesapeake, 1811, July 24, ... 472
To Mr. Monroe; that he has received the commands of the Prince Regent, by an express messenger, to communicate certain documents relative to the rencounter of the Little Bell and President, and to demand an immediate disavowal of this act of aggression, and a just reparation for the injury. 1811, September 4, ... 472
To Mr. Monroe; acknowledging Mr. Monroe's letter of October 11, transmitting the proceedings of the court of inquiry on the conduct of Commodore Rogers in the case of the Little Belt; and, also, the letter of September 14, relating to the same transaction, 1811, October 24, ... 498
[On the subject of the Chesapeake.]
To Mr. Monroe; that he is ready to proceed to lay before him the terms of reparation for the attack upon the Chesapeake, which the Prince Regent has commanded him to propose to the American Government, 1811, October 30, ... 499
To Mr. Monroe; tenders the reparation, viz: disavowal of the act, (the officer having been recalled as a mark of disapprobation;) restoration of the seamen to the vessel; provision for the sufferers, 1811, November 1, ... 499
[On the occupation of Florida by the United States.]
To Mr. Monroe, Secretary of State; he recapitulates the sentiments expressed by the President respecting the military occupation of Florida; the application of the Spanish minister to the British Government; the request of Mr. Morier, former chargé of Great Britain, for explanations; the reply thereto; the silence of Mr. Pinkney on the subject; and the subsequent proceedings in Congress; and protests, in behalf of Spain, against the occupation of Florida by the United States, 1811, July 2, ... 542
To Mr. Monroe; that, understanding the Spanish Government of East Florida was about surrendering that province to the United States, he is impelled, by the close connexion which exists between Great Britain and Spain, to remonstrate against the proposed delivery, 1811, September 5, ... 543
[Relating to the mission of John Henry.]
To the Secretary of State; that he has read with the deepest concern the papers communicated to Congress by the President, and furnished by Mr. Henry; he disclaims, most solemnly, all knowledge of the transactions referred to; disbelieves the implications; and trusts that the character of Mr. Henry will be duly weighed, 1812, March 11, ... 554
To Mr. Monroe, appointing an hour for an interview, 1806, June 22, ... 128
To Mr. Monroe, appointing a time for his and Mr. Pinkney's reception, 1806, July 15, ... 129
To Messrs. Monroe and Pinkney, notifying the appointment of Lord Holland and Lord Auckland to enter with them upon the discussion of all matters depending between the two Governments, 1806, August 20, ... 132
Yakes great interest in the subject of the African slave trade, ... 146
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Decree of, of November, 1807, and remarks upon it by Mr. Pinkney, 1807, ... 205, 206
Documents relating to, communicated, 1808, November 8, ... 242
Report of a committee of the House of Representatives on the system of maritime aggression upon neutral rights pursued by Great Britain and France, 1808, November 22, ... 259
The decrees of, affecting the commercial rights of the United States, communicated, 1808, ... 262, 284
Acknowledges, in principle, the liberty of the commerce of neutrals, and the independence of maritime Powers, 1809, ... 326
Declares her readiness to revoke her decrees of blockade against England, upon the revocation, by England, of her orders of blockade against France, 1809, ... 326
Communicates the principles of her foreign policy towards neutral Powers, 1809, ... 325
Report of a committee of the Senate on her maritime aggressions, 1808, April 16, ... 220
Condemnation of American vessels under her authority, 1809, ... 334
Revokes the Berlin and Milan decrees, after November 1, 1810, August 6, ... 364
Negotiations with, on the subject of her decrees, ... 380
Decree of, at Rambouillet, of 23d March, 1810, ... 384
Seizes, for confiscation, all American vessels within her own ports or the ports of her dependencies, 1810, Mar. 10, 1810, Mar.23
381 to 384
Seizes an American vessel, with a cargo belonging to American citizens, for an alleged violation of the decrees which she had declared no longer in force, 1810, December 10, ... 392
Commercial intercourse with, opened by the President's proclamation, on the ground that the Berlin and Milan decrees had been repealed, 1810, November 2, ... 392
Takes measures, through the Ministers of Justice and Marine, in consequence of the President's proclamation of November 2, to countermand the final proceedings against American vessels seized subsequently to November, under the Berlin and Milan decrees; and to continue the vessels and cargoes in a state of sequestration until February 2, following, 1810, December 25, ... 393
Prohibits the importation, from the United States, of cotton and tobacco, ... 402
Permits importations, in American vessels, of the products of the United States only, ... 402
Subjects American products to the license system, and to onerous duties, ... 403
By rescinding her decrees, and substituting in their stead municipal regulations, France admits American vessels, but prohibits the merchandise, and, in effect, destroys the trade of the United States with French ports, 1810, ... 402
The unfavorable state of relations with, (Message June 1, 1812,) 407
Revokes, definitively, her Berlin and Milan decrees, so far as regards the United States, from the 1st November, 1810, 1811, April 28, ... 432
Notifies the same to the American Government, 1810, November 14, ... 500
Posture of relations with, at the commencement of the Twelfth Congress, 1811, ... 500
Her commercial regulations, destructive of trade and commerce, are reviewed, 1811, ... 509, 510
The claims of the United States upon, for spoliations and indemnities, examined, 1811, ... 509, 511
Report upon the relations with, by a committee of Congress, 1811, Nov. 29, ... 537, 538
Seizures, captures, and condemnations of American vessels and their cargoes, under the authority of, 1812, ... 584
The conduct of, in relation to her decrees of Berlin and Milan, examined by the Secretary of State, in a report to the House of Representatives, 1813, March 3, ... 608
Procrastinates the official reception of Mr. Crawford, the successor of Mr. Barlow, 1813, ... 627
Relations with, remain unchanged, ... 692
To Mr. Erskine; referring to sentiments and opinions which appear, from Mr. Erskine's despatch to Mr. Canning, to have been entertained and expressed by Mr. Gallatin in relation to the position in which France would be placed by the revocation, as to the United States, of the orders in council by Great Britain, and to the abandonment, by the United States, of the colonial carrying trade; stating what his opinion had always been; and asking whether Mr. Erskine had, at any time, misconceived him, 1809, August 13, ... 307
To the ministers of the United States; they defend the propriety of the demands which they had made against the objections of the American plenipotentiaries; justify the proposed cession of a part of Maine by the invasion and attempted acquisition of Canada; the suggested military possession of the lakes, by the spirit of acquisition and aggrandizement manifested by the American Government, and the relative strength of the two parties in that quarter; and the revision of the boundary, by the uncertainty of what the true boundary was, originating from a geographical error. They predicate the stipulation for an Indian barrier and an Indian boundary upon the principles of public law; the recognition of the American Indians, as the allies of Great Britain, and by the express promise of the Governor General of Canada that the Indians would not be deserted at the termination of the war. They protest against the principle advanced that the Indians within the limits of the United States reside upon their lands only by sufferance, 1814, September 4, ... 713
To the American ministers; they advert to the purchase of Louisiana, the occupation of Florida, and the proclamations of two American Generals, for proofs of the spirit attributed to the American Government; declare that the Indians, within the United States, having made war upon the United States, and placed themselves under the protection of Great Britain, are no longer subject to the authority of the United States; and that a pacification with them, by which they shall be restored to the rights, privileges, and territories, which they enjoyed in the year 1811, by the treaty of Greenville, is a sine qua non. When this is adjusted, the final determination of Great Britain respecting the eastern boundary will be communicated, 1814, September 19, ... 718
In reply to the American ministers; they endeavor to fortify their position that the American Government has been actuated by a spirit of aggrandizement; attribute to the United States a concealment of circumstances in the acquisition of Louisiana, to which, they allege, was owing the satisfaction expressed at this event by the British Government; defend the right assumed by Great Britain to provide, by treaty, for the peace, interests, and safety of the American Indians; and bring forward an article as their ultimatum in behalf of the Indians, 1814, October 8, ... 721
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To the American ministers; insisting that all the objections of the American ministers to the points already submitted by the British ministers, shall be brought forward previous to the projet of a treaty requested of them, 1814, October 31, ... 726
To the American ministers; returning their projet of a treaty, with marginal alterations and suggestions; they briefly state the reasons for declaring some of the proposed articles inadmissible, 1814, November 26, ... 740
To the American plenipotentiaries; assenting to the proposed conference, 1814, November 30, ... 742
To the American plenipotentiaries; they assent to the proposed article respecting the islands in the bay of Passamaquoddy, with a slight modification, and to the withdrawal of the 8th article, (relating to the northwestern boundary;) in consenting also to omit any article on the subject of the fisheries, they oppose the American declaration of right, by adverting to the declaration at the first conference, that Great Britain would not grant the right without equivalent, 1814, December 22, ... 744
His statement of the verbal propositions made to him by Mr. Baker, relating to the revocation of the orders in council, ... 616
Statement of, concerning the authenticity of a published letter from General Turreau, minister of France, to Robert Smith, Secretary of State, deemed by the latter improper to be received, and therefore withdrawn by one of the French legation, 1814, January 18, ... 629
Her orders, restrictive of neutral trade, communicated by Lord Howick, 1807, January 10, ... 5
Report of a committee concerning an attack by one of her frigates (the Leopard) upon an American frigate, (the Chesapeake,) and other violations of the maritime jurisdiction of the United States, 1807, November 17, ... 6
Vessels of, interdicted the ports and harbors of the United States ... 23
Recalls her seamen from the service of foreign States, 1807, ... 25
Additional orders of the Government of, against the maritime rights of neutrals, 1807, November 11, ... 29
Order of council of December 17, 1807, communicated, ... 80
The state of relations with, occasioned by the rejection of the convention concluded by Messrs. Monroe and Pinkney, and by the affair of the Chesapeake and Leopard, is communicated by the President, with numerous documents, 1808, March 22, ... 80
Convention with, concluded by Messrs. Monroe and Pinkney, but not approved by the American Government ... 82
Negotiations with, growing out of the hostile attack by the British ship Leopard upon the United States frigate Chesapeake, 1808, ... 213, 220
Report of a committee of the Senate on the maritime aggressions of, 1808, April 16, ... 220
Negotiations with, by Mr. Pinkney, respecting commercial restrictions, ... *220
Order in council suspending the export (prohibitory) duties on certain articles, the growth of other countries, 1808, ... 240
Modifies, by an order in council of 26th April, 1809, the orders previously enforced against neutral rights, ... 241
Report of a committee of the House of Representatives on the maritime aggressions of France and Great Britain, 1808, November 22, ... 259
The orders in council of, affecting the neutral rights of the United States since 1791, communicated to Congress, 1808, ... 263
Negotiation with, by Mr. Erskine, her envoy, and the Secretary of State, terminating in a reparation for the attack upon the Chesapeake, the suspension of the embargo and non-intercourse acts as to Great Britain, and the promised withdrawal of the orders in council as to the United States, 1809, ... 295
Disavows the provisional agreement made by Mr. Erskine, her minister plenipotentiary, 1809, May 27, ... 301
Order in council of, exempting from capture and condemnation American vessels departing from the United States under the faith of the provisional agreement made by Mr. Erskine, 1809, May 24, ... 302
Recalls her minister, Mr. Erskine, and substitutes Mr. Jackson 308
The functions of her minister (Mr. Jackson) suspended, 1809, ... 318
Mr. Pinkney is requested to renew negotiations with, 1810, January 20, ... 349
Blockades the ports of Spain ... 351
Renews the assurance that when the French decrees shall no longer be in force, the orders in council, affecting neutral rights, will be withdrawn, 1810, August 31, ... 366
Negotiations with, having failed, the President of the United States communicates the result, and recommends measures of greater energy, 1812, June 1, ... 405
Employs a secret agent to subvert the American Government, and dismember the Union, whilst her minister concludes an adjustment, to be afterwards disavowed, ... 407
Considerations which should have disposed her to a just and liberal policy towards the United States, ... 407
Sequel of Mr. Pinkney's negotiation with, ... 408
Renews negotiation with the United States, after the withdrawal of Mr. Pinkney, by appointing Mr. Foster minister plenipotentiary to the United States, 1811, July 2, ... 435
Disclaims any agency in exciting the hostile movement of the Indians against the U. States, 1811, December 28, ... 453
Adheres perseveringly to her orders in council, and annexes an impossible condition to their repeal, 1811, 1812, ... 435, 462
Declares the grounds upon which she rests the defence of her orders in council and her retaliatory system, and of the measures which she exacts of the enemy before these orders will be relaxed, 1812, April 21, ... 429
Promulgates an order in council, asserting that the decrees of France still remain in force, and stating that, upon their authentic, absolute, and unconditional repeal, the British orders of 1807 and 1809 will thenceforth cease to have effect, 1819, April 21, ... 431
Repeals her orders of 1807 and 1809, 1812, June 23, ... 433
Demands a disavowal, on the part of the United States, of the aggression alleged to have been committed by the American frigate President upon the British sloop of war Little Belt, and a just reparation for the injury, 1811, ... 472
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Claims the restoration of a British subject who had voluntarily engaged as a seaman on board an American sloop of war, and the redelivery of British seamen who had deserted from a British vessel, 1811--12, ... 426, 459,
464, 468
Makes a long delayed reparation for the attack upon the Chesapeake, 1811, ... 499, 500
Report of a committee on her maritime aggressions upon the commerce of the United States, by her orders in council, and the impressment of American seamen, 1811, November 29, ... 537
Protests, in behalf of Spain, by her accredited minister in the United States, against the occupation of East and West Florida by the United States, 1811, July 2, ... 542, 543
Employs J. Henry as a secret agent to foment divisions in the United States, ... 545
A declaration of war against, recommended by a committee of the Ho. of Representatives, 1812, June 3, ... 567
Seizures, captures, and condemnation by, of American vessels and their cargoes, 1812, ... 584
Repels the pacific advances of the United States, 1812, ... 585
The existing relations with, and the communications between the United States and the British Government since the war, reviewed by a committee of the Ho. of Representatives, 1813, January 29, ... 604
Invites, in time of war, a license trade with the British West Indies, to be carried on by American citizens, 1813, February 25, ... 606
Revokes her orders in council, 1812, June 30, ... 615
Having declined the acceptance of the mediation of Russia, proposes a negotiation for peace, to which the United States assent, 1813, November 4, ... 621
The terms exacted by Great Britain, as conditions of peace; the instructions to the American plenipotentiaries, and letters received from them, communicated to Congress, 1814, October 10, ... 695
Treaty with, concluded, ... 745
Report of a committee, on the expediency of excluding foreign armed vessels therefrom, 1809, June 23, ... 297
The peace and rights of, violated by British cruisers, 1812, ... 405
To Mr. Monroe; proposing to disclose his employment and agency, 1812, February 20, ... 545
To Mr. Secretary Ryland; acknowledging his letter of January 26, 1809, and engaging in the proffered service, 1809, January 31, ... 547
To Sir James Craig, Governor General, in answer to his letter of instructions; adjusts a cipher for their future correspondence, 1809, February 10, ... 547
To Sir James Craig; stating the prevailing dispositions in the Northeastern States, 1809, February 14, ... 547
To Sir James Craig; conjectures respecting Vermont; character of her Governor, 1809, February 19, ... 548
To Sir James Craig; causes which will prevent war with Great Britain; the people incapable of patriotic and disinterested efforts, 1809, February 23, ... 548
To Sir James Craig; political conjectures from Boston, 1809, March 5, ... 549
To Sir James Craig; in the event of so improbable an event as war, he has ascertained the course which the prevailing party in Massachusetts will pursue; the attachment of the common people to the constitution, 1809, March 7, ... 549
To Sir James Craig; suggests a plan to encourage the violation, by the American shippers, of the non-intercourse act, 1809, March 9, ... 550
To Sir James Craig; conjectures as to the policy necessary to effect a separation of the States; two modes--commercial regulations operating unequally, and war. No concession from Great Britain necessary, 1809, March 13, ... 550
To Sir James Craig; the results of elections anticipated; views of parties; policy of Great Britain, 1809, March 29, ... 550
To Sir James Craig; sends a pamphlet, and makes conjectures; the late administration, 1809, April 13, ... 551
To Sir James Craig; comments upon the arrangement formed by Mr. Erskine, 1809, April 26, ... 551
To Sir James Craig; fears of war quieted, and hopes of the separation of the States diminished; the northern democrats, 1809, May 5, ... 551
To Sir James Craig; revolution in political opinions. If the concessions of Mr. Erskine be sanctioned, the original purpose which brought him to the United States would be unattainable, 1809, May 25, ... 552
To Sir James Craig; he has received his commands to return to Canada; a commendation upon the federal party, 1809, June 12, ... 552
To Mr. Peel, enclosing his memorial to Lord Liverpool, 1811, June 13, ... 553
[The memorial gives a history of his mission, and recounts the importance of his services.]
To Mr. Peel; asking the promised recommendation to the Governor of Canada, 1811, September 4, ... 554
and Lord Auckland--To Messrs. Monroe and Pinkney, respecting a supposed conference, 1806, ... 135, 136, 137
Suggesting the expediency of suspending the execution of the act of Congress prohibiting the importation of British manufactures, while the negotiation is pending, 1806, September 4, ... 136
Their projet, respecting impressed seamen, has been submitted to his Majesty's Government; that, while bound to adhere to their right, the utmost caution will be observed in the impressment of British seamen; and that they are ready to conclude a treaty embracing all other points, 1806, November 8, ... 140
That they are ready to proceed to the signature of the treaty; that, in doing so, they act under the persuasion, that the Government of the United States will not acquiesce in the maritime pretensions of France; and that, if the Government of the United States submit to the French decree of November 21, 1806, the British Government will consider itself as absolved from the obligations of the treaty, 1806, December 31, ... 152
Ten British, released for five American seamen, of the sloop of war Nautilus, sent back from England, and restored to the state of prisoners, ... 632
Two British still retained for one American, ... 632
Twelve British released, for six American seamen taken from the private armed vessel Sarah Ann, confined in Jamaica, threatened with death, and afterwards given up, ... 632, 634
Two British surrendered; the American seamen, for whom they were held, having effected his escape, ... 632, 644
For the good treatment of prisoners; admitted to the same treatment experienced by American prisoners, ... 632
Eighteen British retained, for the safe return of as many American, ... 633
Fifty-nine British soldiers retained, for the safe return of as many American soldiers sent to England, ... 633
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Twenty-three British soldiers placed in the condition of, to answer for the safety of as many American prisoners sent to England for trial, 1813, May 15, ... 634, 635, 644
Forty-six American officers and soldiers placed in the condition of, to abide the fate of the twenty-three British hostages, 1813, October 17, ... 635, 637
Orders given, by the American Commissary General of prisoners, to the marshals of Ohio, Massachusetts, and Kentucky, to place in close confinement all the British officers, prisoners of war on parole, 1813, November 23, ... 636
Forty-six British officers placed in the state of, to suffer the fate of the same number of American officers, 1813, December 13, ... 637
Orders issued for placing all the American officers, prisoners of war on parole, in confinement, and the intention avowed to increase the number of the officers thus confined, when practicable, to the number of forty-six, additional to those already confined, 1813, December 11, ... 638
Orders issued by the American Government, to the marshals of Ohio, Massachusetts, and Pennsylvania, for the arrest and confinement of all the British officers, prisoners of war, in retaliation for the British measures against the American officers, 1814, February 8, ... 642
Four British seamen placed in close confinement, as hostages, for the safety and restoration of John Stevens and Thomas King, American seamen, 1813, June 10, ... 644--5
Two British discharged from their confinement, in consequence of the escape of Thomas King, 1813, August 25, ... 632, 645
Two British subjects, masters of private armed ships, held as hostages for the safety of William Nichols, 1813, June 21, ... 646, 648
Nichols having been liberated, the British hostages are discharged, ... 632, 649, 652
Sixteen American, closely confined; one hundred and one naval, and fifty-nine military, sent to England for trial, 1813, October 1, ... 656
Sixteen British maritime prisoners, one hundred and one British maritime prisoners, and fifty-nine British soldiers, are closely confined, as hostages, for the same number of Americans, 1813, November 23, ... 660
William Mayton, a British subject, confined as a hostage, to answer for the safety of Joshua Penny, a citizen of New York, 1813, November 1, ... 670
William Lincoln, a British subject, closely imprisoned, to suffer the fate of John Swanton, an American citizen, 1813, December 17, ... 671
One British subject confined, as a hostage for the safety of Thomas Goldsmith, 1813, December 18, ... 672
For Whitmore Knaggs, ... 672
A mutual exchange of, agreed to, 1814, July 16, ... 728
1814, August 12, ... 730
Mutually liberated by the 3d article of the treaty of peace, ... 746
Lord Castlereagh declines the American proposition, ... 589, 592
Admiral Warren proposes the suspension of, ... 595
Letter of the Secretary of State to Admiral Warren, respecting their suspension, ... 596
Between the United States and Great Britain terminated by a treaty of peace, ... 745
Instructions, by the Secretary of State, to the American minister, on the subject of, ... 81, 120
Projet submitted to the British Government by Messrs. Monroe and Pinkney, respecting, 1806, ... 137
Projet, and counter projet, concerning, 1806, ... 140
An omission to provide against, would be regarded by the President as an insuperable objection to any treaty that might be formed; Mr. Madison's instructions to Messrs. Monroe and Pinkney, 1807, May 20, ... 166
Of American seamen; report of the Secretary of State concerning, 1810, April 4, ... 348
The practice of, by Great Britain, reviewed by the President of the United States, 1812, ... 405
The subject of, considered in the correspondence between Mr. Foster and Mr. Monroe, ... 454, 459, 464
Resistance against, recommended by a committee of Congress, 1811, November 29, ... 537--8
Documents communicated to the Senate, by the President, showing the extent of the evil, and the uniform resistance of the Government of the United States, 1812, July 6, ... 573
The proposition of the American Government, to pass a law to prohibit the employment of British seamen, as an inducement to relinquish the practice of impressment, is rejected by the British Government, 1812, August 29, ... 590
The muster-books of two British vessels are transmitted to the Navy Department, by Commodore Rodgers; from which may be inferred the number of impressed American seamen in the British service, 1813, January 14, ... 602
Its principle reviewed by a committee of the House of Representatives, ... 605
The subject of; the proposed remedies against; the abuses under its name; and the consequences attending it examined by Mr. Monroe in his instructions to the American plenipotentiaries, 1813, April 15, ... 695, 699
Further instructions respecting, ... 701--2
The powers of the American negotiators at Ghent respecting, are enlarged, 1814, June 25 & 27, ... 703--4
Proposed adjustment of, rejected by the British ministers, ... 739
Instructions concerning, by Mr. Madison 1806, May 17, ... 122
Not to be an inflexible condition, whereby a commercial treaty with Great Britain, in other respects favorable, shall be prevented, ... 122
Claims upon France for, ... 509, 511
To be pressed upon the British Government, for the destruction of property contrary to the laws and usages of war; and for the deportation of negroes, 1814, January 28, ... 702
Another claim to, suggested to the American negotiators, 1814, January 10, ... 702
Urged by the American, but resisted by the British ministers, ... 734, 739, 741
Instigated to warfare, upon the exposed frontiers of the United States, by the influence of Great Britain, 1812, ... 407
Great Britain disavows any agency in their hostile movements against the United States, 1811, December 28, ... 453
The British minister transmits additional evidence to show that his Government has endeavored to allay the hostile spirit of the Indians against the United States, 1812, June 7, ... 462
Mr. Monroe furnishes Mr. Foster with evidence of the improper interference of British agents, in exciting them to hostilities, 1812, June 10, ... 464
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Their barbarities against American troops are sanctioned by the British authorities, and particularly specified, ... 701, 717
A designated boundary for, proposed as a sine qua non by the British commissioners, ... 706--8
The former policy and measures of Great Britain towards them, ... 716, 720
Declared by the ministers of Great Britain to be the allies of Great Britain; subject to her exclusive protection; and that they will not be abandoned, ... 718
The policy of the United States towards them past and prospective, ... 719
Considered by Great Britain, apparently, not as independent allies, but as subjects, ... 720
Rights of the United States with respect to, within their acknowledged jurisdiction, ... 720
Article relating to proposed, by the American plenipotentiaries, ... 720
The British propose a stipulation as their ultimatum, ... 723
The British ultimatum is accepted, ... 724
To Messrs. Monroe and Pinkney, on the renewal of the discussions with Great Britain, in 1807; containing an examination of all the points in controversy, and an elaborate examination of the various provisions of the rejected treaty, 1807, May 20, ... 166
To Mr. Monroe; produced by the hostile attack upon the American frigate Chesapeake, by the British ship of war Leopard, 1807, July 6, ... 183
To Messrs. Monroe and Pinkney, respecting a project of a convention of limits with Great Britain, and the right of British subjects to trade with American Indians, and to have access, by land, to the Mississippi, 1807, July 30, ... 185
To Joel Barlow, upon his appointment as minister to France, 1811, July 26, ... 509
To General Matthews, Colonel John McKee, and Governor D. B. Mitchell, commissioners appointed to take possession of East and West Florida, in certain contingencies, 1811--12, ... 571--3
To the American plenipotentiaries, for negotiating peace under the Russian mediation, 1813, April 15, ... 695
To the American negotiators, appointed to treat directly with Great Britain, 1814, January 28, 30, ... 701--2
1814, Feb. 10, 14, ... 703
1814, March 21, ... 703
1814, June 25, 27, ... 703--4
To the American ministers; reminding them of a post at the mouth of the Columbia river, belonging to the United States, which is not to be surrendered, in agreeing to any boundary, 1814, March 22, ... 731
To Mr. Smith; setting forth the reasons on which the British Government rely for disavowing the arrangement made by Mr. Erskine, and declaring that Mr. Erskine had acted contrary to his instructions. He is willing to receive and discuss any proposition from the Government of the United States, and eventually to conclude a convention, 1809, October 23, ... 315
To Mr. Smith; enclosing a paper containing the terms of the proposed satisfaction for the unauthorized attack upon the United States frigate Chesapeake, viz: That upon annulling the President's proclamation of July, 1807, interdicting British ships of war from the harbors of the United States, the seamen taken shall be restored, and provision shall be made for the families of those slain, 1809, October 27, ... 316
To Mr. Smith; that the reason which was given for disavowing the arrangement of Mr. Erskine, as to the orders in council, was intended also to apply to the affair of the Chesapeake, and that on both subjects Mr. Erskine had alike eparted from his instruction. He make the suggestion that the departure of Mr. Erskine from his instructions was known to the American Government; endeavors to show that the "full power," though insufficient for Mr. Erskine, was sufficient for himself; and insisting upon his accountability to his sovereign alone, considers the suggested impropriety of his language as an infringement upon the freedom of discussion, and a violation of the law of nations, 1809, November 4, ... 317
Circular letter of, to the British consuls, stating the fact that the American Government had declined communicating with him; and that he had transferred his residence from Washington to New York, until he should receive His Majesty's commands, 1809, November 13, ... 323
To Mr. Pinckney; stating an aggravated case of impressment, and indicating the necessity of firm remonstrance and immediate explanations, 1792, October 12, ... 574
To Mr. Pinckney; another attempt has been made to impress American seamen, by a public vessel. Such conduct cannot go on, 1792, November 6, ... 574
What shall constitute--[Mr. Madison's instructions of May 17, 1806,] ... 121
Extended to five miles from the coast, in the treaty concluded by Messrs. Monroe and Pinkney, ... 145
Message and documents respecting the enforcement of the laws of the United States within, 1810, February 1, ... 338
To Lord Grenville, respecting the essential requisites to a legal blockade, 1799, May 23, ... 370
To Lord Grenville, on the British practice of impressment of American seamen, 1796, November 30, ... 582
To the Secretary of State; general view of opinions and measures on the subject of the British impressment of American seamen; showing the extent of the evil; and attempts to lessen it, 1797, April 13, ... 582
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To the Secretary of State; that he is in hopes Lord St. Vincent will be inclined to attend to the reiterated remonstrances of the United States against the impressment of their seamen, 1801, February 25, ... 583
Decree of Spain, in violation of, ... 6
Special; order in council, opening a special trade by means of, 1807, November 25, ... 272
Act of Parliament allowing certain, ... 282
French--To a limited number of American vessels, to import and export from France and the United States, under specific regulations, the articles enumerated, 1810, July 15, ... 400
British--To American citizens, to prosecute, in time of war, a trade with the British West Indies, 1813, February 25, ... 606
The British statement of her engagement, ... 473
Statement of the circumstances, by Commodore Rodgers, ... 497
Report of her condition, ... 475
Instructions to her commander, by the British admiralty, ... 475
To Sir James Craig, Lieutenant Governor of Canada, approving his endeavors to allay the hostility manifested by the Indian tribes against the United States, 1811, July 28, ... 463
To Sir George Prevost; introducing Mr. Henry; referring to his memorial; and recommending him for office, 1811, September 16, ... 554
The acquisition of, is ascribed, by the British ministers, to a spirit of territorial aggrandizement, ... 718, 721
Its acquisition justified, by the American ministers, by the motive of self-preservation; and the satisfaction expressed at that event by Great Britain herself, ... 719, 723
One of the commissioners appointed to take possession of East and West Florida, in certain contingencies; instructions for his government from the Secretary of State, 1811, January 26, ... 571
To Mr. Monroe, transmitting the convention of 1803 with Great Britain, and explaining the reasons for excepting to the fifth article, 1804, February 14, ... 89
To Mr. Monroe; respecting the principles by which the commerce and navigation of the United States and Great Britain should be regulated, and the mutual understanding of the two countries after the expiration of the treaty of 1794, 1804, March 5, ... 90
To Mr. Monroe; the continued and increasing impressments of American seamen, by Great Britain, require immediate attention; various circumstances are referred to, indicative of the sensibility of the American people upon this subject; he adverts to the proceedings of Congress respecting private armed vessels, to certificates of citizenship, and the unequal tax imposed on exports, by Great Britain, under the name of convoy duty; and notices the state of the West India trade, and the unjust pretensions of Great Britain, 1805, March 6, ... 99
To Mr. Monroe; an examination of the principles involved in the case of the Aurora, in which case the British doctrine prohibiting, in time of war, a trade not enjoyed in time of peace, is for the first time advanced; the effect of this new principle of national law upon neutral commerce, 1805, April 12, ... 101
The perseverance of the British Government, in her restrictions upon neutral commerce, requires renewed and more extended remonstrances; various documents are transmitted to aid his researches, and to show the prevailing sentiment in the United States, 1806, January 6, ... 103
To Mr. Monroe; enclosing an act shutting the market of the United States against the commerce of Great Britain, after the 15th November; desiring certain explanations to be made to the British Government; and notifying the appointment of Mr. Pinkney and himself commissioners extraordinary and plenipotentiary to Great Britain, 1806, April 23, ... 117
To Mr. Monroe; Mr. Pinkney commissioned with him, and will succeed him on his return to the United States; suggests a proposed modification of the 5th article of the boundary convention, in the event of the continued objection to its being expunged, 1806, May 15, ... 119
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To Messrs. Monroe and Pinkney, proposing a modification of the third article of the treaty with Great Britain, of 1794, so as to confine Indian traders of Great Britain and the United States to the territory of each, 1806, May 30, ... 126
To Messrs. Monroe and Pinkney, transmitting a correspondence on the subject of Indian trade, 1806, June 11, ... 128
To Messrs. Monroe and Pinkney; that the President has been induced, by the general spirit of conciliation which the British Government has professed, to recommend to Congress the suspension of the non-importation act, 1806, Nov. 28, Dec. 3, ... 141
To Messrs. Monroe and Pinkney, enclosing a copy of the suspending act, as passed by the House of Representatives, and of the law as passed by both Houses, 1806, Dec. 6 and 20, ... 141
To Messrs. Monroe and Pinkney; that the views expressed by the British commissioners, contained in the despatch of November 11, have excited regret and disappointment; that if a treaty should be formed, in which the subject of impressment is pretermitted, its ratification would not comport with the views and policy of the American Government; the various subjects in controversy, impressment, blockade, marginal jurisdiction, East and West India trades, and indemnification, are severally commented on, 1807, February 3, ... 153
To Messrs. Monroe and Pinkney; that their despatch of January 3, with the treaty signed the 31st December, was received; they are referred to his letter of February 3; requested to pursue the negotiation; and instructed to make no conventional arrangements authorizing British subjects to carry on trade in any of the territories of the United States westward of the Mississippi; the non-importation act has been further suspended, 1807, March 18, ... 156
To Mr. Erskine; acknowledges his note notifying the blockade of the ports of France and her allies, as a measure retaliatory of the French decree of November 21; refers to the unjust seizures and condemnations of American ships and merchandise, under the authority of Great Britain; expresses the policy of the United States to oppose the violation of their neutral rights; and declares the acquiescence of the United States in the interdiction of trade with ports in a state of actual blockade, agreeably to the acknowledged law of nations, 1807, March 20, ... 158
To Mr. Erskine; resumes Mr. Erskine's note of 12th March, on the subject of blockades; examines the principle and the operation of the British interdict, and shows that the one is indefensible, and the other destructive of legitimate neutral commerce, 1807, March 29, ... 159
To Messrs. Monroe and Pinkney; the President's opinions are unchanged on the subject of impressments; he is constrained to decline any arrangement which does not comprise a provision against the impressment of American seamen on the high seas; the alterations deemed essential to the convention already signed are enumerated; further alterations are suggested; and, after an elaborate examination of the provisions of the treaty, are severally either commended or disapproved; views produced by the change of ministry; considerations which must operate on the British cabinet, 1807, May 20, ... 166
To Mr. Monroe; transmitting copies of communications from the Governor of New York and the Governor of Vermont, respecting the opening any part of Louisiana to a British trade with the Indians, 1807, May 22, ... 183
To Mr. Monroe; transmitting documents explanatory of the hostile attack upon the American frigate Chesapeake, by the British ship of war Leopard; the circumstances of that affair are explained; and Mr. Monroe is required to demand an immediate and honorable reparation; instances referred to of a similar character; special instructions are given, applicable to a failure in obtaining the reparation demanded, 1807, July 6, ... 183
To Messrs. Monroe and Pinkney; stating the terms on which they are authorized to close and sign a convention of limits: 1. Exclusion of British trade with Indians residing within the United States; 2. Access to the Mississippi not to be allowed to British subjects, except on payment of duties, &c. 1807, July 30, ... 185
To Mr. Pinkney, enclosing a message of the President, recommending an embargo; that that act is to be considered as a measure of precaution, not of hostility, 1807, December 23, ... 206
To Mr. Pinkney; the knowledge of the British order of November 11 has contributed to reconcile the American public to the embargo; the British minister expresses a desire to relax in the British restrictions, in the event of France doing the same, 1808, February 19, ... 208
To Mr. Erskine, in reply to the letter communicating the British orders in council; examining the facts and principles upon which the British Government rests the defence of these measures; denying the acquiescence of the American Government in the French decrees; and even, if acquiesced in, that they afforded ground for retaliatory measures; and questioning the principles of maritime law adduced by the British minister in support of this commercial warfare, 1808, March 25, ... 210
To Mr. Rose, in reply to the letter of the British minister, requiring the withdrawal of the President's proclamation antecedently to the offer of reparation for the attack upon the Chesapeake; reviewing the conduct of British officers in the ports of the United States, previous to the attack upon the Chesapeake, which, of itself, warranted that measure; examples justifying the acts of the Executive of the United States, taken from British history; expectations from Mr. Rose's mission; disappointment; the proclamation from consequent not on the attack upon the Chesapeake alone, but on previous incidents; deductions from this, 1808, March 5, ... 214
To William Pinkney, forwarding a commission and letter of credence as minister to Great Britain, ... 221
To William Pinkney, enclosing Mr. Madison's answer to Mr. Erskine, and characterizing the measures of the British Government, 1808, March 22, ... 221
To Mr. Pinkney; encloses copies of his correspondence with Mr. Rose, of Mr. Erskine's letter to him, and of documents relating to France; terms on which Mr. Pinkney may accept from the British Government a tender of reparation for the attack on the Chesapeake; orders in council; the conditions upon which the American Government will be disposed to rescind their restrictions upon British importations; instructions respecting the impressment of American seamen; orders in the American navy not to employ foreign seamen, 1808, April 4, ... 221
To Mr. Pinkney; adjournment of Congress; their proceedings; the temper of the country; laws enforcing the embargo; the President authorized to suspend the embargo upon the cessation of the commercial aggressions of Great Britain and France; what measures are expected from the British Government, 1808, April 30, ... 222
To Mr. Pinkney; Mr. Pinkney's communication, by Lieutenant Lewis, received; the impressions produced upon the American Government by the silence of the British Government as to the affair of the Chesapeake; the British Government had no ground to expect a particular communication; remarks upon the proposed repeal of the embargo, proffered to Great Britain and France on certain conditions; upon the British blockade of Copenhagen and the island of Zealand; and upon the British license system, by which American citizens are tempted to engage in a trade prohibited to other citizens, and in violation of the laws of their country, 1808, July 18, ... 224
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To Mr. Armstrong; the practical construction given by the council of prizes to the French decree of November 21, 1806, has, with the cotemporaneous measures of the British Government, equally destructive of neutral commerce, induced the American Government to lay an embargo, for the purpose of preventing the property of their citizens from becoming the spoil of belligerent pretensions, 1808, February 8, ... 249
To Mr. Armstrong; the offensive tone and expressions contained in Mr. Champagny's note of 15th January have produced a strong sensation in the United States; he is instructed to express the feelings thus excited in suitable terms; Congress has closed their session; an authority has been given to the President to suspend the embargo, either partially or totally; the conditions on which the authority to suspend will be exercised; the manifest policy of France; the correspondence with Mr. Erskine is transmitted, 1808, May 29, ... 252
To Mr. Armstrong; directing his attention to the cases where French frigates have ordered the burning of American vessels, to prevent their communicating intelligence to the enemy; and instructing him to make the proper representations for the purpose of obtaining future indemnity, 1808, July 21, ... 254
To Mr. Armstrong; notices the inflexible adherence of France to her unjust measures; the British Government seems as little disposed to relax her orders in council; the motive for this conduct of Great Britain may be usefully presented to the French Government, 1808, July 22, ... 254
To Mr. Thornton, charge of His Britannic Majesty, on the illegality of certain blockades, and containing an examination of the principles of blockade, 1803, October 27, ... 361
To Mr. Charles Pinckney, on blockades, ... 371
To Messrs. Armstrong and Bowdoin; on the existing relations between Spain and the United States; and the desire of the United States to obtain West Florida by purchase, 1806, March 13, ... 539
To Mr. Bowdoin; events tending to a rupture with Spain; overtures repulsed; silence observed; depredations on American commerce, 1807, May 25, ... 541
To Messrs. Armstrong and Bowdoin; modification of former instructions respecting the purchase of the Floridas, produced by the hostile attack upon the United States' frigate Chesapeake, by the British frigate Leopoard, 1807, July 15, ... 541
See Jurisdiction.
To Mr. Barclay; agent for the British prisoners; that two British hostages are still retained, for one American seaman not yet released; and that ten British hostages had been promptly liberated, upon the restoration of five Americans, 1813, June 12, ... 633
To Mr. Barclay; that the contingent responsibility of twelve British seamen has been removed, in consequence of six American seamen, sent to Jamaica for trial, having been restored to the ordinary state of prisoners, 1813, June 9, ... 634
To the marshals of Ohio, Massachusetts, and Kentucky, ordering the close confinement of all the British officers, of every rank, in their respective States, to answer, in their persons, for the proper treatment of American officers, prisoners of war, against whom the British authorities have threatened the penalty of death, 1813, Nov. 18, ... 23, 24, 636
To Mr. Barclay; that the British officers, referred to in his letters of 15th and 21st December, have been closely confined, on the principles of retaliation, 1813, Dec. 26, ... 639, 640
To Mr. Barclay; that he is informed the American agent is debarred from visiting the American prisoners; that the recent measures of the British authorities has authorized a less rigorous treatment of British officers, 1814, January 26, ... 641
To Mr. Barclay; respecting an explanation as to the extent of a proposed exchange of prisoners, 1814, February 4, ... 641
To the marshals of Ohio, Massachusetts, and Pennsylvania, directing the close confinement of all British officers remaining in their custody, 1814, Jan. & Feb. ... 642
To Mr. Barclay; requesting a list of the American officers confined on retaliatory principles, 1814, February 28, ... 643
To the marshal of Massachusetts, directing the close confinement of four British subjects, to be held as hostages for two American seamen, 1813, May 28, ... 645
To Thomas Barclay; informing him that four British subjects are in close confinement, and will be held responsible for the safety of John Stevens and Thomas King, part of the crew, of the Vixen, 1813, June 10, ... 645
To Mr. Barclay; that Thomas King having, by a bold and hazardous enterprise, escaped from his duress, the two British seamen, held as hostages for his safety, are released, 1813, August 25, ... 645
To the marshal of Massachusetts, directing him to place two British prisoners (masters of private armed vessels, or merchantmen) in close confinement, to answer for the safety of William Nichols, 1813, June 21, ... 646
To Thomas Barclay; informing him of the order to place two British prisoners in confinement, as hostages for William Nichols, 1813, July 8, ... 647
To Thomas Barclay; replying to his letter of August 7, 1813, relating to the transportation of Captain Nichols to England, to be tried for offences charged against him; and explaining the cause of some delay in giving him information previously required, 1813, August 25, ... 648
To Mr. Barclay; furnishing particulars respecting the previous conduct of Captain Nichols; rebutting the imputations against him; and declaring the firm intention of the American Government to hold the British prisoners as hostages for his safety and proper treatment, 1813, October 5, ... 650
To Mr. Barclay; acquiescing in the proposed discharge of the hostages for the safety of Captain Nichols, and in the confinement of one of them only, as a prisoner of war, until Nichols shall be exchanged, 1814, February 14, ... 651
To Mr. Barclay; that the same steps, for parole and liberation, which shall have been observed towards Captain Nichols, shall be observed towards the British prisoner Captain Barss, 1814, March 22 & 30, ... 652
Correspondence of, with Mr. Barclay, in relation to sixteen American maritime officers and seamen, confined at Halifax in cells or dungeons; concerning one hundred and one American seamen (prisoners) sent to England; and on the subject of fifty-nine American soldiers picked out and transported to England; showing the rigorous treatment which these prisoners experienced; the retaliatory measures to which the American Government was compelled to resort for their protection; the gradual melioration of their condition; and the final liberation of the greater part, 1813--14, April 13, to February 6, ... 652 to 669
To Mr. Barclay; recapitulating the severities practiced against American prisoners, and showing the spirit with which the war has been waged by Great Britain, 1814, April 2, ... 683
To Mr. Barclay; relating to the proposed exchange of prisoners, embracing hostages, 1814, June 21, ... 729
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To Mr. Barclay; that, agreeably to the convention with Sir George Prevost, for the mutual release of prisoners, including hostages, all the British prisoners in the United States are held ready for exchange, 1814, August 12, ... 730
Of a number of American captains and supercargoes, at Christians and, representing the spoliations upon American commerce, committed by the private armed vessels of Denmark, 1809, ... 329
Of the United States, seized, captured, or condemned under the authority of the Governments of Europe, 1812, ... 583
Transmitting a recent correspondence with Great Britain respecting the aggression upon the American frigate Chesapeake, ... 24
Recommending an embargo, ... 25
Transmitting the British Orders in Council of 11th-November, 1807, declaring the ports of France, and her allies, in a state of blockade, and violating the maritime rights of neutrals, ... 30, 31
Concerning relations with Algiers, 1808, ... 32
Concerning impressed American seamen, ... 36
Communicating orders and degrees of the belligerents, from 1791, affecting the commercial rights of the United States, 1808, December 28, ... 262
Transmitting documents connected with the arrangement between Mr. Erskine and the American Secretary of State, making reparation for the attack on the Chesapeake, and providing for the suspension of the embargo and non-intercourse laws, and the withdrawal of the Orders in Council, 1809-10, ... 299
Transmitting documents required by a resolution of the House of Representatives, showing the existing relations with Great Britain and France, 1810, May 1, ... 323
Transmitting documents relating to the negotiations with France, 1810, ... 380
Transmitting documents relating to the occupation by the United States of West Florida, and of the formal interposition of the British charge d'affaires; and recommending legislative enactments, 1811, January 3, ... 394
Submitting to Congress the expediency of war with Great Britain, as the last resource of violated right, 1812, June 1, ... 405
Transmitting to Congress certain documents communicated by John Henry, a secret agent of the British Government, who was employed in fomenting disaffection to the constituted authorities of the United States, in intrigues with the disaffected, and in promoting a severance of the Union; with a report of the Secretary of State thereon, 1812, March 9, ... 545
Recommending an embargo for sixty days, 1812, April 1, ... 557
Captures made by belligerents since May 1, 1811, ... 557
Transmitting to the Senate a collection of documents, showing the uniform resistance of the American Government to the British practice of impressment, 1812, July 6, ... 573
Transmitting a report of the Secretary of State, showing the captures, seizures, and condemnations of American ships and merchandise, under the authority of the Governments of Europe, 1812, July 6, ... 583
Transmitting documents showing the pacific advances of the United States to Great Britain, and the manner in which they were met, 1812, ... 585
Communicating a proclamation of the British Lieutenant Governor of the Island of Bermuda, by which a trade is opened in time of war between American citizens and the British West Indies, and commenting on its principle, 1813, February 24, ... 606
Communicating a report of the Secretary of State, reviewing the measures of France relating to her decrees, and the conduct of the Executive towards her, 1813, March 3, ... 608
Communicating documents showing the expediency of a mission to Sweden, 1813, June 7, ... 618
Communicating his reasons for declining a conference with a committee of the Senate, 1813, July 6, ... 619
Recommending a prohibition of exports, 1813, July 20, December 9,
620
Transmitting to Congress an overture for peace from Great Britain, 1814, January 6, ... 621
Communicating papers explanatory of the proffered mediation of Russia, accepted by the United States, and rejected by Great Britain, 1814, January 18, ... 623
Recommending the removal of restrictions upon commerce with Powers in amity with the United States, 1814, March 31, ... 620
Communicating to Congress the instructions to the American plenipotentiaries charged with negotiating peace with Great Britain, and letters from them, disclosing the conditions on which Great Britain will terminate the war, 1814, October 10, ... 695
Transmitting a treaty of peace with Great Britain, and documents explanatory, ... 730
Recommending the exclusion of foreign seamen from the vessels of the United States, 1815, February 28, ... 749
To the Secretary of State, relating to the commerce and seamen of the United States in France, 1810, December 14, ... 392
To the Secretary of State, communicating two letters, one from the Minister of Justice, the other from the Minister of Finance, to the Counsellor of State, arresting the condemnation of American vessels, &c., seized since the 1st of November, and placing them in a state of sequestration until 2d February following, then to abide the acts of the United States and the policy of France, 1810, December 25, ... 393
Negotiations between the British and American ministers on the subject of, ... 732--3, 743--4--5
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The result of his first interview with Lord Hawkesbury; a project of a convention submitted to him; anticipates some advantage from the negotiation, 1804, April 15, ... 91
Change of ministry; appointment of Mr. Pitt and Lord Harrowby; at a first interview Lord Harrowby manifests a spirit adverse to a friendly adjustment of existing differences, and censures the partial ratification of the convention concerning boundary; comment by Mr. Monroe; conjectures respecting the future policy of the new ministry; his reasons for thinking that policy may be hostile, 1804, June 3, ... 92
The result of another interview with Lord Harrowby, on the state of the commercial relations between the United States and Great Britain, produced by the expiration of the treaty of 1794; Lord H. proposes that the intercourse of the two countries should be continued in regard to tonnage, impost, &c. agreeably to the principles of the former treaty; the views of the American Government in relation to seamen, communicated by Mr. Monroe; an adjustment of the claim of the State of Marylaud, concluded by Mr. Pinkney; American commerce remains unmolested, 1804, August 7, ... 94
At another interview with Lord Harrowby the subject of impressment; the revival for two years after the war of the treaty of 1794; the unratified boundary convention; the claim of the United States to West Florida, as a part of Louisiana, and the conduct of Captain Bradley, of the Cambrian, were topics of discussion; final success in his negotiation still doubtful; a project of a treaty submitted to Lord Harrowby; in what respects different from that furnished by his instructions; prepares and delivers to Lord Harrowby a memoir on the Northeastern boundary, 1804, September 8, ... 95
That the negotiation with Great Britain has been suspended by his mission to Spain; no point yet agreed upon; the British Government still reserved, 1804, October 3, ... 98
Relating to the seizure of American vessels in the channel and North sea; an interview with Lord Mulgrave, who professes to act on principles friendly to the United States, 1805, August 15, ... 103
To Lord Mulgrave, requesting an interview on the subjects depending, 1805, July 31, ... 103
To Lord Mulgrave; requests an explanation of the views or intentions of the British Government in the recent seizure of American vessels, 1805, August 8, ... 104
To Lord Mulgrave, specifying the seizures concerning, which an explanation was requested, and commenting upon the principle of maritime law on which they were founded, 1805, August 12, ... 104
To Lord Mulgrave, accepting an appointment to meet him at the Foreign Office, 1805, August 12, ... 105
To Lord Mulgrave, returning papers not deemed satisfactory, and requesting another interview, 1805, August 16, ... 105
To Mr. Madison that, at an interview with Lord Mulgrave, the ground was maintained by him, that, in time of war, a neutral Power had no right to a commerce with the colonies of an enemy which it had not enjoyed in time of peace, 1805, August 20, ... 105
To Mr. Madison; forwards a letter to Lord Mulgrave, remonstrating against the British seizure of American vessels, 1805, September 25, ... 105
[For Mr. Monroe's remonstrance against the principle interpolated by Great Britain in the law of nations, dated September 23, 1805, see vol. 2, page 734.]
To Mr. Madison; the British Government affords, by its conduct, an implied sanction to the insults and outrages committed by the British naval officers within the ports and harbors of the United States; his efforts to bring the British to a final decision have failed; the seizure of American vessels was, in his opinion, a deliberate act; no prospect of adjusting the questions concerning impressments, commerce, &c.; conjectures as to the policy of Great Britain to profit by circumstances, and to cripple and crush the commerce of the United States; an inquiry into the policy of the United States; recommends cotemporaneous resistance against Great Britain and Spain, 1805, October 18, ... 106
To Mr. Madison; transmitting a letter from Lord Mulgrave, 1805, November 26, ... 108
To Mr. Madison; the state of Europe; political anticipations; the bold and hazardous policy of the Emperor of France; whether he will be wise enough to secure the power which victories may place in his hands; the favorable position of the United States in relation to Great Britain and France; her friendship important to both Powers, while neither can essentially injure her, 1805, December 11, ... 109
To Mr. Madison; he is still kept in uncertainty; the friendly professions of Great Britain ebb and flow with her prosperous or adverse circumstances; the extent to which she carries her maritime pretensions; the war; no decisive action between France and the allies; the present and prospective political state of Europe; the struggles of France, and the true parties to the war; an examination of the political elements of the Bonapartean dynasty; motives for foreign war; the issue doubtful; advantages of each contrasted; the proper attitude of the United States; the British ministry still silent and reserved; and no prospect of a change of policy, 1805, December 23, ... 109
To Mr. Madison, death of Mr. Pitt; Mr. Fox to be appointed to the Foreign Department; the prospect brightens; he proposed to persevere in his efforts, and remain, for a time, in England, 1806, January 28, ... 111
To Mr. Madison; installation of the new ministers; a total change in the ministry; his first conversation with Mr. Fox affords ground for favorable anticipations, 1806, February 12, ... 112
To Mr. Madison; transmits his note to Mr. Fox; advises perseverance, for the present, in a conciliatory course, 1806, Feb. 28, ... 113
To Mr. Fox; reviewing the several topics depending between the two Governments, viz: neutral commercial rights; impressments; boundary; and recent seizures; refers to his notes to which no conclusive answer had been given; and to the present state of the negotiation; and requests a communication indicating the intentions of the British Government, 1806, Feb. 25, ... 113
To Mr. Madison; continuing to receive only general and vague promises, he advises a coercive attitude, 1806, March 31, ... 115
To Mr. Madison; that he has made a formal demand upon the British Government for the suspension of condemnations of American vessels, 1806, April 3, ... 115
To Mr. Fox; encloses a copy of "the Examination of the British Doctrine;" and, anticipating a favorable termination of the negotiation, submits whether it would not be expedient to suspend the seizure and condemnation of American vessels on the ground that a neutral trade is not lawful in war, which has not been enjoyed in time of peace, 1806, March 31, ... 116
To Mr. Madison; that, in a conversation with Mr. Fox, assurances were given that the seizure and condemnation of American vessels would be suspended; and a prospect was held out that the principle upon which they had been made would be abandoned, 1806, April 18, ... 116
To Mr. Madison; that an interview with Mr. Fox, the 19th April, he renewed the assurances respecting the seizure and condemnation of American vessels; expressed liberal sentiments in relation to the West India trade; and promised to give, in a letter, an exposition of the views of Government, 1806, April 20, ... 117
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To Mr. Madison; at another interview with Mr. Fox, a disposition was still manifested to concede the carrying trade to the United States, though no definitive order, respecting seizures, was issued; Mr. Fox was apparently restricted by the opinion of his colleagues, 1806, April 28, ... 117
To Mr. Fox; transmitting an official document exhibiting the manner of paying duties in the United States on merchandise exported, 1806, April 26, ... 118
To Mr. Madison; that, after ineffectual attempts to obtain an interview with Mr. Fox, he received from him an official note, stating that certain ports are in a state of rigorous blockade, and abandoning the principle on which former seizures of American vessels had been made; information had been received of the passage of the non-importation act, 1806, May 17, ... 124
To Mr. Madison; that he is confirmed in his opinion that Mr. Fox's note of 16th May was intended to authorize the colonial trade; the act of Congress, prohibiting the importation of British manufactures, was not expected to have an injurious effect on the negotiation, 1806, May 20, ... 125
To Mr. Madison; information received of the appointment of Mr. Pinkney; negotiation suspended; the non-importation act objected to by Mr. Fox, explained by Mr. Monroe, and not likely to occasion serious dissatisfaction; Miranda's expedition, 1806, June 9, ... 126
To Mr. Fox; respecting a proposed interview, 1806, June 23, ... 128
To Mr. Fox; that Mr. Pinkney has arrived at London; his presentation is requested, 1806, June 27, ... 129
To Sir F. Vincent; that Mr. Fox's illness is considered a. sufficient reason for the delay in presenting Mr. Pinkney, 1806 June 27, ... 129
To Lord Spencer; stating his readiness to attend, at the time designated, for the purpose of being presented with Mr. Pinkney, 1806, July 21, ... 130
To Lord Howick; that they have accepted Lord Spencer s invitation to present Mr. Pinkney and himself to the King, 1806, July 21, ... 130
To Lord Grenville, requesting an interview, 1806, August 2, ... 131
To Mr. Madison; that Lord Auckland and Lord Holland had been appointed to carry on the negotiation with them; favorable expressions of the former; Mr. Erskine will soon sail for the United States as the successor of Mr. Merry, 1806, August 15, ... 132
To Mr. Madison; they state the result of three conferences with the British negotiators, in which all their expressions were conciliatory, but nothing definitive settled or proposed; the American ministers vindicate the pacific character of the act prohibiting the importation of certain articles of British manufacture, and suggest, to their own Government, the expediency of suspending its operation, 1806, September 11, ... 133
To Lord Holland and Lord Auckland, respecting a proposed conference, 1806, ... 135, 136, 137
Enclosing a copy of an act of Congress, prohibiting the importation of British manufactures, 1806, ... 136
That they will transmit their note, in relation to the proposed suspension of the act interdicting importations to their Government; and expressing their hope of a favorable termination of the negotiation, 1806, ... 136
Their project, respecting impressed American seamen, ... 137
To Mr. Madison, Secretary of State; details of the negotiation since their last letter, (Sept. 11,) what passed at different conferences; the question of impressment the main obstacle; the views and claims of each Government; propositions of the negotiators; the difference irreconcilable; and, on that account, the negotiation was arrested; the negotiation continued by waiving this subject, 1806, November 11, ... 137
That they have concluded a treaty with the British commissioners on all the points of the negotiation, 1806, December 27, ... 141
Transmitting the treaty concluded with Great Britain, and explanatory of its several provisions, 1807, January 3, ... 142
To Lord Howick; transmitting a copy of their note to Lord Holland and Lord Auckland, on the subject of certain American claims and prize causes, 1806, August 20, ... 156
To Lord Holland and Lord Auckland; setting forth the grounds upon which citizens of the United States claim indemnity for the illegal seizure of their ships and merchandise by British cruisers, and the condemnation of the same by the admiralty courts of Great Britain, in violation of the principles of maritime law conceded as obligatory by the ministers of Great Britain, 1806, August 20, ... 156
To Mr. Madison; proceedings subsequent to the 3d of January; understanding on the subjects of impressment and indemnity; change of ministry; their measures upon receiving the despatch of February 3; conference with Mr. Canning; information of the rejection of the treaty; the subject postponed until more precise information should be received, 1807, April 22, ... 160
To the Secretary of State; detailing the negotiations which had taken place on a supplemental convention relating to the Northern boundary; the trade with Canada; the navigation of the Mississippi; and ad valorem duties; project of the British commissioners; comments on the same; interruption of the negotiation by a change of ministry, 1807, April 25, ... 162
To Mr. Canning; acknowledging his note, which gave the information of the aggression upon
the Chesapeake, 1807, July 27, ... 187
To Mr. Canning; referring to the circumstances connected with the affair of the Chesapeake; and calling upon the British Government for a disavowal of the act, and the punishment of the officer, 1807, July 29, ... 187
To the Secretary of State; transmitting further correspondence with Mr. Canning, relating to the affair of the Chesapeake, 1807, August 14, ... 188
To Mr. Canning; that he has received no information from his Government which enables him to communicate the information requested in his note of August 8, 1807, 1807, August 9, ... 189
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To Mr. Canning; communicating, by order of his Government, the circumstances connected with the attack upon the United States frigate Chesapeake, enforcing the propriety of suitable reparation, and enlarging on the right of American seamen to protection against impressment, 1807, September 7, ... 189
To Mr. Canning; requesting an interview, 1807, September 9, ... 191
To the Secretary of State; communicating the result of his demand of reparation, from the British Government, for the aggression committed by the hostile attack upon the Chesapeake; an objection is interposed to an immediate compliance, produced by the President's proclamation; and the transfer of the negotiation to the United States, 1807, October 10, ... 191, 192
To Mr. Canning; giving unequivocal assurances that the interdiction of British ships of war, from the ports of the United States, would not apply to one bearing a public minister, 1807, October 23, ... 193
To the Secretary of State; recapitulating the transactions of the joint mission, from the arrival of Mr. Purviance to the suspension produced by the attack upon the Chesapeake; a note presented to the British Government, detailing, the alterations in the rejected treaty which would meet the views of the President of the United States, 1807, October 10, ... 193
To Mr. Madison; further conferences with Mr. Canning; opinions expressed that the British Government would not abandon the practice of impressment and the right of search, 1807, October 29, ... 96
To Mr. Canning; stating the grounds of the opinion which they had expressed, that the declaration made by the British negotiators at the time of signing the treaty of 1807, was not applicable to the existing state of things, and, therefore, need not be insisted on, 1807, October 18, ... 198
To Mr. Canning; declining, in pursuance of his instructions, to separate the question of impressment from that of reparation for the attack on the Chesapeake; expressing his acquiescence in the transfer of the negotiation to the United States; and giving explanations on the subject of the President's proclamation of July 2, 1807, 1809, September 29, ... 201
To Mr. Canning; requesting to be informed as to the extent of subjects intended to be confided to the new minister to the United States, 1807, October 9, ... 202
To Mr. Russell; transmits the President's message; the orders in council regarded as war on the commerce of the United States; the abandonment of commerce, and resistance, the alternatives now presented, 1811, November, 27, ... 423
To Mr. Foster, acknowledging Mr. Foster's letter of the 2d July, and expressing the satisfaction with which the President would meet a disposition, on the part of his royal highness, to cultivate friendship between the United States and Great Britain, 1811, July 6, ... 437
To Mr. Foster; requesting an explanation of the precise extent in which a repeal of the French decrees is made a condition of the revocation of the British orders, 1811, July 15, ... 438
To Mr. Foster; expresses the disappointment of the American Government at the tenor of his note of July 3; replies to the arguments he had urged in vindication of the orders in council; examines the principle of retaliation upon the enemy, operating only on neutrals; shows that the orders want the characteristics of a retaliatory measure, and operate more extensively than the plea; observations on the transit duty, and its effect on neutrals; traces the progressive steps taken by Great Britain, France, and the United States; justifies the principle of the non-importation act, and the subsequent discrimination in favor of France; adverts to the claim of Great Britain, to the freedom of the continental commerce, either as applied to the admission of British manufactures or of American products; Mr. Foster's declaration respecting blockades is satisfactory, 1811, July 23, ... 439
To Mr. Foster; stating, (in reply to his inquiry,) that France, having accepted a proposition made equally to Great Britain and France, had obtained an exemption from the nonimportation act; that Great Britain has it, also, in her power, by doing an act of justice, to obtain the same exemption, 1811, July, 26, ... 442
To Mr. Foster; notices Mr. Foster's complaint that his remonstrance against the continuance of the President's proclamation, and his demand of the repeal of the non-importation act had not been answered; exhibits the character of this demand; and asserts that a sufficient reply was given by showing the injustice of the pretext on which the orders first rested, the still greater injustice of maintaining the orders when that pretext had failed, and that a more specific and argumentative reply would not have comported with national honor; the ground assumed by Great Britain, with regard to the claim of admission into France of British manufactures and neutral products, is examined; what is the extent of the just demands of the United States on France; the legality of the blockade of May, 1806, considered; former negotiations, involving the legitimate principles of blockades, received; adverts again to the concession by Mr. Foster on the subject of blockade, 1811, October 1, ... 445
To Mr. Foster; communicating two letters from the American charge at Paris to the American charge at London, with the correspondence between the latter and Lord Wellesley, 1811, October 17, ... 446
To Mr. Foster; that the assurance contained in his last note, that it was not his intention to depart from the respectful intercourse which was commonly observed by diplomatic faunctionaries, was received with satisfaction; that the regret with which he learns that the evidence furnished Lord Wellesley, by the American charge, of the repeal of the decrees, has produced no additional instruction from his Government, is increased at perceiving that it has had no effect upon the sentiments expressed by Mr. Foster himself, who still adheres to the pretension that British manufactures, when neutralized, must be admitted into the ports of France, 1811, October 29, ... 450
To Mr. Foster; that his recent communication affords only new proofs of a determination in Great Britain to adhere to her system; he replies to Mr. Fosters explanatory statements; meets the facts and arguments which had been urged to prove the existence of the French decrees; and, finally, considers the subordinate questions, thus raised, as merged in the broad pretension of Great Britain requiring the performance of a new condition by France, to which the United States, in their neutral character, have no claim, and which they could not demand without departing from their neutrality, 1812, January 14, ... 452
To Mr. Foster; that the President has received, with satisfaction, the disavowal contained in his communication of 28th December, of any agency of the British Government in the late hostile measures of the Indian tribes against the United States, 1812, January 9, ... 453
To Mr. Foster; that the British seamen, whose restoration was reclaimed, have had no encouragement from the constituted authorities of the United States to desert; and that a
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list of the American seamen impressed into British service will be transmitted to him, for the purpose of obtaining his proffered aid in effecting their liberation, 1812, May 30, ... 454
To Mr. Foster; that the despatch of Lord Castlereagh, having been communicated to him officially, for the purpose of being submitted to the President, cannot be considered as confidential; but if Mr. F. is still unwilling to enter into any explanation of Lord Castlereagh's despatch, he ... [Mr. F.] can have no objection to inform him ... [Mr. Monroe] whether, in his own letter, the repeal of the French decrees, which Mr. Foster intimated was required by Great Britain, included that the decrees should be rescinded as to other nations as well as to the United States, 1812, June 4, ... 460
To Mr. Foster; replies to his two notes transmitting the report of the Duke of Bassano, and the declaration of the Prince Regent; reviews the principles assumed in each of these papers; justifies the position taken by the United States in the maritime conflict between France and Great Britain; and regrets the painful embarrassment to which Mr. Foster was subjected by his ... [Mr. M.'s] desire to know the whole extent of the demands of Great Britain, 1812, June 4, ... 461
To Mr. Foster; on the subject of the British seamen, alleged to have deserted from the British service, or to be then employed in that of the United States; showing that there is no analogy between the impressment of American seamen, by Great Britain, and the employment in the United States of seamen who may have emigrated from Great Britain, 1812, June 8, 10, ... 464, 468
To Mr. Foster; acknowledging his letter disclaiming any agency on the part of Great Britain in the hostile movements of the American Indians; and transmitting opposing evidence, tending to implicate the agents of Great Britain, 1812, June 10, ... 464
To Mr. Foster; concerning William Bowman, a British seaman, 1812, June 10, ... 468
To Mr. Foster; he notices the remarks of Mr. Foster, that some of his notes had been left unanswered; points out the inconsistency of requiring additional evidence of the repeal by France of her decrees; and, at the same time, declaring that the evidence, if given, would produce no change in the measures of Great Britain, states again the ground which he supposes to be assumed by Great Britain; expresses his apprehension that that ground precludes the possibility of a happy termination of existing differences; but still invites from Mr. Foster any authorized propositions having that object in view, 1812, June 13, ... 469
[Relating to the engagement between the President and the Little Belt.]
To Mr. Morier, chargé d'affaires of Great Britain, acknowledging his communication relating to the encounter between his Britannic Majesty's sloop of war Little Belt; and reciprocating the desire to make it the subject of mutual and friendly explanations, 1811, June 28, ... 471
To Mr. Foster; that no order had been issued by the American Government to authorize the recovery, by force, of impressed American seamen from any British ship of war. He expresses regret at the unfortunate result attending the rencounter between the Little Belt and President, 1811, July 16, ... 472
To Mr. Foster; renews the declaration of the 16th July, that no instruction had been given to take any seamen from on board a British ship of war, nor any order whatever of a hostile nature; states the cause of not replying to his demand of reparation, and adverts to the conflicting statements of the several commanders, and to a remark of Mr. Foster respecting the case of the Chesapeake, 1811, September 14. ... 476
To Mr. Foster; transmitting a copy of the proceedings of a court of inquiry, held on the conduct of Commodore Rodgers, by which it appears that the aggression commenced on the part of Captain Bingham, of the Little Belt, 1811, October 11, ... 476
[Relating to the attack upon the frigate Chesapeake.]
To Mr. Foster; that he is ready to receive the terms of reparation for the attack upon the Chesapeake, which Mr. Foster has been authorized by his Government to propose, 1811, October 31, ... 499
Accepts the tendered reparation, 1811, November 12, ... 500
[Relating to the occupation of Florida.]
To Mr. Foster, (in reply to his protest against the occupation of Florida;) adverts to the claims against Spain for spoliations; the title of the United States to West Florida, as a part of Louisiana; the desire of the United States to purchase the rights of Spain, evinced by an abortive negotiation; the inability of Spain to maintain her authority in Florida; the insurrections which ensued; and infers an imperious necessity upon the United States to take possession of the territory for the purpose of preventing their own rights from being cancelled, 1811, September 5, ... 543
To Mr. Foster; reviews the policy of the United States in relation to East Florida; that that province has been regarded by Spain and the United States as the only means of discharging the claims of the United States against Spain for spoliations on their commerce, and for other wrongs; that, not being insensible to the events passing in Europe, they cannot see this province of Spain in the possession of another power with indifference; and that a failure to secure their own rights, peace, and safety, would be unjust and dishonorable, 1811, November 2, ... 544
To General George Matthews and Colonel John McKee, commissioners on the part of the United States, instructing them to take possession of the Floridas, in the cases provided for by the act of Congress; that, if the Governor of East Florida desires to surrender it to the United States in trust for Spain, or if the country is in danger of falling into the possession of a third power, they are to take possession: forcible means are only to be used in the latter alternative, 1811, January 26, ... 572
To General Matthews, disapproving his measures in relation to East Florida, and revoking his authority, 1812, April 4, ... 572
To D. B. Mitchell, Governor of Georgia, appointing him commissioner instead of General Matthews, to take possession of East Florida in certain contingencies, and giving him instructions for his government, 1812, April 10, ... 572
To D. B. Mitchell, giving him further instructions for his government in the execution of his trust to take possession of Florida, 1812, May 27, ... 573
To Mr. Barlow, (appointed minister to France;) he is instructed to urge the adjustment of claims growing out of the arrangement for the repeal of the decrees, and founded on injuries upon the high seas and French ports; the act of May, 1810; the declaration of France accepting its terms; the proclamation by the President of its enforcement against Great Britain, and the subsequent captures, seizures, and detentions by France, are reviewed: the claims under the Bayonne and Rambouillet decrees, are also considered: a commercial treaty, upon liberal principles, will demand his attention; upon this point the existing regulations, onerous duties, the license system, consular certificates, and exports from France in specific articles, threatening the destruction of commerce with the United States, are examined, 1811, July 26, ... 517
To Mr. Barlow; transmits the President's message at the commencement of the session; comments upon it; embarrassments in councils of the United States, produced by the equivocal conduct of France; a sketch of the policy which France owes to herself and to the
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United States, in relation to prohibitory measures, to prevent unjust seizures; the suppression of maritime abuses by the continental Powers under the control of France; a full indemnity for spoliations; and the restoration of an unrestricted and mutually beneficial commerce: adverts to the adjustment of the affair of the Chesapeake, and to the provisional occupation of Florida by the United States, 1811, November 21, ... 513
To Mr. Barlow; the Wasp has brought his despatches; the procrastination of France on the subject of indemnities, and the further wrongs committed, are commented on; his conduct in relation to the decree of 28th April, is approved, 1812, July 14, ... 617
To Mr. Russell, (making advances to Great Britain for the restoration of peace;) that war has been declared; the necessity for doing it; peace, nevertheless, desired; causes of complaint--blockades, orders, impressment: terms upon which a pacific arrangement may be formed, 1812, June 26, ... 585
To Mr. Russell; communicating the terms upon which an armistice may be agreed upon, 1812, June 26, ... 586
To Mr. Russell; adverts to his previous letters authorizing him to conclude an armistice; to the information communicated by the British chargé, Mr. Baker, to Mr. Graham; to suggestions by Mr. Foster; and to a proposition by the Governor of Canada to General Dearborn, to suspend offensive operations by land: he states the reasons by which the President is induced to decline the proposed arrangement. 1812, August 21, ... 587
To Admiral Warren; that his proposition for an armistice, on the ground of the conditional repeal of the orders in council, have been submitted to the President; instructions having been previously forwarded to Mr. Russell to propose the cessation of hostilities on terms honorable to both nations, Admiral Warren is informed of the tenor of these propositions, and that, if duly authorized by his Government, an armistice will be agreed to by the President, predicated upon them, 1812, October 27, ... 596
To Admiral Warren; that the cause of complaint against Commodore Rodgers, for taking twelve British seamen from the English cartel, and detaining them as hostages, will be inquired into; it is the desire of the President to prosecute the war with the utmost regard to humanity, 1812, October 28, ... 598
To Lord Castlereagh; that, although the President regrets the rejection by Great Britain, of the mediation proposed by Russia, he yet accepts the overture, for a direct negotiation with the United States, communicated by Lord Castlereagh, 1814, January 5, ... 622
To Mr. Daschkoff; acceping the proffered mediation of Russia, for the restoration of peace, and the adjustment of differences with Great Britain 1813, March 11, ... 624
To John Quincy Adams, Minister Plenipotentiary to Russia; informing him of the fact that war had been declared against Great Britain; that this measure was rendered unavoidable by the unjust adherence of Great Britain to her commercial restrictions; and that it need not affect the relations between the United States and Russia; the affairs with France are unsettled, 1812, July 1, ... 625
To Admiral Warren; that ten British seamen, held as hostages, have been liberated for the five Americans restored; the sixth American being unaccounted for, two British hostages are still retained, 1813, April 16, ... 633
To Admiral Cochrane; that his letter of 18th August, threatening the devastation of the assailable towns and districts of the United States, on the plea of retaliation, has been received; he shows that this plea has no foundation, because the facts alleged for its excuse, occurred subsequent to the time when the greatest barbaraties had been committed. The principles by which the American Government has been influenced, and the magnanimous conduct of the American army, are contrasted with the spirit avowed, and the system pursued,by the British forces, 1814, September 6, ... 693
To the Plenipotentiaries of the United States appointed under the mediation of Russia, for treating of peace with Great Britain; the mediation of Russia having been accepted, their commission is enclosed; the causes of the war; impressment of American seamen and illegal blockades; the war will cease when the rights of the United States are duly respected: in relation to impressments, the claims of the United States; and the objects of Great Britain are considered, and a proposal is presented by which both may be attained; the different alternatives offered for choice; the abstract right of impressment; the abuses committed in its name, and the consequences which would follow their toleration, are elaborately examined; the law of blockade; the colonial carrying trade; the seizures of innocent merchandise on the pretense of being contraband; the maritime rights of neutrals, and the conditions on which they are authorized to conclude a peace, are the principal remaining topics of these instructions, 1813, April 15, ... 695, 700
To the plenipotentiaries of the United States; giving further explanations and instructions respecting blockades, impressment, and the Northeast boundary of the United States, 1813, June 23, ... 700
To the American plenipotentaries; no intelligence has been received from them; capture of General Proctor's baggage; the British influence over the Indians, exerted for hostile purposes, has, by that event, been ascertained, 1814, January 1, ... 701
To the American plenipotentiaries; that, in consequence of the British Government having declined the mediation of Russia, and proposed to treat directly, a new commission will issue, and additional commissioners will be appointed; instructions,to them on taking leave of the Russian Government, 1814, January 8, ... 701
To the American negociators, appointed to negociate directly with Great Britain; refers for their guidance to former instructions; enforces the claim of the United States to an exemption from impressment; and urges the expediency of a precise definition of blockade; he also shows the propriety of making indemnities for the destruction of property contrary to the laws and usages of war; and the deportation of negroes; conditions of peace, 1814, January 28, ... 701
To the American plenipotentiaries; bringing to their view another claim for indemnity, 1814, January 30, ... 702
To the American plenipotentiaries; suggesting a general stipulation that, in regard to neutral rights, the United States shall be entitled to the benefit of subsequent stipulations in favor of any other power, 1814, February 10, ... 703
To the American plenipotentiaries; the interests of the United States identified with those of other neutral powers; the object of Great Britain in declining the mediation of Russia, 1814, February 14, ... 703
To the American plenipotentiaries; desires to be informed, as soon as practicable, of the state and prospects of the negotiation, 1814, March 21, ... 703
To the American plenipotentiaries; no information yet received from the joint mission; the position, policy, and determination of the United States; the recent events in Europe; their powers are enlarged on the subject of impressment and commerce; projet of an article embracing these subjects; the right to the fisheries must not, under any circumstances, be impaired, 1814, June 25, ... 703, 704
To the American plenipotentiaries; further instructions respecting impressment; the selection of the place at which the negotiation may be conducted is left to their discretion, 1814, January 27, ... 704
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To Colonel Lear; appointed to negotiate an exchange of prisoners of war with Sir George Prevost; on the basis of a mutual exchange of prisoners, without distinction of hostages, 1814, June 27, ... 727
To the American plenipotentiaries; reminding them of the post at the mouth of the Columbian river, which is not to be relinquished by any new boundary, 1814, March 22, ... 731
To the American plenipotentiaries; their dispatches by the John Adams have been received and printed; the British pretensions unite all parties in the support of the war; the status ante bellum, may be made the basis of a treaty, 1814, October 19, ... 732
To Mr. Smith; notices the delay in answering his note of December 15, and again requests the desired explanations, 1810, December 22, ... 400
To Mr. Monroe; enclosing an official letter from the captain of the British ship Little Belt, to Rear Admiral Sawyer, containing an account of an engagement between that ship and the American frigate President; and he expressess the hope of an amicable arrangement of the question growing out of that affair, 1811, June 26, ... 471
To Mr. Monroe; that he is not aware of the seizures of American vessels to which Mr. M. referred; and asks a specification of the case referred to, 1805, August 9, ... 104
Appointing a time for an interview, 1805, August 12, ... 105
To Mr., Monroe; that the subject of his remonstrance; and his official notes having been referred to the proper persons for the ascertainment of facts, a conclusive answer has been deferred until their report, 1805, November 25, ... 108
An inquiry how far authorized by the Governments of Europe, ... 631
Its gradual augmentation recommended, ... 731
Decree of Spain restricting, ... 6
To expect the same treatment from France, which they permit or endure from England, 1796, July 2, ... 287
On board enemy vessels may be treated as pirates, 1799, October 29, ... 287
Vessels of, from England, prohibited from entering a French port, under penalty of confiscation, 1806, November 21, ... 290
Ships of, who shall have submitted to the right of search, declared English property, and good prize, 1807, December 17, ... 290
Rights of, declared by the Emperor of France to partake of sovereignty, and to be indefeasible, 1809, ... 325
The British system of monopoly, opposed to the rights of, ... 406
Neutrality--Of vessel and cargo; regulations of Russia to establish the proof; and providing, in certain cases, for their confiscation, 1809, May 14, ... 327
To the Secretary of State; that he is desired by Mr. Jackson to say that the American Government having declined to receive his communications, because he stated facts, and adhered to them, he would await in New York, the arrival of his majesty's commands, 1809, November 13, ... 319
Of the Secretary of War, on the same subjects, ... 579
Of the Secretary of the Navy, ... 580
Of the Attorney General, on the extent of the belligerent right of capture; the duty imposed upon a neutral in cases of recapture; and the proper legal provision for the reciprocal restoration of deserters, ... 580
Mr. Pinkney's remarks upon that measure, in an interview with Mr. Canning, ... 203--4--5
Review of, and means of resistance, by a committee of the Senate, 1808, April 16, ... 220
Suspending export duties, 1808, ... 240
Modifying previous blockading orders, 1809, April 26, ... 241
Report of a committee of the House of Representatives on the principles and operations of the British orders in council and the French decrees, 1808, November 22, ... 259
And decrees of the belligerent Powers of Europe, since 1791, affecting the commercial rights of the United, States communicated, ... 262
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Exempting from capture and condemnation American vessels departing from the United States under the faith of the provincial agreement made by Mr. Erskine, 1809, May 24, ... 302
A review by the President of the United States, of their principles, operation, and the conditions on which only, they will be withdrawn, 1812, June 1, ... 406
Their obligatory force, as legal enactments, declarative of the written law of nations; their retaliatory character; the evidence which must be given of their repeal; and in what cases their repeal may be presumed; considered by Sir William Scott, the case of the Fox, ... 417, 421
Prescribing the conditions upon which former orders will be revoked, by virtue of this order, 1812, April 21, ... 431
Declaring the orders in council, of January 7, 1807, and April 26, 1809, revoked, so far as may regard American vessels and their cargoes, being American property, 1812, June 23, ... 433
Overture for, proposed by Great Britain, ... 621
Negotiations for, commenced with apparently little prospect of success, ... 695
The conditions on which peace may be agreed to, set forth in the instructions of the Secretary of State to the American plenipotentiaries, 1813, April 15, ... 700
Between the United States and Great Britain, restored, ... 730
Treaty of, ... 745
To Mr. King; stating the case of four impressed seamen, and requesting the renewal of his efforts to obtain a remedy against these increasing acts of violence, 1796, September 10, ... 575
To Mr. King; that Swedes, Danes, Portuguese, and even Frenchmen, are impressed by British naval officers from American vessels; that the abuse is obvious, and that some remedy is anxiously desired by the President. 1796, October 26, ... 575
To Silas Talbot, United States agent for the liberation of impressed seamen; requesting the proofs, in a particular case, that proper representations may be made to the British Government, 1797, August 15, ... 575
To R. King; approving Mr. King's reasoning, in his letter to the British minister, on the subject of impressment; and showing the obstacles encountered by the American agent for impressed seamen; the refusal of British naval officers to obey the writ of habeas corpus; and the view in which the measures of Great Britain are regarded by the American Government, 1797, October 3, ... 575
To the President of the United States; communicating a note of the British minister, $(Mr. Liston,$) on the subject of a practice of American masters and supercargoes, to rescue, by force or fraud, vessels sent in for trial by the commanders of British ships of war; and Mr. Liston's project of a treaty for the reciprocal delivery of deserters, 1800, February 20, ... 576
To Mr. Liston; in reply to his note claiming the restoration of American vessels, sent in for trial by British cruisers as prize, and recaptured by their masters and supercargoes; and proposing a treaty stipulation for the reciprocal delivery of deserters from the naval and military service of Great Britain and the United States, 1800, May 3, ... 577
Impressments are continued; he has little hope of an effectual preventive during the present generation; the result of his conferences, 1793, March 13, ... 581
Letters from, in connexion with Mr. Monroe--See Monroe and Pinkney, ... 193
To Mr. Madison, Secretary of State, enclosing a copy of the British orders in council, of November 10, 1807; an interview requested with Mr. Canning on the subject. The injurious effect of that measure upon the commerce of the United States, and its palpable violation of their neutral rights, enforced by Mr. Pinkney; remarks upon the operation and construction of the French decree of November 1807; that Mr. Rose was restricted to the affairs of the Chesapeake, 1807, November 23, ... 203
To Mr. Madison; that Mr. Canning expressed his satisfaction at the explanation which Mr. Pinckney had given of the object of the American Government in laying the embargo, 1808, January 26, ... 206
To Mr. Madison; communicates the result of an interview with Mr. Canning, on a proposed prohibitory duty on cotton, intended for re-exportation to the Continent, 1808, February 2, ... 207
To Mr. Madison; further remarks upon the legislative measure contemplated by the British Government, to prevent the exportation of American cotton to the Continent of Europe, 1808, February 23, ... 208
To Mr. Canning; acknowledges his letter of February 22, 1808, relating to the re-exportation of cotton; and declaring his intention to communicate the same to his Government, 1808, February 23, ... 209
Appointed minister to Great Britain, 1808, ... 221
To Mr. Madison; his conference with the British minister; his sentiments and expressions; British blockade of Copenhagen, 1808, May 9, ... 223
To Mr. Madison; that he has received Mr. Madison's letter of 4th April; remarks upon the documents thereby communicated; an interview desired with the British minister; his desire to co-operate with his Government, 1808, May 9, ... 223
To Mr. Madison; an interview with Mr. Canning; details will be given; a disposition manifested to make reparation for the attack upon the Chesapeake, 1808, June 29, ... 223
To Mr. Madison; stating the substance of what took place at two interviews with Mr. Canning, on the subject of an intimation that the President, agreeably to a power vested in him by law, would suspend the embargo act, as relates to Great Britain, upon the rescinding of her orders in council; a note, stating that proposition, is required by Mr. Canning; a preliminary condition suggested by Mr. Pinkney; inferences and consequences from this turn in the negotiation, 1808, August 4, ... 225
To Mr. Madison; transmits his note to Mr. Canning of the 23d August, and communicates the views with which it was framed. In presenting it, the instructions, under which it was prepared, were read to Mr. Canning, and verbal explanations were given, 1808, September 6, ... 227
To Mr. Canning; adverts to the injurious operation of the British orders in council; to the former remonstrances of the American Government against them, and the benefits which would result to Great Britain from their revocation; and proposes that, in the event of their repeal, the commercial intercourse between Great Britain and the United States shall be restored, 1808, August 23, ... 228
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To Mr. Madison; transmitting a note received from Mr. Canning in reply to Mr. Pinkney's proposition of 23d August, with a copy of a paper accompanying Mr. Canning's note, purporting to be the substance of what passed at the official interviews between Mr. Canning and Mr. Pinkney, 1808, September 24, ... 230
To Mr. Canning; acknowledging the receipt of his letter of 23d September, 1808, and of the substance of what occurred at two previous interviews; to which he proposes to reply more particularly thereafter, 1808, September 24, ... 232
To Mr. Madison; enclosing a copy of his reply to Mr. Canning's letter of 23d September, 1808, October 11, ... 233
To Mr. Canning; explaining some particulars and expressions which Mr. Canning appears to have misconceived in his statement of the "substance of what had passed" at the official interviews between Mr. Canning and himself; and recapitulating with some minuteness the "explanations" with which Mr. Pinkney had accompanied his verbal proposal, 1808, October 11, ... 233
To Mr. Canning; in reply to Mr. Canning's letter of November 22, respecting the proposal made by Mr. Pinkney, in pursuance of his instructions to repeal the embargo, as to Great Britain, upon the rescinding of the British orders, 1808, November 28, ... 239
To Mr. Canning; acknowledging his letter communicating an order in council, suspending the export duties, in certain cases; and expressing the belief that the United States desired the repeal, not simply the modification, of the British commercial restrictions, 1808, December 28, ... 240
To Mr. Madison; transmitting a copy of a notification of a British blockade, 1809, March 10, ... 240
To Mr. Smith, Secretary of State; that, in conformity with his letter of the 15th March, he has had two conferences with Mr. Canning; the new order in council was read to him, but was received with comment, 1809, May 1, ... 240
To the Secretary of State; relating the substance of a conversation with Mr. Canning, indicating a change in the policy of Great Britain, and the willingness of Mr. Canning to enter into an arrangement similar to that afterwards concluded by Mr. Erskine, 1809, January 22, ... 299
To Mr. Smith; that, in a conference with Mr. Canning, he called Mr. Canning's attention to the 11th section of the non-intercourse law, which makes provision for its revocation in favor of the power who shall rescind its edicts; and made such explanations as appeared expedient, 1809, May 1, ... 301
To Mr. Canning; acknowledging the receipt of Mr. Canning's communication of 27th May, and expressing his regret that the conduct of the British minister, in concluding the provisional agreement, had been disapproved, and that the agreement had been cancelled, 1809, May 29, ... 302
To Mr. Smith, Secretary of State, explaining the expectations of the British Government, in consequence of the conversations of Mr. Erskine with the leading members of the American Government, reported by him, and referred to in one of Mr. Pinkney's former letters, 1809, June 6 & 9, ... 303
To Mr. Smith; states the substance of what transpired at an interview with Mr. Canning, on the several conditions, upon complying with which Mr. Erskine had been authorized to conclude a provisional agreement for the partial revocation of the British orders, 1809, June 23, ... 303
To the Secretary of State; that, in consequence of a letter from Mr. Armstrong, he has inquired of Lord Wellesley whether certain blockades are in force; to which inquiry he expects to receive a satisfactory reply, 1810, February 28, ... 323
To Mr. Smith; he has inquired of Lord Wellesley what blockades are in force against France, prior to January 7, 1807; the reasons for ascertaining this fact in the mode pursued; the answers are not sufficiently explicit; explanations have been desired, 1810, February 19, ... 349
To Lord Wellesley, inquiring whether any blockades, instituted by Great Britain against France before the 1st of January, 1807, are understood to be in force, particularly the one declared in May, 1806, from Elbe to Brest, 1810, February 15, ... 350
To Lord Wellesley, requesting to be informed whether certain inferences, touching the blockades in force, deduced from Lord W.'s reply to Mr. Pinkney's note of February 15, are correct, 1810, March 7, ... 350
To Mr. Smith; transmitting a notification of the blockade of the coasts and ports of Spain, from Gijon to the French territory, 1810, February 20, ... 351
To Mr. Smith; acknowledges his letters of 11th, 14th, and 23d of April; that, besides verbal explanations, by repeated conferences, he has addressed a note to Lord Wellesley, on the correspondence and negotiations of their minister, F. J. Jackson, with the American Government, and has communicated the request for Mr. Jackson's recall, 1810, March 21, ... 351
To Lord Wellesley; that he has been instructed to request the recall of Mr. Jackson; recapitulation of the proceedings; the expectations arising from Mr. Erskine's arrangement; disappointment at the result; Mr. Jackson's arrival, and friendly reception; his verbal conferences, tending to no result; proposed substitution of written correspondence; the tone of his reply, and his reluctant acquiescence; an examination of his subsequent conduct, and his repeated imputations upon the honor and sincerity of the American Government--all showing that his language was unjustifiable; that another organ of the British Government had become indispensable; and that the alternative adopted was mild and forbearing, 1810, January 2, ... 352
To Lord Wellesley; acknowledging his note of March 14, in reply to his of January 2, 1810, March 17, ... 356
To Mr. Smith; transmitting Lord Wellesley's reply to his letter of 7th March, respecting the blockades then in force 1810, March 27, ... 356
To mr. Armstrong; relative to the information received from the British Government respecting blockades by Great Britain anterior to the Berlin decree; that it was his intention to endeavor to obtain a formal revocation, 1810, April 6, ... 356
To Mr. Smith; that his letters of 20th January, and 16th February, giving him power to resume negotiations with Great Britain, have been received; that an interview has accordingly taken place; and that he and Lord Wellesley will proceed at once to the affair of the Chesapeake, 1810, April 8, ... 356
To Lord Wellesley; that he is authorized to adjust the affair of the Chesapeake, 1810, April, ... 357
To Mr. Smith; that he proposes to apprize the British Government of the conditions on which the Berlin decree would be recalled, and to request a precise declaration on the subject of the blockades, 1810, May 2, ... 357
To Lord Wellesley; stating that France has declared that the only condition required for the revocation of the Berlin decree, is, the revocation of the previous blockades by Great Britain; and asking whether there exists any objection, either to a revocation, or to a declaration of their being no longer in force, 1810, April 30, ... 357
To Mr. Smith; communicating a copy of his letter to Lord Wellesley concerning the forgery of American ships' papers in England, 1810, May 3, ... 358
To Lord Wellington; calling his attention to the systematic forgery in England of American ships' papers, for the purpose of giving to English ships the character of American bottoms, 1810 May 3, ... 358
To Mr. Smith; transmitting a communication of Lord W., stating the partial relaxation of the blockade of Spanish ports, 1810, May 18, ... 358
To Mr. Smith; no answer has yet been received in relation to the blockade; an overture is daily expected from Lord Wellesley on the subject of the Chesapeake; the terms which may be offered, 1810, June 13, ... 359
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To Lord Wellesley; recalling his attention to his letter of 30th April, respecting the British blockades of France anterior to the Berlin decree, and expressing the hope that he (Mr. P.) will be enabled to make a favorable communication to his Government, 1810, June 23, ... 359
To Mr. Smith; the instructions of 23d May have been received. The silence still maintained respecting the blockades. He states, with some confidence, that it is not the determination of the British Government to be represented in the United States by a chargé d'affaires; that a minister will soon be appointed, and that no obstacle will prevent the adjustment of the Chesapeake affair, if the punishment of the officer shall not be made a sine qua non, 1810, July 1, ... 360
To Mr. Smith; transmits a letter from Lord Wellesley, declarative of the intention of the British Government to appoint a minister to the United States in the stead of Mr. Jackson; he thinks the Chesapeake affair will soon be brought to a conclusion, 1810, July 23, ... 363
To Lord Wellesley; requesting to be informed as to the intention of the British Government to send a minister to the United States, as the successor of Mr. Jackson, 1810, July 7, ... 363
To Mr. Smith; his note of 30th April (respecting blockading orders in force) still remaining unanswered, he has addressed another to Lord Wellesley, of which he transmits a copy; the backwardness of the British Government to conclude an arrangement on the subject of the Chesapeake, substantially agreed to in verbal conferences, excites surprise; the terms of that agreement; he cannot say who the new minister will be, 1810, August 14, ... 363
To Mr. Smith; enclosing the Times newspaper, containing a copy of the French decree of the 5th August, and a letter from the French minister to Mr. Armstrong, 1810, August 18, ... 364
To Mr. Smith; transmitting a communication from Mr. Armstrong, announcing the revocation of the Berlin and Milan decrees, 1810, August 21, ... 364
To Mr. Smith; transmitting a copy of his note to Lord Wellesley, in reply to his notification of the blockade of Corfu, 1810, August 24, ... 365
To Lord Wellesley; acknowledging the receipt of the official notification of the blockade of Corfu; stating the light in which it will be viewed--as a friendly premonition, imposing, of itself, no legal restraint; and suggesting the essential requisites of a legal blockade, 1810, August 21, ... 365
To Lord Wellesley; communicating the official notification of the French Minister to Mr. Armstrong of the revocation of the decrees of Berlin and Milan, and expressing his confident expectation that the orders in council will also be revoked, 1810, August 25, ... 365
To Mr. Smith; in a conversation with Lord Wellesley, he (Mr. P.) was promised an immediate attention to his note of 25th August; he also stated that the affair of the Chesapeake would be settled to his satisfaction, and that he believed he would recommend the appointment of a minister to the United States in a week or two, 1810, August 29, ... 366
To Mr. Smith; transmitting Lord Wellesley's answer to his note of 25th August, respecting the revocation by France of her decrees, 1810, September 3, ... 366
To Mr. Armstrong; communicating the terms with which Great Britain has met the revocation by France of her decrees; the revocation by France being absolute in terms, and prospective in effect, Great Britain renews her declaration, that, when the revocation takes effect, her orders shall cease; explanations and information are desired from Mr. Armstrong, 1810, September 3, ... 366
To Mr. Smith; that, notwithstanding the repeal of the decrees by France, and the consequent declaration by Great Britain, he intends to execute his instructions respecting the blockades, agreeably to Mr. Smith's letters of the 2d and 5th July, 1810, September 4, ... 367
To Mr. Smith; explanatory of the blockade of the "canal of Corfu," 1810, September 7, ... 367
To Mr. Smith; transmitting his letter to Lord Wellesley respecting the stoppage of American vessels attempting to pass the sound, 1810, September 15, ... 367
To Lord Wellesley; communicating an original protest of the master of the American ship Alert, showing the irregular stoppage of American vessels navigating the sound, and the forcible impressment of American seamen by the commander of the Africa, 1810, September 15, ... 367
To Lord Wellesley; recapitulating the substance of three unanswered notes of 30th April, 23d June, and 8th August, in reference to the British blockades still in force; expressing the sentiments of the American Government on the subject of nominal blockades, unsupported by actual force; referring to the authority of Great Britain against her present practice; transmitting an act of Congress concerning commercial intercourse; and stating that the annulment of the blockade of May, 1806, will be expected by the American Government, as well as the revocation of the British orders in council, 1810, September 21, ... 368
To Mr. Smith; transmitting the reply of Lord Wellesley in the case of the ship Alert; that the question must be left to the court of admiralty, and that the blockade of Elsinore did not extend to the sound, 1810, September 28, ... 368
To Mr. Smith; that he has been informed by Lord Wellesley that vessels navigating the sound are not liable to arrest unless bound to Elsinore, 1810, October 3, ... 369
To Mr. Smith; that, finding, after the repeal of the French decrees took effect, (November 1,) that no indications were given by the British Government to comply with the declaration that the British orders should then cease to operate, he transmitted a note to Lord Wellesley on the subject; he has little expectation from the British Government, 1810, November 5, ... 372
To Lord Wellesley; recapitulates what had passed on the subject of the decrees and orders; adverts to the repeal by France, to take effect the 1st November, and to the consequent declaration of the British Government; shows the dangers of uncertainty to the floating commerce of the United States, and requests the decision of the British Government whether its orders are to fall with the decrees or not, 1810, November 3, ... 373
To Mr. Smith; states his intentions, in case of an unfavorable reply from Lord Wellesley to his note of the 5th; and that, in the event of the assurances, already given in relation to the appointment of a minister, shall not be acted on within a limited time, he will terminate his functions. 1810, November 7, ... 373
To Mr. Smith; exhibits the actual state of the negotiations; explains the considerations by which he has been governed; and indicates the course which, in conformity with his instructions, he intends to pursue, 1810, November 14, ... 374
To Mr. Smith; that he will soon present his third letter to Lord Wellesley on the orders and decrees, 1810, November 19, ... 375
To Mr. Smith; that an American vessel (the Fox) has been seized, as prize, by the King's ship Amethyst, for an imputed attempt to enter Cherbourg, in France, 1810, November 21, ... 375
To Mr. Smith; that he has received from Lord Wellesley a note respecting the repeal of the French decrees; that conferences ensued; that, at one of them, the usual assurances were voluntarily repeated respecting the appointment of a minister, and the adjustment, through him, of the affairs of the Chesapeake; that his verbal remarks at one conference have been reduced to writing at the request of Lord Wellesley; and that a firm tone is now necessary, 1810, December 14, ... 376
To Lord Wellesley; representing the case of the ship Fox, and requesting her liberation, on the ground of the promised repeal of the orders in council, 1810, December 8, ... 376
To Lord Wellesley; communicating in writing, agreeably to Lord W.'s request, the substance of his verbal communication at a previous conference; general reflections on the state of the negotiation, and the continued silence of Lord Wellesley; the doubts of Lord Wellesley as to the repeal by France examined; the evidence of that repeal, positive and negative, adduced; whether the repeal was originally absolute or conditional, is considered; the obligation which rests upon Great Britain to repeal her orders deduced
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from abstract principles; the removal of the grounds upon which alone they were defended, and the declaration that, if France repealed, Great Britain would; the position and rights of the United States illustrated, and a protest entered against the tardy and reluctant justice of Great Britain, 1810, December 10, ... 376
To Mr. Armstrong; he expects soon to receive from the British Government the result of his application, which, without longer detaining the corvette, he will forward by Mr. Lee, 1810, March 23, ... 383
To Mr. Armstrong; that, in reply to his inquiries, he is informed by Lord Wellesley that the blockade of May, 1806, has never been formally withdrawn; that it is comprehended in the more comprehensive order of January 7, 1817; and that the blockade of Venice, of 27th July, 1806, remains in force, 1810, March 27, ... 383
To Mr. Armstrong; remarks upon the British declaration respecting the existence of the blockades; suggests doubts of its sufficiency to effect Mr. Armstrong's object; and will endeavor to obtain a more formal revocation of the blockades, or at least a declaration that they are not in force, 1810, April 6, ... 383
To Mr. Russell, (chargé of the United States in Paris,) requesting the best evidence in his power to furnish of the actual repeal by France of her decrees, or of the practical operation of that repeal, 1810, October 7, ... 389
To Mr. Smith; that his letter of 15th November was received the 5th January; that, having received a letter from Lord W., on the subject of the orders and blockades, he prepared a reply, which he transmits; the hostile disposition of the existing Government of Great Britain; expresses his satisfaction at receiving instructions to terminate his mission, and will return in the Essex, 1810, January 17, ... 408
To Lord Wellesley, in reply to his letter of December 29; defends the introduction of the topics objected to by Lord W.; considers the tone of his letter of 10th December as moderate contrasted with the aggravated oppressions which his country had endured; examines the reasons assigned for still refusing to repeal the orders when their original pretext was removed; disconnects the claims of France from those of the United States; reviews the American principles of blockade; and maintains the justice of the claim to a repeal of the order not only on principles of public law, but from the fulfilment of the condition upon which the repeal had been pledged, 1810, January 14, ... 409
To Lord Wellesley; that the omission by Great Britain to be represented in the United States by a minister plenipotentiary, makes it his duty, in pursuance of instructions, to return to the United States, after the appointment of a proper person as Chargé. He proposes, therefore, to take his leave, and to depart in the Essex, 1811, January 7, 14, ... 411
To Lord Wellesley; represents the case of two American vessels, laden with codfish, and brought in as prize, for an alleged violation of the orders in council, 1811, January 15, ... 412
To Mr. Smith; enclosing a letter from Lord Wellesley, in reply to Mr. Pinkney's, of January 14, 1811, February 11, ... 412
To Lord Wellesley; acknowledges his letter of the 11th February; and terminates his correspondence, 1811, February 13, ... 412
To Mr. Smith; transmitting two letters of Lord Wellesley on the subject of appointing Mr. Foster as minister plenipotentiary to the United States, 1811, February 16, ... 412,
To Lord Wellesley; requesting to be informed of the time when he may be favored with his audience of leave, 1811, February 13, ... 413
To the Secretary of State; his reply to Lord Wellesley; that his stay will depend on a change of relations; the ascertainment of that point the object of his note, 1811, February 18, ... 414
To Lord Wellesley; that, before replying to his official note, he requests explanations whether he may infer, from the appointment of Mr. Foster, that it is the intention of the British Government to seek immediately the adjustments desired; and whether the orders will be relinquished, the blockade of May, 1806, annulled, the Chesapeake affair arranged, and measures taken to preserve friendship? 1811, February 17, ... 414
To Mr. Smith; transmits Lord Wellesley's letter in reply to his note of 17th February; that, whilst declaring the determination to persist in the orders, it furnishes no evidence of a change of policy; nothing remains but to resist with spirit; he will press for his audience, 1811, February 24, ... 414
To Lord Wellesley; requests his audience of leave the 28th February, 1811, February 23, ... 415
To Mr. Smith; that he had obtained his audience, and, in his address on the occasion, stated the reasons which had made it necessary; he is informed that Mr. Foster would be sent immediately, 1811, March 1, ... 415
To Mr. Smith; transmitting Mr. Russell's communications to him of 1st, 11th, 30th and 30th December 1811, May 7, ... 416
Responsible to the people of the United States through the House of Representatives, ... 618
His conduct, in relation to foreign Powers, approved by a committee of the House of Representatives, 1813, July 13, ... 618
Declines a conference with a committee of the Senate, 1813, July 6, ... 619
And Senate, co-ordinate and independent, in treaties and appointments to office, ... 620
To Thomas Barclay, British agent for prisoners of war; transmitting a copy of a despatch from Earl Bathurst, in pursuance of which forty-six American officers are confined as hostages, 1813, October 27, ... 637
To Major General Wilkinson; that, whilst regretting to see the determination evinced by the American Government, he had directed all the American officers on parole to be put in close confinement; and that the same course will be observed towards their future prisoners, 1813, December 11, ... 637
Exchanged; taken by Commodore Rodgers from the English cartel, and detained in the frigate President as hostages, ... 598
American; documents relating to six, sent to Jamaica for trial, and subsequently restored, ... 633--4
American; documents relating to twenty-three, sent to England for trial; twenty-two of whom were subsequently restored, ... 634, 644
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Documents relating to Wm. Nicholls, commander of the private armed ship Decatur, for whose safety British hostages were taken, ... 646, 652
Against whom crimes are alleged; how far amenable to the laws of the country in which the crimes are committed, ... 647, 648
Correspondence between Mr. Mason and Mr. Barclay, relating to a number of Americans--soldiers and seamen--confined in dungeons, cells, and prison ships, at Halifax, or transported to England; and the retaliatory measures resorted to by the respective Governments, 1813-- ... 14, 652, 669
J. Swanton, taken, and retaliatory measures for his restoration, ... 671
Certain British, discharged, ... 681
Specific grounds of complaint for the treatment of American, 1814, January 19, ... 681--3
American, compelled to work British transports to England, ... 683
Of war; impressed American seamen held by Great Britain in the state of, ... 686--7
Of war; a mutual exchange of, agreed to, 1814, July 16, ... 728
1814, August 12, ... 730
Mutually restored by the treaty of peace, article 3, ... 746
Regulations by Denmark concerning, 1807, ... 327
Of Denmark, depredate on American property, ... 329
By the King of Great Britain; prohibiting English seamen from serving in foreign States, 1807, ... 25
Of the President of the United States; restoring the commercial intercourse with Great Britain, suspended by the embargo and non-intercourse acts, upon the assurance that the orders in council would be rescinded as to the United States, 1809, April 19, ... 297
Reviving the provisions of the non-intercourse act, 1809, August 9, ... 304
Restoring the commercial intercourse with France, in consequence of her alleged revocation of the Berlin and Milan decrees, 1810, November 2, ... 392
For taking possession of West Florida, subject to future negotiation; and setting forth the reasons which justify this measure, 1810, October 27, ... 397
Of the British Lieutenant Governor of Bermuda; authorizing a trade to be carried on, by American citizens and the British West Indies, in time of war, 1812, October 26, ... 607
Of two American Generals, disapproved and disavowed by the American Government, ... 719
Of Admiral Cochrane; exciting a portion of the population of the United States to treachery and rebellion, under the promise of military employment, or free settlement in the West Indies, adverted to, ... 719
Of a supplemental convention, presented by the British commissioners, relating to the Northern boundary; the trade between the United States and Canada; and with the respective Indian tribes, 1807, ... 164
Of a treaty of peace, made by the ministers of the United States, with the alterations proposed by the plenipotentiaries of Great Britain, ... 735
Of a conference held the 10th December, 1814, ... 743
Of a conference held the 12th December, 1814, ... 743
Of a conference, at which it was agreed to meet again to sign the treaty, ... 745
Destined for an enemy port, subjected to arrest by a decree of France, 1793, May 9, ... 284
Letter of the Secretary of State, to Mr. Liston, concerning, ... 577
Opinion of the Secretary of the Treasury, thereupon, ... 578
Opinion of the Secretary of War, on the subject, ... 579
Opinion of the Secretary of the Navy, ... 580
Opinion of the Attorney General thereon, ... 580
Of a committee, on the petition of thirty-six American citizens, who, having been seduced to engage in Miranda's unlawful expedition against the Spanish provinces, and captured by Spanish schooners, pray that the Government of the United States may interpose for their liberation from the vaults of Carthagena, ... 256, 259
Of a committee of the House of Representatives, on the principles and operation of the orders in council of Great Britain, and the decrees of France, subjecting the ships and cargoes of American citizens to capture and condemnation, in violation of treaties, and the law of nations, 1808, November 22, ... 259
Of a committee, (Senate,) on the expediency of excluding foreign armed vessels from the ports and harbors of the United States, 1808, June 23, ... 297
Of the French Minister of Foreign Relations, to the Emperor of France, on the restrictive systems of France and Great Britain, 1812, March 10, ... 457
Of a committee, on the aggressions committed by Great Britain and France, and especially, the wrongs of Great Britain; and recommending vigorous warlike defensive measures, 1811, November 29, ... 537
Of the Secretary of State; that the Department of State is in possession of the name of no person who has countenanced the project or views of John Henry, 1812, March 12, ... 555
Of a committee of the House of Representatives, stating the causes which justify a declaration of war against Great Britain, and recommending an immediate appeal to arms, 1812, June 3, ... 567
Of the Secretary of State, showing the seizures, captures, and condemnations of American vessels and merchandise, under the authority of the Governments of Europe, 1812, July 6, ... 583
Of the Secretary of State; relating to native American seamen, detained after the war, in the British service; to naturalized British seamen sent to Jamaica to be tried for their lives; and to native Americans, who, having married in Great Britain, were, for that cause, claimed as British seamen, ... 597, 602
Of a committee on the existing relations with Great Britain; recommending the passage of a law for the regulation of seamen on board the public vessels and merchant service of the United States, 1813, January 29, ... 604
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Of a committee (H. R.,) on the conduct of the Executive towards France and Great Britain, 1813, July 13, ... 618
Of the Secretary of State; concerning a letter of the French minister ... [Turreau,] not received by the American Government, and withdrawn by him, 1814, January 19, ... 628
Of a committee of Foreign Relations; recommending the removal of restrictions upon commerce, with powers in amity with the United States, 1814, March 31, ... 629
Of the Secretary of State; on the measures taken by Great Britain to punish, as traitors, the naturalized citizens of the United States taken in arms; and the preventive retaliatory measures adopted by the United States, 1814, April 14, ... 630
Of a committee; recommending war with Algiers, 1814, ... 748, 749
Of a committee; on the alleged departures from the rules of civilized warfare with which the troops of the United States were charged, ... 752
By France, upon the trade of the United States, ... 402
Measures of, contemplated by the detention of hostages, ... 598, 599
Documents showing the measures of necessary retaliation forced upon the United States by Great Britain, in order to protect their captive citizens from short allowances, cruel imprisonments, transportation to England, and capital punishments for pretended crimes, ... 630 to 684
Letter of J. Mason, to the Secretary of State, classifying the cases in which a recourse to the principles of retaliation was ordered by the American Government, showing the spirit in which the war was waged by the enemy, and detailing the treatment experienced by the respective prisoners, 1814, April 13, ... 632
The settled principles of the American Government on the subject of, announced, 1813, November 23, ... 660
Severe measures of, threatened by Admiral Cochrane, 1814, September 6, ... 693
Measures of, resorted to by the British commander-in-chief, in devastating the Niagara frontier, ... 752
Transmits to his Government a statement of the circumstances attending the rencounter with the Little Belt, ... 497
To the Secretary of the Navy; transmits the muster books of his Britannic Majesty's vessels Moselle and Sappho, showing the proportion of American seamen seamen on board these vessels; from which may be inferred the extent of British impressments of American seamen, 1813, January 14, ... 602, 691
To Mr. Madison; reviewing the facts preceding the attack on the Chesapeake; the grounds upon which the American Government had declined to rescind the proclamation; examining that act either as a measure of hostility or precaution; and declaring that the decision of the American Government, in relation to the proclamation, must preclude the offer of reparation, and terminate his mission, 1808, March 17, ... 217
To Mr. Erving; that no change can be made in the ordnance, which declares good prize neutral vessels making use of British convoy; that the rule in the ordnance will be followed, in clear cases, by the prize courts; and that Mr. R. discovers, with pain, that Mr. Erving had remonstrated against sentences definitively pronounced, 1811, July 9, ... 529
To Mr. Erving, that he has communicated to the royal chancery the facts and arguments furnished by Mr. Erving's note of 17th June; and he expresses the wish that the vessels referred to by Mr. Erving would be excepted from the operation of the general rule, 1811, July 27, ... 558
To Mr. Pinkney; acknowledging his letters of 7th and 28th October; no further evidence has been given of the repeal of the decrees, additional to the declaration of the 5th August, except the non-execution of the same for one month, since the repeal was to take effect, the ultimate proceedings of Great Britain and the United States are impatiently looked for by France, 1810, December 1, ... 390
To Mr. Smith; that the Essex frigate was then quarantined at L'Orient, and the New Orleans Packet had been seized at Bordeaux under the decrees of Berlin and Milan; his remonstrance on that occasion, 1810, December 11, ... 390
To Mr. Champagny, (Duke de Cadore;) that, notwithstanding the declared repeal of the Berlin and Milan decrees, on the 1st November, the New Orleans Packet, an American brig, laden with the bona fide property of American citizens, has been seized at Bordeaux for an alleged violation of those very decrees; the winter quarantine of the Essex frigate is also noticed; a prompt and efficient corrective is expected, 1810, December 10, ... 391
To Mr. Pinkney; no event has occurred in France to vary the construction given to the positive assurance, by the Duke of Cadore, that the French decrees were revoked; they have not been executed for one entire month; grounds of expectation from England, 1810, December 1, ... 416
To Mr. Pinkney; he comments on the distrust of the sincerity of France manifested by Great Britain, and on the position of Great Britain, should the Essex bring the President's proclamation, and the repeal become absolute, 1810, December 11, ... 416
To Mr. Pinkney; that the cases of American vessels, to which Mr. P. had alluded, will furnish no ground for an inference in favor of, or against, the repeal of the British edict; he has, since his last letter, learned the capture of two or three American vessels; but abuses of this kind are distinct from the operation of the decrees, 1810, December 27, ... 417
To Mr. Pinkney; that the American schooner Grace Ann Greene has been released; she had come within the decrees; and her release, therefore, is conclusive of their revocation, 1810, December 30, ... 417
To Mr. Smith; that he had communicated to the Duke de Cadore the contents of his letter, of 8th November, respecting the powers given by the Government of France to their consuls in the United States, 1811, January 16, ... 501
To the Duke de Cadore; that the municipal authority given to the French consuls to issue licenses to certain vessels to export specified productions, is not authorized by treaty or usage, and confers upon them powers which the Government of the United States itself cannot grant, 1811, January 19, ... 501
To Mr. Smith; transmitting a letter from the Secretary of Foreign Affairs of France in relation to the license trade and the consular superintendence, 1811, January 21, ... 501
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To Mr. Smith, American chargé at London, enclosing a copy of a letter from the Duke of Bassano, accompanied by a list of American vessels admitted by order of the Emperor; by which it appears that the vessels of the United States are specially exempted from the operation of the Berlin and Milan decrees, 1811, May 10, ... 502
To Mr. Smith, Secretary of State, enclosing a copy of his letter to the American chargé at London, 1811, May 27, ... 502
To the Secretary of State; stating the case of the Orleans Packet; the measures which he took to obtain her liberation; and of the result which tended to show the revocation of the French decrees, 1811, June 9, ... 502
To the Duke of Bassano; representing the tendency of the regulation, requiring two-thirds of the amount of every cargo exported from France to consist of silks, as destructive of the commerce now carried on with0 France, 1811, June 10, ... 508
To Mr. Smith, chargé in London; that, to his knowledge, no instance had occurred of the enforcement of the French decrees against American property since the date of their repeal; the liberation of the Grace Ann Greene and the New Orleans Packet afford a sufficient proof of their actual repeal, 1811, July 5, ... 422, 427
To Mr. Smith; furnishes, in addition to previous instances, the corroborative cases of the Two Brothers, Good Intent, and Star, to show the actual repeal of the French decrees; the application of the decrees, in their municipal character, to English merchandise, is not a just ground of complaint by the United States; summary of the proof of the non-existence of the decrees, 1811, July 14, ... 492, 447
To Mr. Monroe; enclosing his letter to the Duke of Bassano claiming the release of twenty-three American seamen who had been pressed into the French service, 1811, July 14, ... 503
To the Duke of Bassano; that he has been informed that twenty-three American seamen have been pressed into the French service at Dantzic and other places on the Baltic. He requests an inquiry into facts, and the release of the men, 1811, July 8, ... 504
To the Secretary of State, transmitting his correspondence with the French minister relating to the capture of American vessels; and communicating his reason for detaining the John Adams in order to learn the determination of the French Government in regard to them, 1811, July 15, ... 504
To the Secretary of State; refers to a former letter transmitting a list of the vessels, the admission of whose cargoes had been authorized by the Emperor; makes explanations concerning particular vessels, and states that no vessel captured since the 1st of November, has been released or had a trial, 1811, May 8, ... 506
To the Duke of Bassano; communicating a list of American vessels captured since the 1st of November, and requesting the release of such as were bound to the United States, the ports of France, or the ports of her allies, 1811, May 6, 11, ... 506, 507
To the Duke of Bassano; wishing the case of the Good Intent to be decided specially by the Emperor, or to be placed on the general list of American captures, 1811, June 2, ... 507
To the Duke of Bassano; stating the case of the Friendship, whose cargo had not been admitted; he is not aware of any cause for excepting that vessel from the general regulation, 1811, May 18, ... 507
Chargé at London, to Mr. Monroe, Secretary of State; he has reached London; his presentation to the Prince Regent uncertain, 1811, November 22, ... 423
To Mr. Monroe; no intelligence from Mr. Barlow; a change of measures improbable, 1811, December 23, ... 423
To Mr. Monroe; his despatches have been received by the Hornet; Mr. Tayloe will be detained until the opening of Parliament, 1812, January 10, ... 424
To Mr. Monroe; no communication has been received from the British Government; no disposition is evinced to repeal the orders; and no probability exists of a change of councils, 1812, January 14, ... 424
To Mr. Monroe; another American vessel, the Female, has been condemned for a violation of the orders; according to the judgment of Sir Wm. Scott, the repeal of the French decrees could only be proved by the declaration of the British Government, 1811, January 22, ... 424
To the Secretary of State; he has received no communication from Washington or Paris since the return of the Hornet, the 14th instant, 1812, January 25, ... 424
To the Secretary of State; his communication of December 22 has been received; the British Government presume on the supposed weakness and divisions of the United States, 1812, February 3, ... 424
To the Secretary of State; he encloses a letter received from Mr. Barlow, and one addressed to Lord Wellesley predicated on it, 1812, February 9, ... 425
To Lord Wellesley; transmitting a letter received by him from Mr. Barlow, American minister in Paris, communicating the cases of American vessels, which, not having been molested in France, after touching in England, prove that the decrees are no longer enforced, 1812, February 8, ... 425
To Mr. Monroe; the late changes in the ministry will probably produce no favorable change of measures in relation to the United States, 1812, February 21, ... 425
To Mr. Monroe; transmitting a letter from the Earl of Liverpool relating to an alleged British subject detained on board the Hornet, 1812, February 22, ... 426
To the Earl of Liverpool; that the United States' sloop of war Hornet having left Cowes, he presumes a more particular reply to his note concerning William Bowman, is rendered unnecessary, 1812, February 21, ... 426
To the Secretary of State; communicating remarks of Mr. Rose, Mr. Perceval, and others, in Parliament, showing that the orders in council were maintained to promote the trade of England at the expense of neutrals; and that war could no longer be honorably avoided by the United States, 1812, March 4, ... 427
To the Secretary of State; that since his letter of the 4th of March, communicating the substance of a debate in Parliament, showing the determination of the British Government to adhere to her orders in council, no favorable change had taken place, 1812, March 9, ... 427
To the Secretary of State; no alteration has taken place in the policy of Great Britain, 1812, March 28, ... 427
To the Secretary of State; nothing important has occurred, 1812, April 9, ... 427
To the Secretary of State; transmitting a note from Lord Castlereagh, accompanied by a declaration by Great Britain of her maritime rights, and a new order in council, 1812, April 26, & May 2, ... 429, 431
To Lord Castlereagh; that he has received his note, which accompanied a declaration and an order in council; these measures, he is concerned to perceive, evince an unwavering determination to adhere to a system which violates, essentially, the rights of the United States; that the United States have no authority to inquire into the conduct of France towards other Powers; by insisting upon the restoration, by France, of the freedom of commerce, as regards other Powers as well as the United States, as a condition for the repeal of her orders, Great Britain virtually requires from the United States the performance of an impossibility; the grounds upon which the British system is defended; the reality of the repeal of the French decrees, as it regards the United States; and the expectation of the American Government that Great Britain would at least proceed, as far as France had proceeded, in liberating American commerce from unjust restriction, are once more urged upon the British minister, 1812, April 25, ... 427
To Mr. Monroe; transmitting his note to Lord Castlereagh, of May 20, covering the French decree of revocation, of April 28, 1811, and two letters of the French ministers, of December 25, 1810, 1812, May 25, ... 432
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To the Secretary of State; transmitting a British order in council, of June 23, 1812, revoking the orders of 1807 and 1809; two notes from Lord Castlereagh, and his reply, 1812, June 26, ... 432
To Lord Castlereagh; he acknowledges the receipt of Lord Castlereagh's note, transmitting the British revoking order, and reciprocates the hope expressed by Lord Castlereagh, that, as explained, it will accelerate a good understanding between Great Britain and the United States, 1812, June 26, ... 434
To the Secretary of State; transmitting a note from Lord Castlereagh, and his reply, concerning the blockade of 1806, 1812, July 2, ... 434
To Lord Castlereagh; acknowledging the receipt of Lord C.'s note of 29th June, 1812, July 1, ... 434
To Mr. Monroe, Secretary of State; that the terms proposed by the United States for a suspension of hostilities, have been rejected by Great Britain; he encloses his correspondence with Lord Castlereagh, 1812, September 1, ... 588
To Lord Castlereagh; stating the terms of a proposed armistice, viz: a repeal of the orders, and that no illegal blockades he substituted; impressed seamen to be restored; impressment to be discontinued; and that arrangements shall be entered on for the conclusion of a treaty on the points in controversy; indemnities expected, 1812, August 24, ... 589
To Lord Castlereagh; his regret at the rejection of the terms proposed; signifies his intention to embark; requests passports; and designates an agent for American prisoners of war, 1812, September 1, ... 590
To Mr. Monroe; intimates his contemplated proceedings before his departure from London, 1812, September 3, ... 590
To Mr. Monroe; his further propositions, contained in his letter of July 27, have been received, communicated to the British Government, and rejected, 1812, September 19, ... 590
To Lord Castlereagh; submitting further propositions, in compliance with more recent instructions, 1812, September 12, ... 591
To Mr. Hamilton; limits his stay to the 20th September, 1812, September 16, ... 592
To Mr. Monroe; encloses his reply to Lord Castlereagh's note of September 18, 1812, September 19, ... 592
To Lord Castlereagh; pointing out the substantial difference between his first and second propositions, and repelling the imputation of attempted disguise, 1812, September 19, ... 592
To Mr. Monroe; that his second proposition for an armistice was rejected, 1812, November 7, ... 593
To Mr. Monroe; transmitting an account of his interview with Lord Castlereagh, referred to in his letter of September 19, 1812, November 16, ... 593
To the Secretary of State; stating the substance of his interview with Lord Castlereagh; and that after a protracted conversation, in which the sufficiency of Mr. Russell's powers; the intrinsic difficulty attending a satisfactory adjustment of the question of impressment; the misapprehension of Mr. King as to the real intentions of the British ministry; and the abortive negotiation of his successor; were the principal topics of discussion--he left him, fully convinced of the predetermination of the British Government to reject, at this time, every overture, 1812, September 17, ... 593
To Mr. Barlow; acknowledging his letter of May 11, and its enclosures; the French decree, of April 28, 1811, had never been communicated to him; he has laid it before the English Government, 1812, May 29, ... 614
To the Secretary of State; communicates an extract from Mr. Barlow's letter to him, of May 11, and states that he had never heard of the French decree, of April 28, 1811, until communicated by Mr. Barlow, 1812, May 30, ... 614
To the Secretary of State; transmitting his letter to Lord Castlereagh, communicating the French decree of April 28, and Lord C.'s reply, 1812, May 25, ... 614
To Lord Castlereagh; communicating the French decree of 28th April, and expressing the hope that no further doubt will be entertained of the revocation of the Berlin and Milan decrees, and that the revocation of the British orders will follow, 1812, May 20, ... 614
To Mr. Monroe; that the assassination of Mr. Perceval has led to a dissolution of his ministry, and may lead to an abandonment of his system as regards the United States; conjectures respecting the formation of a new cabinet, 1812, May 25, ... 614
To Mr. Monroe; the old ministry still retained; the American embargo and non-intercourse severely felt in Great Britain; without that circumstance, no change of ministry would produce a change of measures, 1812, June 18, ... 615
To Mr. Monroe; he transmits a newspaper containing a recent debate in the House of Commons; the orders in council are to be abandoned, whether to be replaced by some other measure equally unjust, remains to be seen, 1812, June 18, ... 615
To Mr. Monroe; communicates the revocation of the British orders in council; this measure, yielded reluctantly, has been extorted by public distress, occasioned by the commercial restrictions of the United States, and was carried in the cabinet by a small majority, 1812, June 30, ... 615
Joint commissioner with J. Q. Adams and others, to treat concerning peace with Great Britain; for letters of, see Adams.
Ukase of, prescribing the ship's papers required to prove the neutrality of vessel and cargo admitted into the ports of Russia; that enemy goods shall be confiscated, the vessel, also, where one-half of the goods are not neutral, 1809, May 14, ... 327
Mediation of, rejected by Great Britain, 1813, November 4, ... 621
Mediation of, papers in relation to, communicated by the President, ... 623
To John Henry, anticipating his return to Canada and welcome reception, 1809, May 1, ... 552
To John Henry; an official letter of recall, 1809, May 4, ... 553
To J. Henry, relating to his claim upon the British Government, 1811, July 2, ... 554
See Stirling.
American, instructions by the Secretary of State against their impressment by Great Britain, ... 81 to 85
American, impressed, projet respecting, submitted to the British Government by Messrs. Monroe and Pinkney, 1806, ... 137
American, impressed, report of the Secretary of State, showing the number liberated and still detained, 1810, April 4, ... 348
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American, in the French service, or taken from captured vessels, discharged, and delivered to an American consul in France, 1811, ... 516
American, documents showing the measures of the American Government to prevent their impressment, 1812, July 6, ... 572
American, impressed into the service of Great Britain, make application for their discharge when war was declared, but were detained or imprisoned, ... 597 to 602
American, in the British service, measures to effect their liberation, ... 599, 600
American, required to prove their nativity previous to their discharge, ... 601
American, in British service, prevented from making known their impressment or detention, except through the British commanders, ... 601
Native American, who had married in Great Britain and received a pension, detained in the British service, 1812, October 21, ... 599
Naturalized and native American, seized, under pretext of being British subjects, to be tried for their lives, ... 596, 598, 599
American, prisoners, part of the crew of the Wasp, are detained on the pretext of being British subjects, 1812, December 17, ... 598
Impressed American, in the British service; document (British) from which the number may be inferred, ... 602
American, bill for the regulation of, on board the public vessels and merchant service of the United States, reported by a committee, 1813, January 29, ... 604
Two American, prisoners of war, returning on parole, detained on the pretext of being British subjects, ... 644 to 646
American, prisoners, treatment of, ... 673, 674
Impressed American, abstract of the alleged causes for detaining them, ... 685
Impressed American, the grounds upon which their discharge, in time of war, is refused, ... 685 to 692
Nineteen impressed American, discharged from the British service, but detained in prison, as prisoners of war, ... 690, 691
The case of James Barfour, an impressed American, discharged from the service, but held a prisoner of war, ... 692
The impressment and naturalization of, proposed for discussion, ... 705, 708
Foreign, message recommending their exclusion from the vessels of the United States, ... 749
Report, on the expediency of restricting the navigation of American vessels to American seamen, 1815, February 28, ... 750
Recalled by Great Britain, from the service of other Powers, 1807, ... 25
British, deserting a British ship in an American port, a note upon the subject by the British minister, 1812, April 15, ... 454
Deserting the British service; applications for their restoration, and remedies suggested for the prevention, ... 454, 459, 464, 576, 581
British; the American Government propose to prohibit their employment, as a consideration for the relinquishment of the practice of impressment, ... 589
British; detained as hostages, 1812, November 4, ... 598--9
British; in foreign countries, proclamation by Great Britain recalling, ... 268
The sale of by a belligerent to a neutral, prohibited by Great Britain, 1807, November 11, ... 270
Neutral, who shall have submitted to the right of search, declared English property, and good prize, 1809, December 17, ... 290
And vessels of the United States in the ports of France, seized by order of the French Government, 1808, April 23, ... 291
And vessels of the United States going to and returning from English ports, declared by France good prize, ... 292
And vessels, foreign armed, within the waters of the United States; circular letters from the Treasury Department to collectors respecting, 1809, ... 339
Papers, pretendedly neutral; an extensive system of forgery practised, 1810, ... 342, 343
By the sale in the West Indies of negroes captured, during the war, by the British forces, ... 750
To Mr. Erskine; the terms of reparation tendered by Mr. Erskine, for the insult and aggression committed by one of the naval officers of Great Britain, in the attack upon the United States' frigate Chesapeake, are accepted, 1809, April 17, ... 295
To Mr. Erskine; that the special envoy, proposed to be sent to the United States to conclude a treaty, will be received with a disposition correspondent with that of His Britannic Majesty; and he is informed that, upon the withdrawal of the orders in council, the non-intercourse act will be suspended as to Great Britain, 1809, April 18, ... 296
To Mr. Erskine; that, in consequence of the assurance that the orders in council would be rescinded by the day specified, the President will issue a proclamation authorizing the renewal of intercourse at the same time, 1809, April 19, ... 296
To Mr. Erskine; stating his satisfaction at receiving his renewed assurance that the British order in council, of April 26th, has no connexion with the recent overtures; and that the terms of the recent adjustment will be fulfilled, 1809, June 15, ... 297
To Mr. Erskine, requesting explanations as to opinions alleged by Mr. Canning to have been expressed by Mr. Smith, and others, in a conversation with Mr. Erskine, and to have been communicated by him to the British Government, 1809, August 9, ... 304
To Mr. Jackson, minister plenipotentiary of Great Britain, stating, as the substance of the verbal declarations of Mr. Jackson, that he (Mr. Jackson) was authorized to make no explanation of the grounds for disavowing Mr. Erskine's arrangement; that reparation for the attack on the Chesapeake would be conditional; and that the revocation of the British orders could only take place upon a formal stipulation, by the United States, that the non-intercourse act would be continued against France; that its provisions should be enforced
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by the British navy; and that the United States would abandon the colonial trade; he requests to be informed whether he had correctly stated the points presented, verbally, by Mr. Jackson; and that, on the present occasion, their discussions should be in the written form, 1809, October 9, ... 308
To Mr. Jackson; that, while Mr. Jackson has specified the reasons assigned by the British Government for disavowing so much of Mr. Erskine's agreement as relates to the orders in council, he has been altogether silent in regard to that part relating to the attack on the Chesapeake; that if a "full power, distinct from the authority of a minister plenipotentiary," was indispensable to the validity of an arrangement on those subjects, by Mr. Erskine, Mr. Jackson has not, himself, presented such a power. He adverts to the repetition of language implying a knowledge, on the part of the United States' Government, that Mr. Erskine had exceeded his instructions, and informs him that such insinuations are inadmissible, 1808, November 1, ... 317
To Mr. Jackson; that the reiteration of his offensive language, charging the Government of the United States with having known that Mr. Erskine, in his late agreement, had departed from his instructions, when informed that the contrary was the fact, makes it necessary to decline receiving from him any further communication, 1809, November 8, ... 318
To Mr. Pinkney; that, instead of the frank explanations, and liberal propositions which the United States had a right to expect from Mr. Jackson, it appeared to be his object to convert the responsibility of his Government, for disavowing the arrangement, into a reproach upon this, for having accepted it; proceeds to examine the grounds assumed for the disavowal; reviews the subjects of the orders and the Chesapeake; shows the injustice of the British demands; the points in controversy between Mr. Jackson and the American Government, and the impropriety of his conduct; and Mr. Pinkney is desired to request his recall, 1809, November 23, ... 319
To Mr. Armstrong; transmitting the recent act of Congress, interdicting commercial intercourse with Great Britain and France, and requesting his particular attention to the eleventh section, which authorizes the renewal of intercourse with the nation which shall withdraw its edicts, 1809, March 15, ... 324
To Mr. Armstrong; the deliberations of Congress are embarrassed by the equal disregard of Great Britain and France to the commercial rights of the United States; explanations are desired from Mr. Champagny, as to the act by Great Britain, which would be such a recall of her proclamation blockades, as to obtain the revocation of the French decrees; what description of blockade the United States would feel herself bound to resist, 1809, December 1, ... 326
To Mr. Pinkney; he is authorized to resume negotiations with the British Government; to give an assurance that the United States are sincerely desirous of a friendly accommodation of all differences; and, as a necessary preparatory measure, to obtain satisfaction for the attack upon the Chesapeake, 1810, January 20, ... 349
To Mr. Pinkney; he is invested with full power to renew negotiations under the commission of 12th May, 1806, 1810, January 20, ... 349
To Mr. Pinkney; inferences from the reply of Lord Wellesley to Mr. Pinkney's note requesting Mr. Jackson's recall, and from his protracted silence on the subject of the blockade; he is instructed to return to the United States, if Great Britain should manifest a settled intention to substitute a Chargé in the United States for a minister plenipotentiary; acts of Congress; he is referred to the discussion with Mr. Rose; and is authorized to conclude an arrangement, relating to the affair of the Chesapeake, conformably thereto, 1810, May 22, ... 358
To Mr. Pinkney; that the President is disappointed and dissatisfied at the abortiveness of the correspondence on the subject of the blockading orders; he is instructed, in the event of an unfavorable reply to his note of 30th April, to represent, in a temperate but explicit manner, the right of the United States to expect the repeal of those orders by which France thinks herself justified in continuing her decrees; the principles of fictitious blockades are examined, 1810, July 2, ... 360
To Mr. Pinkney; an act of Congress having passed, making it the policy of Great Britain and France to repeal their orders and decrees; and France having proposed to repeal her decrees, violating neutral rights, on the condition that the British blockading orders shall be repealed, an opportunity is presented to Great Britain to prove the sincerity of her declarations that she is impelled to these measures by the conduct of the enemy; the extent of the repeal demanded of Great Britain and France; reasons enumerated which ought to incline the former to this policy, 1810, July 5, ... 362
To Mr. Pinkney; transmits duplicates of former despatches; a public vessel despatched for the purpose of learning the ultimate policy of Great Britain and France, previous to the meeting of Congress, 1810, July 17, ... 362
To Mr. Pinkney; reviews the principal topics connected with paper blockades; refers to the principles maintained by the American Government, and to those professed by that of Great Britain; states the course which the United States intend to pursue, should France revoke and Great Britain not; and instructs him, in certain contingencies, to discuss and settle the pending questions, or, in other contingencies, to return to the United States, 1810, October 3, ... 369
To Commodore Preble; on the requisites to a legal blockade, 1804, February 4, ... 372
To Mr. Pinkney; transmitting the President's proclamation, founded on the repeal of the Berlin and Milan decrees; and another proclamation for the occupation of West Florida, 1810, November 2, ... 372
To Mr. Pinkney; that, from a review of the conduct of the British Government in relation to a successor of Mr. Jackson, the President thinks it improper that the United States should be represented by a minister plenipotentiary at London; he is accordingly instructed to terminate his functions, and take leave of absence, 1810, November 15, ... 375
To Mr. Armstrong; general indignation at the French seizure of American vessels; transmits an act concerning the commercial intercourse between the United States and Great Britain and France; an authority is given, in the fourth section, which may test the sincerity of the professions of Great Britain or France; advantages which may accrue to the Power which shall first accept the overture, 1810, June 5, ... 384
To Mr. Armstrong; communicates, for his information, the instructions to Mr. Pinkney, of 2d July, 1810; that concurrent efforts will be used by Mr. Pinkney and Mr. Armstrong, and mutual information given to each other, 1810, July 2, ... 385
To Mr. Armstrong; he expresses the approval of the President of the notice which he took of the seizure and sale, by the Emperor, of American vessels; the considerations which dictated the recent act of Congress; the reasonableness of the overture presented to each power; the measures to be pursued in relation to either, in the event of the one or the other accepting or not accepting the same; are minutely detailed, 1810, July 5, ... 385
To Mr. Armstrong; that the Hornet is despatched for the double purpose of conveying letters from the Department to Messrs. Pinkney and Armstrong, and receiving from them
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full information of the ultimate policy of Great Britain and France, previous to the ensuing session of Congress, 1810, July 17, ... 386
To Mr. Armstrong; containing suggestions intended to remove objections which may be made by the French Government to the liberation of American property sequestered; remarks on the operation of the non-intercourse act, 1810, November 5, ... 390
To W. C. C. Claiborne, Governor of the Orleans Territory; enclosing a proclamation of the President, authorizing the occupation of West Florida; empowering him to carry the same into effect; giving him directions, in the event of hostilities by Spain; and providing for the organization and legal administration of the Territory of Florida, 1810, October 27, ... 396
To D. Holmes, Governor of the Mississippi Territory, in reply to his letter of 17th October, which enclosed a memorial of the Florida convention; that Florida was ceded to the United States as a portion of Louisiana; that their claim to this Territory, though deferred, was never abandoned; that the authority of the convention, to form a compact with the United States, cannot be recognized; and that, in now taking possession of the Territory, the United States will consider the public lands of Florida as a portion of the public domain, held for the common benefit of all the people of the United States, 1810, November 15, ... 398
To Mr. Morier, chargé of Great Britain; that, while on the subject of his note, Spain is the only Power known to the United States, the American functionary at London has been enabled to give to his Government the explanation which may be proper, 1810, December 28, ... 400
To General Turreau; enquiring whether every kind of American produce can be exported to the United States; and at what time the instructions to the consuls of France restricted the isssuing of certificates of origin to the produce of the United States only, 1810, November 28, ... 401
To Mr. Turreau; that while the productions of the United are either prohibited from being imported into France, or subjected to restrictions amounting to prohibition, no practical advantage results to the United States from the repeal of the decrees of Berlin and Milan; that the United States can have no motive to urge upon Great Britain the withdrawal of blockades, so long as French municipal regulations, admitting the vessels, exclude the merchandise, and effectually destroy the trade itself, 1810, December 18, ... 402
To Mr. Armstrong; the negotiation for the purchase of the Floridas will be suspended, 1809, March 15, ... 542
To Lord Wellesley; that all American vessels which voluntarily arrived in France since November 1, have been admitted; a fact which conclusively estab lishes the repeal of the French decrees, 1811, May 11, ... 417
To the Secretary of State, enclosing a copy of his letter to Lord Wellesley, 1811, June 8, ... 420
To Lord Wellesley; communicating an act of Congress renewing certain parts of the non-intercourse act against Great Britain; and expressing his hope that measures, which have been defended only on the principle of retaliation, will now be abandoned, 1811, June 5, ... 420
To the Secretary of State; interview with Lord Wellesley, who requests written communications; explanations given of the non-importation act; inquiries relating to the occupation of Florida; letter from the President to the Prince Regent; how to be disposed of, 1811, June 16, ... 420
To the Secretary of State; enclosing a list of American vessels condemned in England, 1811, July 10, ... 422
To the Secretary of State; that three captured American vessels have been released in France, 1811, July 22, ... 422
To Lord Wellesley; transmitting a letter from the American chargé at Paris, furnishing corroborative evidence of the actual repeal of the French decrees, 1811, July 23, ... 448
To the Secretary of State; transmitting a note from Lord Wellesley, 1811, August 5, ... 422
Imprisons thirty-six Americans, the followers of Miranda, in the vaults of Carthagena, 1809, ... 256
Decrees of, affecting the commercial rights of the United States since 1791, ... 262, 292
Decrees of, similar to the French decrees of Berlin and Milan, ... 293
Exacts a duty on merchandise transported to the territory of the United States through the rivers of Florida, 1810, ... 341
The province of Florida (West) erects herself into an independent State, and applies for admission into the American Union, 1811, ... 394--400
Views of her minister concerning the resources of the United States; their capacity for offensive and defensive war; and the most effectual mode of resisting their pretensions; communicated to the Governor of Caraccas, 1810, ... 404
American provinces of, report of a committee declaring the readiness of the United States to form amicable and commercial relations with, when they shall have attained the condition of independent nations, 1811, December 10, ... 538
Documents connected with the independence of the provinces, and the occupation of West Florida, ... 539 to 544
Documents showing the principles on which the United States take possession of East and West Florida, and the measures adopted, 1811, 1812, ... 571
Upon the commerce of the United States by the belligerents of Europe, ... 583
On the recognition of the independence of certain Spanish provinces, 1811, ... 539
Relating to the disclosures of John Henry, 1812, ... 555
Showing the captures made by the belligerents of American vessels, bound to or from the Baltic, since 1st May, 1811, ... 557
Showing the captures, seizures, and condemnations of American ships and merchandise, under the authority of the Government of Europe, 1812, ... 583
Report of, to the House of Representatives on certain points relating to the French decree of 28th April, 1811, ... 609
Report on a traffic carried on in the West Indies, in negroes captured by the British forces in the war with the United States, 1815, February 28, ... 750
Report of, on the manner in which the war has been waged by the American troops, and in vindication of the aspersions cast upon them, ... 752
For the letters of the Secretary of--See the names of Madison, Smith, Monroe.
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To Mr. Simpson; that, for reasons stated, it is not his intention to bring to trial the six American seamen, who had been sent to the Jamaica station, 1813, March 29, ... 634
Decree of Spain, restricting, ... 6
West India; remarks by Mr. Madison on the principles on which it should be opened, ... 99, 123
Neutral, or carrying, interrupted by British adjudications; case of the Aurora examined, 1805, April 12, ... 101
Colonial, instructions concerning, produced by the seizures and interruptions of Great Britain, 1806, May 17, ... 120
With British colonies and dependencies; observations and instructions concerning, ... 123
West India; the permanent policy of the United States respecting, ... 123
West India; not to be lost sight of, or retarded, by accepting a temporary privilege, ... 123
The minimum condition which the United States should accept, 1806, ... 124
Colonial, how far permitted, in certain ports, declared blockaded, 1806, May 16, ... 125
Colonial, the legality of conceded by the British Government; the compromise on the subject effected by Messrs. Monroe and Pinkney, in their unratified treaty, ... 145
With the Indians; letter of Mr. Madison, transmitting documents on the subject, 1806, 1807, ... 128, 167
East India; discussion of the provisions in the treaty of 1794, concerning; and of the intention and policy of the British Government upon the subject, ... 142
Between the United States and the British possessions in Europe, the provisions of the treaty of 1794, with those agreed upon in 1806, by the commissioners of the United States and Great Britain, contrasted, ... 143
With the West Indies, difficulties which prevented its proper adjustment by Mr. Monroe and Pinkney; although not provided for in the treaty which they formed, the rights of each party are reserved, 1806, ... 143--4
With the British possessions North and East of the United States, not regulated by the treaty which was formed by Messrs. Monroe and Pinkney ... 147
Extra official communication from the British commissioner respecting the trade with Canada, ... 152
With Canada; letter from the American ministers, and further negotiations respecting, 1807, ... 162--3
East India; the prohibition of the indirect trade with British India, to be firmly resisted, ... 166
Neutrals prohibited, by Great Britain, from engaging in any, with France and her allies, or with ports from which Great Britain is excluded, 1807, January 7, ... 267
Between Great Britain and the United States, act of Parliament regulating, ... 283
In English merchandise, forbidden by France, 1806, November 21, ... 290
With Hispaniola, persons engaging in, liable to be put to death, ... 292
To France, in American vessels, restricted by France to merchandise the produce of the United States only, 1810, ... 400
Between the Eastern States and the British West Indies, invited by the British Government in time of war, ... 606, 607
Circulars issued by, at different periods, to enforce the neutral rights of the United States within their own waters, 1809, ... 339
Circular of, communicating the President's proclamation announcing the revocation of the edicts of France, the removal of the commercial restrictions upon the commerce with France, and the admission of French armed vessels into American ports; and declaring that, unless Great Britain shall in like manner revoke her orders, the non-intercourse act will be enforced against her alone, 1810, November 2 ... 392
With Great Britain, formed by Mr. Monroe and Mr. Pinkney, in 1806, but never submitted to the Senate by the President, ... 147
Declaratory note, by the British commissioners, concerning, ... 151
Extra official communication with regard to the Canada trade, ... 152
Instructions by Mr. Madison, relating thereto, 1807, May 20, ... 166
Remarks by Mr. Monroe, in defence and explanation of the same, 1808, ... 173
Convention for the mutual release of prisoners, including hostages, 1814, July 16, ... 728, 730
Projet of one, by the American ministers, with the alterations and additions proposed by the British plenipotentiaries, ... 735
To Mr. Smith; giving the information required concerning the issuing of certificates of origin to American vessels, having cargoes, destined for France, the produce of the United States; and stating that the importation of cotton and tobacco into France was specially prohibited, 1810, December 12, ... 401
To Mr. Smith; that his letter of the 18th instant will be forwarded to the Duke of Cadore; that it is possible he may not have received the last commercial regulations of France; that, although certificates of origin may be delivered to all vessels bound to France, they are applicable only to the products of the United States; and that he is not aware, from any paper in his possession, that the repeal of the decree has been subsequently modified, 1810, December 25, ... 402
To the Secretary of State; notifies the repeal of the Berlin and Milan decrees, and the intention of the Emperor to enforce the continental system against Great Britain, 1811, July 23, ... 500
Report of the Secretary of State, and a statement, by Mr. Graham, concerning one of his letters to Robert Smith, late Secretary of State, which the Secretary directed not to be put on file, 1814, January 18, ... 629
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An estimate of their resources, and form of Government, by Luis de Onis, ... 404
Exhaust the efforts of negotiation with Great Britain, 1811, June 1, ... 405
Neutral, from England, prohibited from entering French ports under penalty of confiscation, 1806, November 21, ... 290
Of the United States, in the ports of France, seized by order of the French Government, 1808, April 23, ... 291
Of the United States going to, and returning from, English ports, declared by France good prize, ... 292
Character of, to be determined by that of the cargo--(Decree of France,) 1798, January 18, ... 288
Foreign armed; report on the expediency of excluding from the ports and harbors of the United States, 1809, June 23, ... 295
Condemned by the Imperial Council of Prizes, at Paris, from 1806 to 1809, ... 334
Foreign armed, within the waters of the United States; circular instructions from the Treasury Department to the collectors respecting, 1809, ... 338
American, condemned by the British Admiralty, 1811, ... 422
American; three released in France, 1811, July 22, ... 422
American, captured by Danish privateers, ... 523, 536
American, and their cargoes, seized, captured, and condemned under the authority of the Governments of Europe, 1812, ... 583
To Mr. Monroe; that the King's absence from town will prevent Mr. Pinkney's presentation until the following Monday, 1806, July 15, ... 129
To Mr. Monroe; deferring to another time, the proposed presentation to the King; and stating that, in the mean time, any communication from him and Mr. Pinkney would receive the same attention as if the ceremony had taken place, July 21, ... 130
To Messrs. Monroe and Pinkney, appointing an interview with Lord Grenville, 1806, August 1, ... 131
With Great Britain, the question of, submitted to Congress by the President of the United States. 1812, ... 405
Against Britain, recommended by a committee of the House of Representatives, 1812, June 3, ... 567
With unmitigated severity, against cities, towns, villages, and inhabitants of the United States, threatened by the British Government in case the retaliatory system shall be persevered in, ... 635
Prisoners of, against whom crimes are alleged; how far amenable to the laws of the country in which the crimes may have been committed, ... 647, 648
Prisoners of, twenty-three American sent to England for trial, ... 632
Prisoners of, six American sent to Jamaica for trial, ... 633, 634
Prisoners of, two detained as British subjects, ... 644, 646
Prisoners of, American; one cruelly treated by Great Britain, ... 646, 652
Its severe and Vandal prosecution threatened by Admiral Cochrane, 1814, September 6, ... 693
The effect of its prosecution upon the United States, ... 699
American prisoners of; two to be confined for one British, ... 653
The number at Halifax, ... 653
Sixteen cast into dungeons at Halifax, ... 653, 655
Fifty-nine soldiers and one hundred and one seamen sent to England, ... 654, 656
Total number of prisoners sent to England, ... 666, 667
Remonstrance by the commissary of prisoners against their removal from Quebec, or transportation to England, ... September 29, ... 655, 656, 659, 668
Treatment received by, ... 660, 662, 665, 667
Eighty-three seamen discharged, ... 664
British prisoners of--Fifty-nine closely confined in retaliation for an equal number, ... 659, 660
One hundred and one maritime confined as hostages, ... 660
Treatment of, ... 665
Eighty-three returned to the state of parole prisoners ... 666
Barbarities, in, committed or sanctioned by British officers, ... 674, '5, '6, '7, 681, '2, '3, '4, 717, 752
The rights of, over impressed American seamen, found by the war in the British service, ... 686, 687
With Great Britain terminated, ... 731
Prisoners of, including hostages, mutually released, ... 728, 730
The manner in which it has been waged by the American arms, ... 751, 752
To Mr. Monroe; complaining of the seizure by Commodore Rodgers, of twelve British seamen, prisoners of war, from the English cartel brig, and of their detention as hostages, 1812, September 30, ... 598
To Mr. Mitchell; agent for the exchange of American prisoners, refusing to discharge Thomas Dunn, a native American seaman, on the alleged ground of his being married in England, and having received a British pension, 1812, October 21, ... 599
To Mr. Mitchell; agent for American prisoners, that when he has received representations from the captains of his majesty's ships, of any part of their crews being citizens of the United States, with sufficient proof of their nativity, he has directed their discharge; and that applications in their behalf can only be made through their commanding officers, 1812, December 1, ... 601
That applications for the discharge of American seamen must be made by the British captains, and by no other persons, 1812, December 4, ... 602
That five of the six American seamen sent to England for trial, having been returned to Halifax, with orders for their discharge; he renews the application for the discharge of the twelve British seamen taken out of the cartel by Commodore Rodgers, 1813, March 8, ... 633
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To Mr. Pinkney; stating ... [in reply to Mr. Pinkney's note of 7th of March, asking further information and explanations] that the blockade of May, 1806, has never been formally withdrawn; the provisions of that blockade are comprehended under the more extensive order of January, 1807; the blockade of Venice, of 27th July, 1806, being still in force, 1810, March 26, ... 356
To Mr. Pinkney; requesting a conference, 1810, April 9, ... 357
To Mr. Pinkney; notifying the partial relaxation of the blockade of the ports of Spain, 1810, May 14, ... 358
To Mr. Pinkney; informing him (in a private note) that it was his intention immediately to recommend the appointment of a minister plenipotentiary to the United States, 1810, July 22, ... 363
To Mr. Pinkney; renews the assurance given by the British minister to the American Government, February 23, 1808, "of his Majesty's readiness to abandon the system which has been forced upon him, when the enemy shall retract the principles which have rendered it necessary;" and states that, when the French repeal shall have taken effect, the British system will be surrendered, 1810, August 31, ... 366
To Mr. Pinkney; explanatory of the extent of the blockade of Elsinore, 1810, September 26, ... 369
To Mr. Pinkney; that, after accurate inquiry, he has not been able to obtain authentic intelligence of the repeal of the French decrees; and he requests the communication of such information if in Mr. Pinkney's possession, 1810, December 4, ... 376
To Mr. Pinkney; requesting him to furnish the substance of his verbal communication, on the 5th December inst. 1810, December 6, ... 376
To Mr. Pinkney; acknowledges Mr. Pinkney's letter of 10th December; animadverts upon the topics introduced by Mr. Pinkney as not conducive to conciliation; endeavors to show that the condition upon which Great Britain had declared her readiness to withdraw her orders has not been fulfilled; that the repeal of the French decrees is conditional, depending, not only on rescinding the orders, but also on abandoning principles of blockade which France alleges to be new, but which Great Britain asserts to be ancient, just, and legal; that the actual state of the question is to be seen from the recent measures of the French Government against neutral commerce; and that Great Britain stands ready to repeal her orders when the decrees of France shall be absolutely repealed, 1810, December 29, ... 408
To Mr. Pinkney; that the statements in Mr. Pinkney's letter, of January 14, do not affect the principles which Lord W. had previously maintained; that Great Britain insists upon her right of self-defence against the commercial warfare of France; that, although willing to repeal her orders when France shall have revoked her decrees, and restored the trade of neutrals to its legitimate condition previous to their promulgation, she can neither relinquish her means of self-defence, at the desire of the United States, nor admit that the condition precedent of her repeal has been performed, 1811, February 11, ... 412
To Mr. Pinkney; that foreign ministers will be received by the Prince Regent, at Carlton house, the 19th February, 1811, February 13, ... 413
To Mr. Pinkney; explaining the cause of delay in appointing a minister to the United States; that, connected with the assurance that a minister would be appointed, this delay ought not to be a matter of offence to the American Government; that, under these circumstances, Mr. P. will consider the propriety of requiring his audience of leave, 1811, February 15, ... 411
To Mr. Pinkney; appointing a day for his audience of leave; and informing him that Mr. Foster has been appointed minister plenipotentiary to the United States, 1811, February 15, ... 413
To Mr. Smith, American chargé at London; that his letter of the 2d July had been received, was under consideration, and would not be answered until advices arrived from Mr. Foster, 1811, August 8, ... 448
That a letter having been received from Mr. Foster, stating that negotiations had been commenced in America respecting the orders in council; a copy of Mr. Smith's letter, and its enclosure, had been forwarded to Mr. Foster, 1811, August 14, ... 448
To Lieutenant General Prevost; that he has been commanded to inform him that forty-six British officers, having been put in close confinement, will abide the fate of the same number of American officers confined as hostages by the British Government, and that the United States will inflict an exemplary retaliation for the severities which Great Britain may authorize, 1813, December 3, ... 637
To Lieutenant General Prevost, in reply to his letter of the 11th December respecting the close confinement of all American officers, 1813, December 20, ... 638
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