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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. VOLUME IV.
On the state of the negotiation with the King of Naples for the payment of American claims for spoliations, 1818, Feb. 27, ... 161
On the reciprocal commercial regulations of the U. States and the Netherlands, 1818, March 17, ... 172
On the recognition of the independence of the Spanish American provinces, ... 173
On the imprisonment, by Spain, of certain American citizens who entered her provinces unprovided with passports, 1817, ... 208
On the reasons which had induced the American Government to decline receiving Don Lino de Clemente as the representative of the republic of Venezuela, or accrediting David C. De Forest as the consul-general of the United Provinces of South America, 1819, Jan. 29, ... 412
On the petition of Jacob and Henry H. Scheffelin, ... 632
On the petition of James Warren, ... 633
On the memorial of Samuel G. Perkins and others, ... 634
On the petition of Eliphalet Loud and others, ... 635
On the claim against Sweden for indemnity, ... 636
On the abuses committed at the Havana upon the officers and crews of American vessels, 1822, Jan 30, ... 811
1823, Feb. 5, ... 814
To the Secretary of State: communicating his demand upon the British Government for the restitution of the slaves taken away from the United States, in violation of the treaty of Ghent, 1815, June 23, and August 15, ... 115
To Lord Castlereagh: referring to the alterations which the first article of the August 15, ... 115
treaty of Ghent had undergone during its negotiation, as conclusive proof of the correctness of the construction given to that article by the American Government in relation to private property and slaves, 1815, August 9, ... 115
To the Secretary of State: containing the result of his interview with Lord Liverpool, and further illustrations of the correctness of the construction which theAmerican Government had given to the treaty of Ghent on the subject of deported slaves, 1815, August 22, ... 116
To the Secretary of State: that, in conformity with his instructions, he had again presented the demand of the American Government that the slaves taken away should be restored, 1815, Sept. 5, ... 117
To Lord Castlereagh: transmitting a list of the slaves carried away by British officers in violation of the treaty of Ghent, 1815, Sept. 5, ... 118
To the Secretary of State: that no reply has yet been received from the British minister on the subject of the slaves, 1815, Sept. 26, ... 118
To Lord Bathurst: enclosing papers relating to the restitution of certain slaves carried away by a British officer bearing a flag of truce, 1815, Oct. 7, ... 118
To the Secretary of State: transmitting two papers in relation to the deported slaves, 1815, Oct. 31, ... 118
To the Secretary of State: communicating the substance of a conversation with Lord Castlereagh on the violation of the treaty of Ghent by the British naval officers, in carrying away the slaves, 1816, Feb. 8, ... 121
To the Secretary of State: that, after a proper interval, he has renewed the subject of the restitution of the slaves; and he transmits his reply to Lord Bathurst's defence, 1816, Feb. 17, ... 122
To Lord Castlereagh: replies to the arguments advanced by Lord Bathurst to support the decision of the British Government not to restore the deported slaves; corrects the erroneous statements of Lord B.; and sustains the claims of the American Government, 1816, Feb. 17, ... 122
To Mr. Monroe, Secretary of State: requests additional evidence relating to Mr. Downman's slaves, 1816, March 13, ... 123
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To the Secretary of State: transmits a note from Lord Castlereagh, in reply to his letter of the 17th of February, in which Lord Castlereagh communicates the adherence of the British Government to the construction of the first article of the treaty of Ghent maintained by Lord Bathurst, 1816, April 10, ... 125
To Lord Castlereagh: that he has been instructed by his Government to propose the reference of the difference between the two Governments respecting the deported slaves to a friendly Sovereign, 1816, Sept. 17, ... 126
To the Secretary of State: that, in the absence of Lord Castlereagh, Lord Liverpool or Lord Bathurst would attend to the objects of the American mission, 1815, August 15, ... 349
To the Secretary of State: that the subject of the deported slaves has been presented to the British Government; that no reply has yet been given to his letter; and that the British Government professed to be unaware of the obligation, under the treaty, to restore slaves enticed away by promises of freedom, 1815, Sept. 5, ... 350
To the Secretary of State: that the British Government have received, through Mr. Baker, the complaints of the American Government respecting the surrender of Michilimackinac; the proceedings of Colonel Nichols among the southern Indians; and the warning given by the captain of the British armed vessel Jaseur to the American fishing vessels. He states the substance of a conversation with Lord Bathurst on the fishing privilege, in which the views of the respective Governments in relation to this subject are set forth, 1815, Sept. 19, ... 350
To the Secretary of State: enclosing a letter addressed to Lord Bathurst, 1815, Sept. 26, ... 352
To Lord Bathurst: adverts to the conduct of Captain Lock in warning the American fishing vessels from the cod fishery, and the disavowal of his act by the British Government; proceeds to examine the pretensions advanced by Great Britain on the subject of the fishery; maintains the right of the United States to the liberties recognised by the treaty of 1783 as still subsisting in full force; and shows the injurious effects to Great Britain, as well as to the United States, which would result from an attempt to restrict the fishing privilege to British vessels, 1815, Sept. 25, ... 352
To the Secretary of State: transmitting Lord-Bathurst's reply to his letter of September 25, 1815, Nov. 8, ... 354
To the Secretary of State: transmitting his reply to Lord Bathurst's note concerning the fisheries, 1816, January 22, ... 356
To Lord Castlereagh: he replies to the arguments by which Lord Bathurst intended to show that the rule applicable to the treaties with other Powers was applicable to the treaty of 1783 with the United States; maintains, on the contrary, that all the provisions of that treaty were of a peculiar character, and that its stipulations were not dependant on the will of one of the parties. He rebuts the position that war puts an end to all treaties; adduces arguments to show that the stipulations of the treaty of 1783 were, from their nature, of perpetual obligation, and may always be referred to as subsisting proof of the obligations of Great Britain and the right of the United States to independence, to territory, and to incidental and scipulated rights and liberties; traces the origin and nature of the rights and liberties which, in the treaty of separation, Great Britain recognised as vested in the United States; and enforces his position that, by the terms of separation the fishery, although located within British jurisdiction, was to be held in common, and that the United States were to enjoy, forever, the accommodations essential to its use, 1816, January 22, ... 356
To the Secretary of State: he communicates the substance of his interview with Lord Castlereagh on the subject of the negotiation, and the new power, to himself, which may be necessary; states the sentiments and policy of the British Government in relation to the future impressment of American seamen; and thinks that little can be expected from the moderation or favor of the British Government, 1816, January 31, ... 360
Furnished with a power to conclude a convention to regulate the fisheries, 1816, Feb. 27, ... 360
To Mr. Monroe, Secretary of State: that Lord Castlereagh has declined any negotiation on the subject of the West India trade; was averse to the discussions of the questions affecting neutral rights; was willing to receive proposals from the United States on the Canada trade and seamen; and had acquiesced in the right of the United States to adopt countervailing commercial regulations, 1816, August 24, ... 361
To the Secretary of State: that there was no prospect of a successful negotiation upon objects of commerce; the British Government was still willing to receive propositions respecting seamen, &c., but desired neutral rights to be pretermitted, 1816, Sept. 18, ... 362
To the Secretary of State: enclosing his note to Lord Castlereagh renewing the proposal for the negotiation of a treaty of commerce. He has no reason to expect a different determination from that signified in his letter of September 18, 1816, Sept. 27, ... 362
To the Secretary of State: in conformity with his instructions, he proposes to renew the negotiation for a treaty of commerce, embracing objects interesting to both nations. After enumerating these objects, viz. 1. Commerce with the British American colonies and the West Indies; 2. Seamen; 3. Neutral and belligerant rights; 4. Slaves deported; he sets forth the principles by which the Government of the United States is actuated, and the motives which urgently recommend the adjustment of these questions, 1816, Sept. 16, ... 362
Transmits a copy of a note from Lord Castlereagh acknowledging his letter of September 17; and expressing his conviction that no change in the policy of Great Britain ought to be expected, except such as may be extorted by legislative retaliatory measures of the American Government, 1816, October 5, ... 364
He had received a note from Lord Castlereagh requesting him to call upon him. Lord Castlereagh's to attend to his note of September 16 was renewed. The negotiation may be entered upon. The West India islands in want of flour, 1816, Dec. 24, ... 364
Transmitting a proposal made by the British Government, relating, to the Canadian and West India trade; and requesting instructions from his Government, 1817, March 20, ... 367
To Lord Castlereagh: that the four projected articles relating to the Canadian and West India trade have been transmitted to his Government for consideration; that the negotiation between the American Government and Mr. Bagot, in relation to the fisheries, not having been attended with the desired result, the President relied upon the British Government not to alter the existing state of things, and to give the necessary orders not to disturb the American fishermen during the suspension of the negotiation, 1817, April 21, ... 368
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To the Secretary of State: stating the substance of his conversation with Lord Castlereagh in relation to the conduct of Colonel Nicholls, and the treaty formed with the Creeks, 1816, February 8, ... 554
To Lord Castlereagh: remonstrating against the attempts of British military officers in America to instigate the Indians to hostility against the United States, thereby implicating Great Britain herself in the character and consequences of these proceedings; and requesting such instructions as may manifest the pacific intentions of Great Britain, 1816, March 21, ... 555
To the British plenipotentiaries: proposing a modification of the British contre-porjet; and the omission, altogether, of those subjects upon which it seemed unlikely that the two parties can agree, 1815, June 17, ... 15
To the British plenipotentiaries: proposing to omit the articles in the projet relating to the navigation of the St. Lawrence, and the intercourse between the United States and Canada, 1815, June 21, ... 16
To the British plenipotentiaries: declining to conclude a convention providing for the European trade alone; but proposing to accept the first separate article of the British plenipotentiaries relating to the East India trade, and to limit the convention to four years, 1815, June 26, ... 17
To the British plenipotentiaries: that the United States reserve the right to decline the renewal of any of the stipulations of the convention, upon its expiration, 1815, June 30, ... 17
To the minister of Spain: requesting information concerning American citizens imprisoned at Santa Fe, 1818, Jan. 7, ... 208
To Mr. Rush: transmitting a commission as envoy to Great Britain, with a full power to conclude a commercial treaty, &c. He is referred, for his government, to the instructions already given, and is restricted in his negotiations to a period of peace, 1817, Nov. 6, ... 370
To Mr. Rush: enclosing a law passed by Congress concerning navigation, countervailing British restrictive regulations. He is instructed to explain the views of the American Government in passing this law, and is empowered to open a negotiation for a commercial treaty embracing the points in controversy; in which, if the negotiation is assented to by Great Britain, Mr. Gallatin will be authorized to join, 1818, May 21, ... 370
To Albert Gallatin: that Mr. Rush has been authorized to propose to the British Government a renewed negotiation for a commercial treaty; if this proposal is acceded to, the President is desirous that he (Mr. G.) should be joined in the commission with Mr. Rush. He is requested to hold himself in readiness, and is informed of the subjects of negotiation, and the views of the American Government. A full power is enclosed, 1818, May 22, ... 371
To Mr. Rush: that Mr. Bagot has been informed of the proposed negotiation in London; and that it is not the intention of the American Government to embarrass the negotiation with questions concerning maritime regulations adapted to a state of war, 1818, May 30, ... 372
To Messrs. Gallatin and Rush: containing special instructions in relation to the negotiation with Great Britain for a commercial treaty, embracing the points in controversy; he enlarges on the reasons which seem to urge on Great Britain the adoption of a liberal commercial system, instead of one of commercial monopoly and legislative exclusion, rendering it necessary for other Powers to counteract her policy by similar enactments. The other subjects of negotiation, viz. slaves, boundary, settlement on the Columbia river, and fisheries, are also enlarged upon, 1818, July 28, ... 375
To Mr. Gallatin: requesting him to repair to London, to negotiate a commercial treaty conjointly with Mr. Rush, 1818, July 29, ... 378
To Messrs. Gallatin and Rush: after recapitulating what had passed between Mr. Rush and Lord Castlereagh on the subject of impressment, he communicates the views of the American Government on the exemption of American vessels from the right of search. He also assigns the reasons by which the President is induced to decline entering into the same engagements respecting the slave trade, which were made by Spain, Portugal, and the Netherlands, 1818, Nov. 2, ... 399
To Mr. Rush: he justifies the course pursued by the American Government in communicating the British propositions relating to the West India and Canada trade, (received by Mr. Rush ad referendum,) and approves the mode in which the views of the American Government upon them were presented to Lord Castlereagh. A hope is expressed that the British Government may yet concede something further than is contained in these propositions, 1818, Dec. 1, ... 402
To Mr. Rush: after reviewing the propositions which had been made by the British and American plenipotentiaries in relation to the West India trade during the negotiation of the convention of October, 1818, pointing out the essential differences in these propositions, and illustrating the disadvantageous bearing of the British projets upon American navigation, he instructs Mr. Rush to revive the negotiation, and to submit to the British Government two articles intended as a compromise of the conflicting pretensions of the respective Governments, 1819, May 7, ... 402
To Mr. Rush: transmits an act of Congress supplementary to an act concerning navigation, having a bearing upon the commercial relations with Great Britain, 1820, May 27, ... 406
To Don Lino de Clemente: communicating the reasons which induced the American Government to decline receiving him as the representative of Venezuela, 1818, Dec. 16, ... 414
To Mr. De Forest: assigning the reasons which prevent the issuing of an exequatur in his favor as consul general of the United Provinces of South America, 1818, Dec. 31, ... 416
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To Don Luis de Onis: expressing the readiness of the American Government to resume the suspended negotiation, 1817, Dec. 16, ... 452
To Don Onis: that he perceives nothing in his notes respecting the boundaries of Louisiana, and the indemnities due by Spain, which was not urged, substantially, in 1805, by Mr. Cevallos, and replied to by Mr. Monroe. He submits a projet for the adjustment of differences, varying but little from that proposed to Spain in 1805; and justifies the occupation and retention of Amelia Island by the United States, 1818, Jan. 16, ... 463
To Don Onis: containing a reply to his note of January 24; explaining the true intention of the parties in the cession of Louisiana by France to the United States; refuting some of the points urged by the Spanish minister; and enforcing by additional arguments and proofs the claims set up by the American Government to the eastern and western boundaries of Louisiana, founded on the title of France derived from discovery, settlement, and treaty stipulations, 1818, March 12, ... 468
To Don Onis: justifying the capture and occupancy of St. Mark's and Pensacola by the American troops as a measure of self-defence against the Seminole Indians, rendered doubly necessary by the omission of Spain to carry into effect the fifth article of the treaty of 1795; but declaring the readiness of the United States to redeliver these posts to a military force of Spain competent to restrain the hostile incursions of the savages inhabiting the Spanish territory, 1818, July 23, ... 498
To Don Onis: that, from an examination into the facts alleged by the Spanish minister in his note of the 27th July, it appears that the persons implicated are not amenable to the laws; after correcting some errors into which Don Onis had fallen in relation to the negro fort and the obligations of Spain, he informs him that orders have been issued for the delivery of the posts, and expresses satisfaction at the proposed renewal of the negotiation, with greater prospect of success, 1818, August 24, ... 508
To Don Onis: acquiescing his suggestion to exchange the respective ratifications of the convention of 1802, at the conclusion of the negotiation then pending, 1818, Oct. 23, ... 526
To Don Onis: the boundary proposed in his note of October 24 is not agreed to; the historical disquisition contained in it has produced no change in the sentiments of the American Government, nor has it shaken their claim to the river Mississippi, the waters flowing into it, and all the territory watered by them. If the United States receive the Floridas in compensation for their claims for spoliations, the recognition of the validity of grants made since 1802 cannot be assented to; that an indemnity to Spain for the military occupation of Florida, rendered unavoidable by the conduct of the officers of Spain, cannot be the subject of discussion. He submits the ultimatum of the United States in relation to the boundary, and assents to the proposed renewal of so much of the treaty of 1795 as is not already obsolete, 1818, Oct. 31, ... 530
To Mr. Erving: that his despatches announcing the suspension of the negotiation by Spain, and the demands of that Power growing out of the military occupation of Florida by the United States, have been received. He proceeds to review the origin, the progress, and the character of the war instigated by British officers, acquiesced in and countenanced by the officers of Spain, and the cruelties waged by outlaws, negroes, and Indians; justifies the measures of the American general; insists on the treaty obligations upon Spain to restrain by force the Indians and refugees inhabiting her territory, as constituting a ground upon which the United States can claim indemnity from Spain; refers to the moderation of the United States in consenting to restore the territory; and declares that the permanent occupation of Florida by the United States must hereafter ensue from a failure in Spain to perform her stipulated duties, 1818, Nov. 28, ... 530
To Don Onis: that the terms proposed by the United States to Spain concerning the western boundary having been declined, must be considered as withdrawn; and that the United States will insist on the Rio del Norte as the boundary; that the Seminole war originated from the non-fulfilment by Spain of her treaty stipulations; that the robberies and cruelties incident to savage warfare were attributable to the instigations of foreign agents, countenanced by Spanish governors; that the intimate connexion between the foreign agents and the Spanish governors was conclusively proved; that Spain is answerable in damages for the injuries caused by her omission to enforce the treaty of 1795, and by the actual participation of her officers in the barbarities inflicted on American citizens; and that Spain, instead of demanding the censure of the American general, ought herself to inflict punishment on her guilty officers, 1818, Nov. 30, ... 545
To Mr. Erving: transmitting various documents showing the active participation of the Spanish governors in the savage warfare waged by the Seminole Indians and foreign incendiaries against the frontier settlements of the United States, 1818, Dec. 2, ... 546
To the Chevalier de Onis: his proposal relative to boundary is declined; the proposition made by the American Government, in Mr. Adams's note of October 31, is renewed, 1819, Jan. 29, ... 616
To Don Onis: communicating a counter-projet, 1819, Feb. 13, ... 619
Remarks of, on the projet of Don Onis, as drawn up by Mr. De Neuville, ... 622
Full power to Don Luis de Onis, ... 623
To Mr. Lowndes, chairman of the Committee on Foreign Relations: on the obligation upon Spain to ratify the treaty, and the remedies to which the United States can properly resort to compel its ratification, and enforce indemnification for its having been withheld, 1819, Dec. 16, ... 673
To Mr. Lowndes: containing answers to certain inquiries touching the probable objects of Spain in delaying the ratification of the treaty; the efforts made by the Spanish Government to obtain from the United States a promise not to recognise the independence of the South American Governments; the dispositions and wishes of Russia and France; the arrival of a military force at the Havana from Spain; and transmitting a communication from the Secretary of War, 1819, Dec. 21, ... 674
To Mr. Forsyth, minister to Spain: containing his instructions in relation to the ratification by Spain of the treaty of amity, settlement, and limits, signed the 22d of February, 1819, and the measures necessary to carry the same into effect, 1819, March 8, ... 650
To Don Onis: that the treaty having been signed with the explicit understanding
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that all grants of land, of whatevvier date, were intended to be cancelled by the eighth article, the ratification is to be made by his Government with a full knowledge of that fact, 1819, March 10, ... 651
To the minister of France: recalling his attention to the friendly part which he had taken in the conclusion of the treaty with Spain, and the intention of all the parties to cancel the grants of land in Florida; and requesting him to state his impressions on the subject, 1819, March 17, ... 652
Observations on the eighth article of the treaty with Spain, submitted to Mr. De Neuville, ... 653
To Mr. Forsyth: he adverts to the consequences which would ensue from the failure of Spain to ratify the treaty within the prescribed period; discusses at length the obligation upon Spain to ratify this treaty; asserts the right of the United States to compel the performance of the royal promise to ratify the acts of his minister plenipotentiary, unless these acts shall be found to transcend his instructions; he denies that the minister of Spain had exceeded even his secret instructions; proceeds to a review of all the circumstances under which the treaty was formed; and finally instructs the minister of the United States to demand the ratification within one week after the date of his communication, and, if this demand should be refused, to despatch Captain Read with his despatches, and await at Madrid the contingent events, 1819, Aug. 18, ... 657
To Don Vives: that, before replying to his note, he is directed by the President to request a copy of his full powers, and to be informed whether he is the bearer of the ratification of the treaty, 1820, April 18, ... 681
To Don Vives: stating the circumstances rendering it obligatory upon Spain to ratify the treaty; the regret of the President that, after the delay of a year, he has not brought with him the ratification; the readiness with which Mr. Forsyth would have given the desired explanations; and that he himself, without now entering into a discussion, is prepared to explain any difficulty relating to the treaty; but that, unless he is empowered to give possession of the ceded terriritory, or exchange ratifications, no new negotiation can be commenced until the old one is disposed of, 1820, April 21, ... 681
To Don Vives: that the representations made to the Spanish Government, of the encouragement or toleration within the United States of armaments or expeditions hostile to Spain, are unfounded; that the United States have maintained an impartial neutrality; that, in the event of the ratification of the treaty, the proposed boundary would be respected by the United States; that, as a consequence of neutrality, the United States can contract no engagement not to form any relations with the South American provinces; explanations are given respecting the eighth article; no new subjects can be discussed, 1820, May 3, ... 683
To Don Vives: asking him to state, specifically, the representation which he proposes to make to the King, of their verbal discussion on the third point, (relating to the relations with the South American provinces,) 1820, May 6, ... 685
To Don Vives: that, perceiving he has declined giving a promise that the King would ratify the treaty, it becomes necessary to show the obligation upon Spain to ratify. The duration of the negotiation, the powers given by Spain to their minister, the authority of writers upon national law, the conduct of Spain upon receiving the ratification by the United States, and the objections urged by the Duke San Fernandino, are successively reviewed. Don Vives is finally informed that his tendered conditional promise is considered as not satisfactory; and he is asked whether he considers his functions as suspended by the recent occurrences in Spain, 1820, May 8, ... 685
To Don Vives: that, if no compensation was stipulated in the treaty for Spanish claimants, it is to be presumed that an equivalent is to be found in the general provisions of the treaty; that the grantees can be entitled to no compensation for grants declared by Spain herself to be null and void; that the further discussion of these topics can be attended with no profitable result; and that the President accepts, with pleasure, the ratification of the treaty, 1821, Feb. 28, ... 703
To Mr. Meade, in relation to the compensation of American claimants against Spain, 1818, Sept. 18, ... 721
To Mr. Forbes: notifying him of his appointment as agent, to take an order of the Spanish Government for the delivery of the Floridas to the Governor General ot Cuba, and to receive the archives and documents specified in the treaty of cession, 1821, March 10, ... 740
To Major General Andrew Jackson: transmitting three commissions, 1st. To receive the Floridas from Spain; 2d. As Governor of the same; 3d. As commissioner vested with special powers. Instructions are given in relation to the duties required to be performed, 1821, March 12, ... 750
To Major General Jackson: giving him further instructions in relation to the cannon belonging to the fortifications in the Floridas, and to the provisions necessary to transport the Spanish troops to their place of destination, 1821, March 23, ... 753
To Major General Jackson: in relation to the temporary government of Florida, and to the appointment of certain revenue and judicial officers, 1821, May 22, 23, ... 753--4
To Andrew Jackson, Governor of Florida: acknowledging his letters, with their enclosures; that letters recently received from Mr. Forbes communicate the intelligence that he has at length received the orders for the delivery of the Floridas, 1821, June 27, ... 754
To Governor Jackson: requesting information necessary in the preparation of a more permanent government for the Floridas, 1821, June 27, ... 754
To Mr. Forsyth: instructing him to represent to the Spanish Government the inconvenience already experienced by the failure of the Governor and Captain General of Cuba to expedite the order for the delivery of the Floridas. The principal events attending the movements of Colonel Forbes, Governor Mahy, and General Jackson, are recapitulated, 1821, June 13, ... 765
To Mr. Forsyth: informing him that Mr. Forbes has at length been despatched by the Governor of Cuba with an order for the delivery of the Floridas; instructing him to conform his representations to this fact, but still to obtain a new and peremptory order for the delivery of the archives, injuriously withheld, 1821, June 16, ... 766
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To Mr. Anduaga: that he had deferred a definitive reply to his notes in relation to the proceedings in Florida, until he could receive information and explanations from General Jackson himself touching his own conduct, 1821, Dec. 21, ... 791
To Mr. Walton, acting Governor of Florida: directing the discharge from imprisonment of Marcos de Villiers and Arnaldo Guillemard, two Spanish officers, who, having been ordered from Florida, had returned to settle their affairs, 1822, April 15, ... 802
To Don Joaquin de Anduaga: he reviews the proceedings in Florida of Governor Jackson, and of the agent of Spain appointed to execute the treaty; examines the grounds of complaint urged by the Spanish minister; ascribes to the Spanish officers, themselves, an unjustifiable departure from the terms of the treaty, and a wrongful detention of the archives of Florida; maintains that the acts of apparent rigor towards Governors Callava and Coppinger were the legitimate consequences of their own injustice, and the mildest proceedings that could have been adopted consistently with the recently acquired sovereignty of the United States; and justifies all the measures of Governor Jackson and his subordinates, 1822, April 15, ... 802
To Mr. John M. Forbes: enclosing him a commission as an agent for commerce and seamen at Buenos Ayres, Chili, or Mexico; giving him instructions for the regulation of his conduct; and suggesting the commercial and political information which it would be desirable to obtain, 1820, July 5, ... 820
To Don Manuel Torres, chargé of Colombia: that his letters of the 30th November, 1821, and the 2d January, 1822, have been submitted to the President of the United States for his decision; and that that decision will be communicated as soon as it is obtained, 1822, January 18, ... 836
To Mr. Anduaga, minister of Spain: in reply to his letter protesting against the recognition of the independence of the South American republics; justifying that recognition as a mere acknowledgment of existing facts, as a duty imposed by the moral code of nations, and as authorized by the example of Spain herself, 1822, April 6, ... 846
To Mr. Rush: he is instructed to make satisfactory explanations to the British Government respecting the destination of the sloop of war Ontario, and the reoccupation by the United States of the post at the mouth of the Columbia river, agreeably to the treaty of Ghent, 1818, May 20, ... 853
To Mr. Poletica: that the President has seen with surprise the territorial claims set up by Russia on the northwestern coast of America, communicated in his note of the 11th February; and inquiring whether he is authorized to give explanations of the grounds which, according to the laws and usages of nations, will warrant the claims and regulations of the Russian Government, 1822, Feb. 25, ... 861
To Mr. Poletica: contesting the principles upon which the territorial claim of Russia upon the northwest coast is founded; and expressing the persuasion of the President that the citizens of the United States may remain in the unmolested enjoyment of their lawful commerce, notwithstanding the Russian interdiction, 1822, March 30, ... 863
To Baron Stackelberg: that the act of Congress for the removal of certain discriminating duties is restricted to the produce or manufacture of the nation to which the vessel belongs; that the ordinance of Norway provides that the cargo may consist of the soil or industry of any country whatever; and that the President will issue a proclamation conforming to the laws of the United States, if desired by the Norwegian Government, 1821, July 23, ... 868
To the Baron Stackelberg: enclosing a copy of the President's proclamation, declaring the vessels of Norway to be entitled in the ports of the United States to the benefit of the advantages prescribed by the act of Congress of March 3, 1815, 1821, August 21, ... 869
To the President of the United States: that a Congress of the South American Provinces have declared their independence; and that their separation from the Spanish monarchy is final and complete, 1817, October 29, ... 179
To the Secretary of State of the United States: asking the recognition, by the United States, of the independence of the South American States; and recapitulating the just grounds upon which this application has been made, 1817, Dec. 16, ... 180
To the Secretary of State: communicating more extensively the reasons which appear to justify the application of the South American States to be regarded as free, sovereign, and independent, 1817, Dec. 26, ... 181
To the Secretary of State: complaining of the operation of the act of March 3, 1817, "for the more effectual preservation of the neutral relations of the United States," as both inexpedient and unjust, 1817, Dec. 29, ... 182
To the Secretary of State: that he considers himself authorized to enter into a negotiation with the United States on the general basis of a reciprocal amity and commerce, 1818, Jan. 6, ... 182
To the Secretary of State: pointing out the position in which the United Provinces were placed by the invasion of one of them by the troops of Portugal; and representing the readiness of his Government to establish the relations of amity and commerce with the United States, 1818, Jan. 16, ... 182
Two vessels of, captured, ... 2
Peace with, concluded, ... 2
Treaty of peace with, laid before the Senate, ... 4
Threatens a rupture of the treaty, ... 96
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Sentence against, ... 596
His memorial to the Duke of York, ... 604
His commission as auxiliary second lieutenant, ... 605
Correspondence relating to its occupancy by the United States, 1818, ... 183
Unknown to the Director of Chili, ... 292
Its occupancy by the United States objected to by Spain, 1818, ... 450, 463, 464
Its occupation defended by the Secretary of State, 1818, ... 478
To the Secretary of State: complaining of the illegality and severity with which certain Spanish officers were treated by Governor Jackson, who (he alleges) by proclamation, without proof, ordered them to be expelled from Florida, 1821, Nov. 18, ... 789
To the Secretary of State: alleging that Spain has received an additional insult in the person of Governor Coppinger; and demanding the disapprobation of those acts, the punishment of their authors, the restoration of the papers seized, and satisfaction to Spain and Governor Coppinger for the damages and injuries sustained, 1821, Nov. 22, ... 790
To the Secretary of State: calling his attention to a former note, and to the satisfaction therein demanded, 1821, Dec. 27, ... 790
To the Secretary of State: requesting again that peremptory orders may be given for the immediate delivery to Governor Coppinger of all the papers of which he was possessed; and commenting on the reasons assigned for the delay of a definitive reply to his former notes, 1822, Jan. 6, ... 791
To the Secretary of State: that his letter of the 26th of April, in justification of the proceedings of the Governor of Florida, has been referred to his Government. He justifies the use of an expression in his letter by the authority of an American envoy; and declines receiving any portion of the archives or documents seized except in the way which he had designated, 1822, April 26, ... 808
To the Secretary of State: protesting against the recognition by the United States of the independence of the insurgent Governments of Spanish America, 1822, March 9, ... 815
To the Secretary of State: that his note of the 6th of April, apprizing him that the Government of the United States had recognised the independence of the insurgent provinces of Spanish America, had been transmitted to his Government, 1822, April 11, ... 847
To the Secretary of State: recalling to his attention the object of his note of November 22, 1819, with a view to legislative measures, 1820, May 1, ... 870
Proceedings of a court-martial against, 1818, ... 580, 592, 596
Letter from, to his son. ... 584
To Charles Cameron, Governor of Bahamas: transmitting a representation of the Creek nation to the British Government, and soliciting supplies of ammunition, ... 585
To Benjamin Moodie: enclosing a letter for Charles Bagot, Esq., British minister at Washington, 1818, Jan. 27, ... 585
To Mr. Bagot: representing the deplorable condition of the Creeks from the encroachments of the Americans; enclosing a letter of General Gaines to the Seminoles; and tendering further information, if desired, ... 585
To the Governor of Havana: enclosing a power of attorney, given by the Indians to himself; and asking, in their behalf, the forcible expulsion o American settlers from the territory of Spain, ... 589
To General Mitchell, agent for Indian affairs, in behalf of the Creek Indians, 1818, Jan. 19, ... 591, 611
Evidence against him, ... 584, 590
His defence, ... 591
Sentence against, ... 596
His letter to Hambly, in justification of himself, ... 605
To the Hon. Charles Bagot, ... 606
To a person of rank in England, ... 607
Copy of a sheet of his journal, ... 609
To the commanding officer at Fort Gaines, 1817, March 3, ... 610
Talk of, to the chief of the Creeks. ... 612
Particulars respecting, ... 221
Head of the Banda Oriental, ... 221
Wages war with Buenos Ayres. ... 221
Officers and soldiers of, provision recommended for those disbanded, ... 2
The necessity of one, moderate but adequate, ... 126
Its number and stations. ... 131
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To the Secretary of State: that the alien tonnage duties, incompatible with the recent convention, having been remitted by Great Britain in favor of American vessels, reciprocity requires a similar remission, on the part of the United States, in favor of British vessels, 1817, Dec. 8, ... 160
To the Secretary of State: stating that he has received the instruction of his Government to receive any propositions from the American Government for the purpose of diminishing the naval force of the respective Governments on Lakes Ontario and Champlain, 1816, July 26, ... 203
To Mr. Monroe, Secretary of State: that he has communicated his projet for the reduction of the naval force on the lakes to his Government for advisement; and proposing an immediate suspension of any further naval construction, 1816, Aug. 6, ... 203
To the Secretary of State: that Mr. Monroe's note of the 12th August will be referred to his Government, 1816, August 13, ... 204
To the Secretary of State: transmitting the number and force of British vessels on the lakes, 1816, Nov. 4, ... 204
To the Secretary of State: enumerating the British vessels on each of the lakes to which it is proposed to limit the naval force of Great Britain, 1817, April 28, ... 205
To Mr. Monroe: he recapitulates the principle assumed by Great Britain that the liberty of drying and fishing within British limits, granted by the treaty of 1783, and not renewed by the recent treaty of peace, was considered to have been abrogated by the war; and tenders a modified renewal of the liberty of curing fish on certain coasts within British limits, in consideration of the abandonment by the United States of all pretension to fish within the maritime jurisdiction of Great Britain, 1816, Nov. 27, ... 365
To Mr. Monroe: proposing for the acceptance of the American Government a third alternative, composed of the two previous alternatives conjointly, as the designated shores upon which the American fishermen may cure their fish, 1816, Dec. 31, ... 366
To Mr. Rush, acting Secretary of State: acknowledging his letter acquainting him with the seizure by His Majesty's ship Dee of certain American fishing vessels; and expressing the hope that the facts, when ascertained, may not correspond with the statement set forth by Mr. Rush, 1817, August 8, ... 369
To Mr. Moodie, British consul: requesting him to communicate to A. Arbuthnot his desire to receive his future communications by private opportunities only, 1817, Jan. 29, ... 591
To Mr. Adams. Secretary of State: asserting the right of Great Britain to the post formerly occupied by the citizens of the United States on the Columbia river; and requesting information touching the reported destination of the United States sloop of war Ontario, 1817, Nov. 26, ... 852
To the Secretary of State: communicating the regrets of the British Government at the occurrences at Dartmoor prison; and expressing the desire of the British to make compensation to the widows and families of those who were killed, 1815, Dec. 11, ... 24
To the Secretary of State: resisting the construction given by the American Government to the clause in the treaty of Ghent prohibitory of the carrying away slaves or private property; and stating that he has referred the subject to his Government, 1815, April 3, ... 107
Disavowing the act of the captain of the British sloop of war Jaseur in warning off an American vessel from the codfishery, 1815, August 31, ... 349
To Mr. Monroe: stating his inability, from the want of the requisite instructions, to give any facilities to the United States for the re-occupation of the post on the Columbia river, held by the United States previous to the war, 1815, July 15, ... 852
The productiveness and general characteristics of its soil, ... 277
Its establishment promises to prove a useful auxiliary in restoring a uniform and sound currency, ... 98
To Mr. Adams: in reply to his note of October 7, in relation to certain deported slaves, the property of Raleigh W. Downman, 1815, October 24, ... 119
To Mr. Adams: in reply to Mr. Adams's notes of 9th August and 5th September; containing the arguments of the British Government in justification of the retention by Great Britain of the deported slaves; that the intention of the negotiators of the treaty of Ghent is not to be inferred from verbal alterations; and that the restriction as to places, in the first clause of the sentence, applies grammatically to the second, 1815, Oct.24, ... [25,] ... 119
To Mr. Adams: that the liberty to fish within British limits, and to use British territory, was derived solely from conventional stipulation; that, owing its existence to the treaty of 1783, it fell with that treaty, for the maxim that war cancels treaties is as applicable to that treaty as to any other; that treaties might contain some provisions in their own nature irrevocable, and others temporary; such was the treaty of 1783: the fishing privilege was only temporary; that the term liberty, used in the treaty, shows the temporary nature of the grant; and that Great Britain is ready to enter into negotiations for the modified renewal of the liberties in question, 1815, October 30, ... 354
To the committee of American prisoners of war, respecting their liberation and transportation to their own country, 1815, March 31, ... 56
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Visits Chili, ... 292
Represents to the Director of Chili the geographical position and political condition of Galvezton and Amelia Island, ... 292
Of the coast of Peru: information concerning, requested of the Chilian Government by Mr. Prevost, 1821, June 18, ... 826
Projet of an article respecting, submitted by the British negotiators, and observations of the American plenipotentiaries thereon, 1818, Oct. 6, ... 391, 392
Amendments proposed to the British projet, by the American plenipotentiaries, 1818, Oct. 9, ... 392
New article on, brought forward by the British plenipotentiaries, 1818, Oct. 13, ... 395
An amendment relating to, proposed by the American envoys, 1818, Oct. 9, ... 397
Stipulation respecting, ... 406
Applies to Governor Jackson for a search warrant, 1821, ... 784
Reciprocal commercial relations with, ... 738
To the Secretary of State: stating the result of a deputation from Spanish America to the Cortes at Madrid; the proceedings of the Cortes; the sentiments of the King; the views of the European Powers; and the claims of the several States to an acknowledgment of their independence, 1821, July 10, ... 827
Their correspondence with Governor Callava and Colonel Forbes, 1821, May, ... 759
Revokes the appointment of Colonel Martin Thompson, 1817, January 1, ... 174
Mr. Rodney's review of her early measures in favor of liberty and independence, ... 218
The decorum and ability of the Congress at, 1818, ... 218
Their declaration of independence, ... 218
Its provinces, ... 219
Its commercial facilities and agricultural riches, ... 219
Territorial surface, ... 219
Boundaries, ... 273
Characteristics of the inhabitants, ... 219
Congress at, how constituted, ... 219
Their constitution and form of government, ... 220, 226
Productions and manufactures, ... 220
Imports, exports, and foreign commerce, ... 220, 226
Revenue, and resources from mines, &c., ... 220, 251
Military and naval forces, ... 221
War with the Banda Oriental, ... 221, 225
The beneficial effects of the revolution upon the manners, character, and general intelligence of the people, ... 222
Agricultural knowledge, ... 223
Religion, ... 223
Legislative reforms, ... 223
State of education, ... 223, 226
Public library, ... 223
Their public sentiment strongly in favor of republican government, ... 224, 227
Mr. Graham's report concerning, ... 224
Agriculture, commerce, and manufactures, ... 226
Smuggling greatly practised, ... 226
Articles of importation and exportation, ... 226
Diversity of opinion in Congress upon the question of a federative or consolidated government, ... 226
Means of defence, and unequivocal determination to remain independent of Spain, ... 227
Historical sketch of, by Dr. Funes, ... 228
Treasury statement of, ... 251
Provisional constitution or form of government, ... 254
Report of the commissioner, Theodorick Bland, concerning the condition of, ... 270
Disavows any connexion with the buccaneering establishments of Amelia Island and Galvezton, ... 271
Its pretensions and claims in relation to the other provinces of South America, ... 281
Imports, ... 282
Exports, ... 282
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Public debt, ... 290
Military force, ... 290
Their policy towards the freed African troops, ... 290
Naval force, ... 290
City of, described by Mr. Poinsett, ... 333
New organization of its government: Forbes to Adams, ... 820
To the Secretary of State: that it is proposed to exchange the flag of Spain for that of the United States on or about the 1st of July, 1821, June 20, ... 750
To General Jackson: acceding to his request to be furnished with a place of deposite for the requisite military supplies, 1821, May 16, ... 761
His protest against the measures of General Jackson towards him, and observations upon them, 1821, October 3, ... 768
Minutes of his conversation when brought before Governor Jackson, 1821, ... 783
Order for his imprisonment, ... 784
Order for his discharge, ... 785
Testimony in his behalf, ... 786
Their beneficial tendency, ... 128, 131
Opinion of President Monroe as to the power of Congress to construct, ... 131
To the Secretary of State: calling his attention to his note of the 31st March preceding, and describing more particularly the processes of the iron manufacture, to show the injustice of the legal discrimination between the duty on rolled and hammered iron, and its violation of treaty stipulation, 1821, Nov. 26, ... 870
Its completion effected, 1819, ... 626
To Messrs. Clay and Gallatin: expressing the regret of the British Government at the occurrence at Dartmoor prison, and the desire of the Prince Regent to make compensation to the widows and families of the sufferers, 1815, May 22, ... 23
To Mr. Adams: acknowledging Mr. Adams's note respecting Mr. Downman's slaves, and transmitting the statement of Admiral Cockburn on that subject, 1816, March 26, ... 125
To Mr. Adams: acknowledging his note of 17th September, and alleging his necessary absence in Ireland as a reason for not immediately attending to it, 1816, Sept. 28, ... 126
To Mr. Adams: that the absence from London of several of His Majesty's ministers will preclude an early answer to Mr. Adams's note of September 17; upon his own return from Ireland, he will bring Mr. Adams's note to the consideration of his colleagues, 1816, Sept. 28, ... 364
To Mr. Adams: that, to give an opportunity to the American Government to make an acceptable proposition in relation to the fisheries, the British naval officers on the American station will be instructed to suspend the execution of former orders, 1817, May 7, ... 368
To Mr. Forsyth: that the Cortes have authorized the cession of the Floridas; and that no other obstacle is now interposed to the ratification of the treaty, except the desire expressed by the United States to obtain some modification or explanation of the text; he wishes to learn from Mr. Forsyth the extent of the modification which the American Government would require, in order that, by its consideration or acceptance, a perfect understanding may be obtained, 1820, Oct. 6, ... 696
To Mr. Forsyth: he urges that, while the letter of the treaty recognises the validity of the grants made prior to the 24th of January, 1818, the true intentions of the negotiators, as explained by Don Onis, and of the eight article itself, are by no means in favor of their invalidity, considering the grounds maintained by the United States as presenting a doubtful question; and that the existing Spanish Government are bound to obtain, for their own citizens, an equivalent for
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every unnecessary concession; he suggests several expedients by which the treaty may be ratified, with such explanations as may be consistent with the rights and interests of both nations. He especially desires to obtain, in consideration of the annulment of all the grants, an indemnity to Spanish claimants who are not provided for by the treaty, 1820, Oct. 9, ... 697
To Count Bulgary: communicating the resolution of His Majesty to ratify the treaty between Spain and the United States, 1820, Oct. 15, ... 701
To Mr. Forsyth: transmitting a copy of the order communicated to the Spanish minister in the United States relative to the delivery of the Floridas to the United States, 1820, Oct. 24, ... 702
To Mr. Erving: that the Supreme Council of War having cognizance of Mr. Meade's affair, Mr. Erving's reclamations must be addressed to them, 1816, Oct. 17, ... 147
To Mr. Erving: that he has communicated to the King Mr. Erving's note of September 26; and that His Majesty has laid the same before the admiralty for information, 1816, Oct. 17, ... 158
To Mr. Erving: that Mr. Monroe's letter to the minister of Spain, of June 10, 1816, having been laid before the King, the desire of the American Government has been acceded to, and Mr. Onis has been authorized to enter upon the negotiation, 1816, Sept. 15, ... 135
To Mr. Erving: that the determination of the King to remit a full power to Mr. Onis has not been formed from any personal considerations, 1817, Oct. 7, ... 437
Declaration of independence by, ... 218
Mr. Bland's visit to, and account of, ... 291
Destitute of sailors, and has no vessels except fishing boats, ... 292
Regulations of, for the government of armed vessels, ... 293
The mutual interests of Chili and the United States, ... 293, 294
General features and peculiarities, ... 295
Boundaries and face of the country, ... 295, 332, 333
The low state of its husbandry, ... 297
The granary of the tropical regions fronting the Pacific, ... 297
The produce of its mines of precious metals, ... 297
Internal communications, passes, and modes of conveyance, ... 297
Cities, ports, and towns, population, commerce, &c., ... 299, 300, 334
Duties, charges, and embarrassments on trade, ... 301
Observations on the revenues, disbursements, military force, militia, marine, imports, and exports of the State, ... 303, 305
An estimate of the various elements of her power, ... 305
The effects of ecclesiastical establishments founded on superstition, ... 305, 326
The number of monks and nuns, ... 305
The proportion of real estate held by religious institutions, ... 305
The wealth of the church, ... 306
The state of the public press, ... 306, 307
Catholicism and Protestantism contrasted in their intellectual developments, ... 306
The description of its population, ... 307
The exciting causes of the revolution, ... 308
Its military operations commented on, ... 309
Character of the existing Government, ... 309
Favorable anticipations, ... 309
Advantages from her free ports to the American trade, ... 311
Anticipated value of a free commerce with, to the United States, ... 312
Statement of its cities, ports, and towns, ... 315
Statement of the value of its tithes, ... 315
Operations of its mint, ... 316
Official statements of receipts and expenditures, ... 316
Official statement of the army and militia, ... 318
Official statement of its marine, ... 318
Proclamation of independence, ... 318
Manifesto of the Government to the people, ... 312
Manifesto addressed to all nations, ... 319
Upon Naples, for indemnity, prosecuted by negotiation, ... 160
Territorial, between the United States and Great Britain, on the northwest coast, temporarily adjusted, ... 406
Upon Spain, treaty of 1802 making provision for, ratified, ... 407
Upon Sweden, for the confiscation of American property at Stralsund, ... 635, 644
Territorial, of Great Britain and Russia upon the northwest coast of America, ... 851
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To Mr. Beasley, agent for American prisoners: stating the substance of their conversation with Lord Castlereagh; and recommending the appointment of Charles King, Esq., as a commissioner on the part of the United States, jointly with a commissioner to be appointed by the British Government, to report the facts relating to the massacre of American prisoners in Dartmoor prison, 1815, April 15, ... 20
To Lord Castlereagh: that, having no powers in relation to the subject of his note of the 22d of May, (the massacre at Dartmoor prison,) they will immediately transmit it to their Government, 1815, May 24, ... 23
(See Adams.)
To the Secretary of State: announcing his appointment as the representative of the republic of Venezuela, and proposing the appointment of a time for the presentation of his credentials, 1818, Dec. 11, ... 414
To Mr. Pinkney: appointing a time for his audience of leave, 1816, Oct. 2, ... 167
To Mr. Pinkney, (after his departure:) containing the objections of the Sicilian Government to the payment of the indemnity required by the Government of the United States for the seizure and confiscation of American property by Murat, King of Naples. The existing Government not responsible for the acts or contracts of a former usurping Government. The seizures, &c. were made by the order of Bonaparte, of whom Murat was merely the agent; the proceeds of the seizures, &c. did not enure to the benefit of the nation, but were applied to the luxurious support of Murat himself, 1816, Oct. 15, ... 169
Northwest of America, documents relating to the territorial claims of Great Britain and Russia upon, ... 851
Northwest of America, stipulation between Great Britain and the United States respecting, (article 3,) ... 406
Survey of, for a permanent system of defence, ... 740
To Mr. Croker: disclaiming any knowledge of the capture and carrying away of Mr. Downman's slaves in violation of the flag of truce, 1816, Feb. 9, ... 125
To Don Sebastian Kinderlan: justifying the capture of an American vessel within the maritime jurisdiction of Spain, 1815, Feb. 13, ... 489
Its political condition and legislative wants, referred to by President Monroe, ... 216
Its redelivery by Great Britain, in conformity to the treaty of Ghent, ... 854
Letter of Mr. Prevost, containing some account of its harbors, soil, climate, and trade, &c., ... 854, 855
Of the United States, profitable and extensive, ... 129
Proposal by the American to the British minister to renew the negotiation for a treaty of, 1816, Sept. 17, ... 362
Appointed to examine and report the condition of the South American States, 1817, ... 130
Appointed by the United States and Great Britain to determine the question of jurisdiction over certain islands in the Passamaquoddy bay, and their decision, 1817, ... 171
Authorized by the convention of 1802 to decide upon claims on Spain for spoliations, ... 408
Appointed under the treaty with Spain of 1819, ... 738
On the claims of the owners of the brigantine Henrick, ... 630
On the petition of James Warren, ... 633
On the expenditures incurred by the several commissioners under the treaty of Ghent, ... 647
On the relations with Spain,
On the memorial of Richard W. Meade, ... 718, 734, 735
On the memorial of Captain B. J. Shain, upon whom his vessel and crew a violent outrage had been committed by a mob at Havana, ... 817
[Of the Spanish Cortes] on the political condition and claims of the South American provinces, ... 830
Dictamen of, ... 847
On the recognition of the independence of the insurgent Spanish provinces, 1822, May 19, ... 848
Its beneficial action tested by experience, ... 98
Amendments to, suggested, ... 132
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Correspondence with the chief of the Seminoles, 1816, ... 492, 493, 609
Measures recommended to secure, by the restoration of the precious metals or their equivalent, ... 3
Difficulties experienced by the Treasury Department from not possessing, ... 97
The duty of providing, imposed on Congress, ... 97
The derangement in, caused by the condition of the moneyed institutions of the United States, measurably relieved, 1819, ... 626
Contracted by the war of 1812, ... 2
At what time its discharge may be expected, 1817, ... 130
Its amount in 1815 and 1820, and the intermediate reduction, ... 646
To the Secretary of State: renewing his solicitations to be accredited as the consul general of the United Provinces of South America, 1818, Dec. 9, ... 415
To the Secretary of State: that he has been instructed by the Supreme Director of Buenos Ayres to remove any unfavorable impressions respecting a supposed conspiracy against his person, 1818, Dec. 31, ... 416
Urging his recognition by the American Government in the capacity of consul general of the United Provinces as consistent with the professed neutrality of the United States, and replying to the objections which Mr. Adams had suggested, 1819, Jan. 8, ... 417
Discriminating: the subject of negotiation between the American and British commissioners, 1815, May 15, ... 9
Discriminating: message recommending a legislative enactment reciprocating their repeal, according to the terms of the treaty concluded with Great Britain, 1817, Feb. 3, ... 105
On iron in bars and bolts: letter of the British mission, requesting its reduction according to the terms of the convention of July 3, 1815, 1816, Nov. 18, ... 159
Tonnage: the remission of certain, imposed on British vessels subsequently to the date of the convention of July 3, 1815, 1817, Dec. 8, ... 160
Discriminating: repealed in favor of the Hanseatic cities, 1818, ... 213
On importations: their augmentation recommended by President Monroe, 1821, ... 740
To Mr. Russell: that the seizures and confiscations, to which Mr. Russell had called the attention of the Swedish Government, had been caused by the continental system of France, and enforced by a Power which Sweden was then unable to resist; that the proceeds of these seizures were employed in placing Pomerania in a state of defence; and that it would give the King of Sweden great satisfaction to discover any practicable mode of alleviating the losses of the American citizens, 1818, Oct. 27, ... 640
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To Don Pedro Cevallos: calling the attention of the Spanish Government to the case of Richard W. Meade, imprisoned by the authorities of Cadiz, under the semblance of law, showing the claims of Mr. Meade upon the Spanish Government, and the injustice of his detention; and demanding his immediate release, 1816, Aug. 27, ... 145
To Mr. Cevallos: recapitulating the grounds upon which he conceives Mr. Meade to be unjustly imprisoned; and proposing that the sum paid by Mr. Meade into the royal treasury shall be paid over to the claimant, on whose account he is imprisoned, 1816, Sept. 16, ... 146
To Mr. Cevallos: insisting that his application in behalf of Mr. Meade was properly made to him; if it belongs, however, to the council of war, he requests his excellency to lay his demand for the payment of the sum deposited in the royal treasury before that council; and he again urges Mr. Meade's liberation, 1816, Oct. 21, ... 147
To the Secretary of State: transmitting additional correspondence on the case of Mr. Meade, 1817, May 12, ... 148
To Mr. Pizarro: That the reply of the consulado of Cadiz to the treasurer general having confirmed Mr. Erving's statement as to the unjust proceedings against Mr. Meade, he expresses his surprise that His Majesty has been kept uninformed of the same, 1816, Dec. 25, ... 148
To Mr. Pizarro: recapitulating all that had transpired on the subject of Mr. Meade; complaining of its retrograde movement, by being again referred to the council of war; and urging the great injustice of Mr. Meade's protracted imprisonment, 1817, March 14, ... 149
To Mr. Pizarro: encloses an additional document, tending to enforce his previous application in favor of Mr. Meade, 1817, March 24, ... 149
To Mr. Pizarro: he reviews the principal facts relating to Mr. Meade, and remonstrates strongly against his unjust detention until a legal adjudication can be obtained, while Spain herself retains a deposite in the royal treasury, which, if properly applied, would discharge the demands against him, 1817, May 9, ... 149
To Mr. Pizarro: requesting an order of the council of war for the discharge of Mr. Meade from imprisonment, in conformity to the opinion of the "Fiscal" given May 26, 1817, June 29, ... 152
To Mr. Cevallos: that he has been instructed by his Government to apply for the restoration of American vessels and property illegally seized under pretended blockades; he requests that the proclamation of General Morillo, establishing these blockades, may be declared null, 1816, Sept. 26, ... 158
To Mr. Cevallos: that the admiralty of Spain, to whom his ... [Mr. Erving's] note of September 26 has been communicated, cannot deny the facts therein stated; and that any delay will be sensibly felt by the American Government, 1816, Oct. 25, ... 158
To the Secretary of State: that Mr. Cevallos had been succeeded by Mr. Pizarro; that his correspondence with the new minister is transmitted; and that no reply has been received to his note of October 25, 1816, Dec. 15, ... 159
To the Secretary of State: the Spanish Government still withholds an answer to his note of October 25, 1817, March 10, ... 169
To the Secretary of State: that the letters of May 30 and 31, the cipher, and the special powers, were received; and he had thereupon addressed a note to Mr.Cevallos, dated August 26, 1816, Aug. 29, ... 433
To Mr. Cevallos: that the United States are anxious to discuss and settle all causes of misunderstanding, ancient and recent; with this view, he presents the subjects of complaint on the part of the United States, viz: 1. The indemnities provided for by the unratified treaty of 1802; 2. The additional indemnities claimed at that time; 3. Encouragement given by Spain to the hostile Indian tribes; 4. The aids with which they were supplied; 5. The aid afforded to Great Britain in the late war; 6. The seizure of American property, and the imprisonment of American citizens; 7. The questions respecting boundaries, 1816, Aug. 26, ... 433
To the Secretary of State: transmits the notes which had passed between Mr. Cevallos and himself, manifesting the apparent reluctance of Spain to enter on the discussion of subjects proposed by the American minister, or to answer his letter of August 26 1816, Sept. 22, ... 434
To Mr. Cevallos: calling his attention to his note of August 26, and justifying his earnestness by the importance of the matters contained in it, 1816, Sept. 13, ... 435
To Mr. Cevallos: that his note of September 15, stating that the negotiation of the subjects contained in Mr. Erving's note of August 26 had been commenced in the United States, had made it necessary to ask an interview with Mr. Cevallos; he recapitulates what had passed at this interview, and requests to be enabled to inform, his Government whether Mr. Onis would be furnished with "full powers," 1816, Sept. 19, ... 436
To the Secretary of State: that there is little probability that the negotiation with Spain will be carried on at Madrid; that Mr. Cevallos appears unwilling to assume its labor; and that its prosecution at Washington offers the best prospect of an accommodation, 1816, Sept. 27, ... 436
To the Secretary of State: transmits a note from Mr. Cevallos, disclaiming any personal considerations in the transfer of the negotiation from Madrid to Washington, and states the substance of conversations with Mr. Cevallos, in which he is assured that the instructions to Mr. Onis would embrace all the subjects contained in his note of August 26, 1816, Oct. 8, ... 437
To Mr. Pizarro: adverting to the disappointment produced by the limited instructions to the Chevalier de Onis, and to the inference which might arise from the interruption of the negotiation commenced in Washington; he nevertheless consents to the proposition of Mr. Pizarro, to resume the negotiation at Madrid, provided the ultimate views of the respective Governments can be ascertained within a reasonable time, so as not to delay the additional instructions to Mr. Onis, with which it was proposed to charge a special messenger. Pretermitting discussion, he will take the proposed instructions as the basis of a treaty, and decide instantly upon them, 1817, July 19, ... 443
To Mr. Pizarro: he reviews the course of the Spanish Government anterior to the transfer of the negotiation in 1816 to Washington; refers to the reasons assigned by Mr. Cevallos for that transfer, and to the fact that, after the transfer, Mr. Onis was empowered to discuss, but not to settle, the existing differences; justifies the determination of the American Government; and professes
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his willingness to accept an arrangement which shall secure the rights and honor of the United States, 1817, July 29, ... 411
To the Secretary of State: that large grants of land in Florida have recently been made by the King to his favorites. Other grants of unprecedented magnitude are reported, 1818, Feb. 10, ... 509
To the Secretary of State: enclosing extracts of the deeds granting the lands of Florida to the Duke of Alagon and the Count of Punon Rostro, 1818, Feb. 26, ... 509
To the Secretary of State: enclosing a copy of a grant to Don Pedro Vargas, 1818, April 5, ... 510
To the Secretary of State: stating the substance of a conversation with Mr. Pizarro, in relation to the recent grants of land in Florida, and the object of the United States in desiring to purchase the territory, 1818, April 26, ... 511
To the Secretary of State: that, in consequence of his representations, the grantees of the lands in Florida have been directed, by the Council of the Indies, not to make sale of the lands, 1818, May 14, ... 511
To the Secretary of State: that the King had determined to cede Florida to the United States, and had expressed a willingness to make the cession as valuable as possible, 1818, June 12, ... 512
To Mr. Pizarro: containing remarks on a proposal, by the American minister in 1803, to stipulate the purchase of a portion,of the territory of Spain, (Florida,) and to guaranty the remainder, 1818, July 9, ... 512
To Mr. Pizarro: expressing satisfaction at the ratification, by Spain, of the convention of 1802, as preliminary to other measures; and pointing out the expediency of enlarging the powers already given to the minister of Spain in the United States, 1818, July 16, ... 514
To the Secretary of State: that intimations have been given him that the King had rescinded the restriction imposed on the grantees of land in Florida. He transmits the notes which passed between Mr. Pizarro and himself on this occasion, 1818, July 22, ... 516
To Mr. Pizarro: that he is informed that the prohibition upon the grantees of land in Florida to sell those lands has been removed; that, having regarded that prohibition as a virtual annulment of the grants, he is apprehensive the confirmation of the grants will prove an obstacle to the successful termination of the negotiation at Washington, 1818, July 18, ... 516
To Mr. Pizarro: explaining the proposal formerly made by Mr. Pinckney to the Spanish Government; and showing that that proposal, being made before he was apprized of the cession of Louisiana by Spain to France, was consistent with the present territorial claims of the United States. He adverts, also, to the suggestion that a desert boundary, superadded to the guaranty, would be acceptable to Spain, 1818, July 24, ... 517
To Mr. Pizarro: that the perusal of Mr. Pinckney's letter of February 7, 1803, has confirmed him in the opinion formerly expressed, that Mr. Pinckney was not apprized, at the time, of the retrocession of Louisiana by Spain to France, 1818, July 27, ... 518
To Mr. Pizarro: that, having received no recent advices from his Government, he is unable to give any explanation concerning the conduct of General Jackson in Florida. In the mean time, he perceives nothing in the circumstances referred to by Mr. Pizarro to justify a suspension of the negotiation. It ought to be presumed, either that the American Government has acted with moderation and justice, or has disavowed measures not justifiable, 1818, July 28, ... 518
To Mr. Pizarro: that, whatever may have been the terms proposed by Mr. Pinckney respecting the guaranty, the present circumstances of the United States render it unnecessary either to renew or to discuss them. He declares that the proposed guaranty would not be admissible under any form; proposes a desert boundary on each side of the Colorado; and urges a speedy decision by the Spanish Government, 1818, August 9, ... 520
To Mr. Pizarro: that his note of the 11th of August, respecting an assault made on Pensacola by General Jackson has been received, and will be transmitted to his Government, 1818, August 14, ... 522
To Mr. Pizarro: expressing his regret at the determination to suspend the negotiation, 1818, August 31, ... 523
To the Secretary of State: transmitting a copy of a grant of lands made by the King of Spain to the Count of Punon Rostro, 1818, Sept. ... 524
Extracts from his letters to the ministers of Spain and the Secretary of State, in relation to the claim of R. W. Meade upon the Spanish Government, 1818, ... 722
1819, ... 723
Under the treaty of Ghent, by the several commissioners, ... 647
Flourishing state of, ... 97, 130
For the year 1821, state of, ... 739
The grounds upon which the United States maintain their right briefly set forth, 1815, July 21, ... 349
1815, Sept. 19, ... 350, 351
Letters between Mr. Adams and Lord Bathurst, containing the views and arguments of the two Governments concerning, ... 354, 356
The declared sentiments of the British Government on the subject of, 1816, Feb. 8, ... 360
Correspondence between the Secretary of State and Mr. Bagot on the subject; in which three propositions of the British Government were declined, and nothing effected, 1816, ... 365, 366
Protocol of the third conference in which various propositions relating to, are submitted by the plenipotentiaries of the United States and Great Britain, 1818, Sept. 17, ... 383
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Projet relating to, offered by the British plenipotentiaries; and observations thereupon by the American ministers, 1818, ... 391, 392
New article respecting, brought forward by the British plenipotentiaries, 1818, Oct. 13, ... 395
Final stipulations respecting, ... 406
The views of the American plenipotentiaries in the negotiation of the treaty of Ghent communicated to their Government, 1814, Dec. 25, ... 809, 810
Report of a committee concerning, ... 132
Its military occupation by the American troops, under the command of General Jackson, vehemently protested against by the minister of Spain, 1818, June 17, ... 495
1818, July 8, ... 496
The capture of Pensacola and St. Mark's by the American troops justified by the American Government, 1818, July 23, ... 497
Royal order from the King of Spain to the Captain General and Governor of Florida for the delivery of the Floridas to the United States within six months after the exchange of ratifications, 1820, Oct. 24, ... 702
Incidents growing out of the delivery of, to the United States, referred to by the President, ... 738
The organization of a temporary government for, recommended to Congress, ... 738
Documents connected with the delivery of the Floridas to the United States, in pursuance of the treaty, 1821, ... 740
The proceedings of the Governor and Captain General of Cuba, and of other officers of Spain, and of Governor Jackson, in relation to the delivery of Florida and the archives, reviewed by the Secretary of State; the various grounds of complaint by the Spanish minister specifically answered; and the correctness of the measures resorted to by Governor Jackson in the execution of his duties maintained by the American Government, 1822, April 15, ... 802
To the Secretary of State: stating the result of his interview with Governor Mahy, 1821, April 28, ... 742
To Governor Mahy: urging the immediate appointment of an officer to carry his order for the delivery of the Floridas, and that the archives and documents relating to Florida may be placed under his control, 1821, April 24, ... 743
To the Secretary of State: the result of another interview with the Governor of Cuba, in which he is promised that his business shall be expedited, 1821, May 5, ... 744
Transmitting a copy of his letter to General Jackson, 1821, May 7, ... 744
To General Jackson: that he is still uncertain when he can receive the archives, or the order for the delivery of the archives, 1821, May 7, ... 744
To the Secretary of State: he is still delayed; the term prescribed in the treaty is referred to by the Governor, 1821, May 9, ... 744
To the Secretary of State: he details his efforts to expedite his business, though his success is not equal to his importunity, 1821, May 14, ... 745
To the Secretary of State: enclosing a copy of a letter from Governor Mahy, 1821, May 17, ... 745
To the Secretary of State: the Intendant's decease; at his funeral he "exchanged salutes" with Governor Mahy; since that time he has been amused with promises, 1821, May 22, ... 746
To the Secretary of State: he has received a letter from Governor Mahy; Captain Read is indisposed, 1821, May 23, ... 746
To the Secretary of State: that he has received an assurance of being despatched the succeeding day, 1821, May 28, ... 746
To Governor Mahy: proposing to receive the archives of Florida at a subsequent period, and urging the immediate appointment of a commissary to carry to the province an order for its delivery to the United States, 1821, May 24, ... 747
To Governor Mahy: that he has received the Governor's letter, informing him of the appointment of the auditor of war; that he has agreed to receive on board a national vessel specie destined for the troops in Florida, and making further inquiry in relation to the archives, 1821, May 26, ... 748
To Señor Juan Nepom. de Arocha: that he will, with pleasure, accede to the request contained in his note to receive in a public vessel of the United States twenty thousand dollars in specie destined for the Floridas, 1821, May 23, ... 748
To the Secretary of State: that he has received from Governor Mahy copies of his orders to the sub-governors of Florida for the delivery of those provinces to the United States; that he has been assured that the archives will be delivered to the American Government as soon as they shall be selected; and that he has at length embarked with the Spanish commissary, 1821, May 30, ... 748
To Governor Jackson: stating the causes of his delay, and the assurance he has at length received of being speedily despatched, 1821, May 7, ... 761
To Mr. Rivadavia, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Buenos Ayres: relating to the enormities committed by pirates sailing under the flag of Buenos Ayres, 1821, Sept. 14, ... 822
To the Marquis of Casa Yrujo: calling his attention to the unanswered letter of May 18, and to the expectations of the American Government that no unreasonable delay should occur in the exchange of ratifications, 1819, June 4, ... 654
To Don Manuel Gonzales Salmon: expressing his regret at the determination ofHis Catholic Majesty to delay the exchange of ratifications; stating the rumored
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cause of this delay; declaring his conviction that the King will not sully his reputation in the eyes of the civilized world by withholding his ratification; and expressing his readiness to make the exchange at any time before the 22d of August, 1819, June 21, ... 654
To Mr. Salmon: that, perceiving from his note of the 19th August the determination of His Catholic Majesty not to ratify the treaty, he announces that after the 22d of February the United States will be free to press and enforce the claims and pretensions which, in a spirit of forbearance and moderation, they had agreed to cancel or adjust according to the terms of the treaty, 1819, August 21, ... 661
To the Secretary of State: (private,) communicating his sentiments respecting the true cause of the hesitation in Spain to ratify the treaty; suggesting that one cause has been a desire to obtain previously from the United States a declaration not to recognise the South American Governments; stating the substance of conversations which he had held on those subjects with the ministers of Great Britain and Russia then at Madrid; and expressing the belief that the ratification will be proposed at Washington, under certain conditions, 1819, August 22, ... 661
To the Duke of San Fernando: that he is instructed to inform the Government of Spain that the Government of the United States will receive the ratification of the treaty by Spain, provided the exchange of ratifications shall be immediate, and the desire explanation shall accompany it; that Captain Read, of the Hornet sloop of war, will remain in Madrid ten days, for the purpose of carrying the determination of His Majesty to the United States. He proceeds to enforce the obligation upon Spain to ratify the treaty by the authority of writers on national law, and an examination of the facts in relation to this transaction, 1819, Oct. 2, ... 662
To the Secretary of State: transmitting his correspondence with the Secretary of State of Spain, in relation to the detention of Captain Read by quarantine; communicating the substance of a conversation with the Duke of San Fernando; stating the rumor that Don Vives will be sent to Washington; and detailing more minute occurrences connected with the negotiation, 1819, Oct. 10, ... 664, 666
To the Duke of San Fernando and Quiroga: that Captain Read, the bearer of despatches, has been stopped on his way from Gibraltar to Madrid, and requesting the proper order that he may be allowed to pursue his journey, 1819, Sept. 30, ... 665
To the Duke of San Fernando: apprizing him of the arrival of Captain Read, who, finding the quarantine prohibition directed only to the director of the posts, had prosecuted his journey by means of a private or hired conveyance, ... 665
To the Secretary of State: that his application to the Spanish Government for copies of the large grants has proved unsuccessful; he communicates information concerning the grants received through other sources, and rumors relating to the question then pending, 1819, Oct. 28, ... 666
To the Duke of San Fernando: requesting copies of the grants, Oct. 10 and 15, ... 667
To the Duke of San Fernando: expressing his surprise that the desired copies of the large grants should have been denied; and his intention to obtain, it practicable, the information he wished through some other channel, 1819, Oct. 16, ... 667
To the Duke of San Fernando: replying to his note of the 8th October, containing the justificatory plea of Spain for declining or delaying the ratification of the treaty. In this reply the whole course of the negotiation and the history of the grants are reviewed; the moderation and justice of the United States; the tortuous, uncandid, deceptious management of Spain; proposing indemnities, but taking simultaneous measures to destroy the fund for their payment; offering a cession, and rendering it worthless; abandoning her colonial policy, while professedly relying on its rules; withholding information from her minister necessary to be known, that he might ignorantly err in his attempt to guard against error, are fully set forth, 1819, Oct. 18, ... 668
To the Secretary of State: General Vives has not yet found his way to Madrid; the reported expedition to Cadiz; that Vives is expected to go by the way of England, 1819, Nov. 16, ... 671
To the Secretary of State: that he has received a note from the Duke of San Fernando, returning Mr. Forsyth's note of October 18. He states his determination to insist upon his note being received, or to ask for his passports, 1819, Nov. 27, ... 671
To the Duke of San Fernando: expressing regret that the objections urged against the reception of his note of the 18th of October were not more specific; replying to the charges; and stating his determination to cause the note to be accurately translated and returned to the Spanish Government, 1819, Oct. 10, ... 664
To the Secretary of State: stating the circumstances which induced him to delay the return of his note of the 18th of October, until the reception of the President's message, 1819, Jan. 3, ... 674
To the Duke of San Fernando: stating his apprehension that, before the arrival of General Vives, the determination of the American Government will have been executed. He assumes the responsibility of withholding the return of his note, while, however, he maintains his right to have the same presented to the King at a future day, if he should deem it necessary, 1820, Jan. 27, ... 678
To the Secretary of State: transmitting a copy of his note to the Duke of San Fernando, 1820, Feb. 15, ... 679
To the Secretary of State: that he has learned from Mr. Jabat, since the change in the Government of Spain, that General Vives has not carried the ratification with him. His opinions thereon, expressed to the Spanish Government and to his own. Prospect of a favorable issue, in consequence of the change of Government. He urges the policy of an immediate occupation of Florida, 1820, March 30, ... 679
To the Secretary of State: that he has had two interviews with Mr. Jabat, at one of which, subsequently to the reception of the President's message, friendly sentiments were expressed; and the forbearance of the United States indicated by the tone of the message promised a successful result, 1820, May 20, ... 690
To the Secretary of State: he details the substance of his interviews with the
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Minister of State, and the communication to the Cortes by King in relation to the affairs of the United States. The minister expressed himself in favor of cancelling the grants, and appearances promise an amicable issue, 1820, July 13, ... 691
To the Secretary of State: he is informed by one of the ministers (Mr. Jabat) that the necessary papers are prepared and will be laid before the Cortes during the week. The Cortes have had a secret session, 1820, August 27, ... 692
To the Secretary of State: That the subject of American affairs has been submitted to the Cortes, and referred to the political commission; a speedy report and decision may be expected. He transmits his correspondence with Mr. De Castro, 1820, Sept. 21, ... 693
To Don Evaristo Perez de Castro: that, in his previous conversations, he has expressed the belief that the prompt ratification of the treaty by Spain, accompanied by satisfaction for the injuries caused by the delay, will be accepted by the United States. He expresses his satisfaction at the recent revolution in the Government of Spain; anticipates from that event an amicable adjustment of a long protracted negotiation; adverts to the obligation upon Spain to ratify the treaty; glances at the causes which have obstructed the ratification; and refers to the moderation which has characterized the United States throughout the entire negotiation, 1820, July 21, ... 693
To the Secretary of State: that the political commission have made a report to the Cortes, advising the ratification of the treaty; they have also declared the grants to Alagon, &c. null and void, 1820, Oct. 5, ... 694
To the Secretary of State: he communicates the substance of two interviews with Mr. De Castro, in which the minister of Spain endeavored to ascertain the most advantageous terms upon which the United States would receive a ratification of the treaty; and a determination was expressed to despatch a special messenger to the United States. Their correspondence is transmitted, 1820, Oct. 11, ... 696
To Mr. De Castro: he refers to his notes of the 21st July, 1820, and the 2d of October, 1819, as containing the views of the American Government in relation to the treaty; and removes a misapprehension into which Mr. De Castro has apparently fallen, by stating that it is the sole object of the United States to ratify the treaty upon the well-known terms, and according to the acknowledged intentions of its respective negotiators, 1820, Oct. 7, ... 697
To Mr. De Castro: that he regrets to find, in his note of the 9th of October, a revival of a discussion on the validity of the grants, which it was his own object to close; he corrects a mistake in which Mr. De Castro has fallen, in supposing that the intended annulment of the grants is to be inferred only from the declarations of Mr. Onis; recapitulates the evidence of that intention; adverts to the credence which the American Government were bound to give to the representations of Don Onis; and reiterates the assurance that the United States desire nothing that is not just and equitable, 1820, Oct. 10, ... 699
To Mr. De Castro: that he has received with satisfaction his note of October 11; and that he will avail himself of the opportunity thus afforded him of sending despatches to his Government, 1820, Oct. 11, ... 700
To Mr. Adams: that the Cortes have authorized the ratification of the treaty, and the annulment of the grants, but have recommended the ministers to endeavor to obtain from the United States an equivalent concession, 1820, Oct. 11, ... 701
To the Secretary of State: enclosing the copy of a note from Mr. De Castro to the charge of Russia, 1820, Oct. 15, ... 701
To the Secretary of State: transmitting a copy of his recent correspondence with Mr. De Castro, 1820, Oct. 24, ... 701
To Mr. De Castro: calculating on a speedy exchange of ratifications; he suggests the convenience of an order, to accompany the ratification, for the evacuation and delivery of the territory of Florida, with the archives and documents, pursuant to the treaty, 1820, Oct. 17, ... 701
Extracts from his official letters relating to the claim of R. W. Meade, 1820, ... 724
To Don Eusebio de Bordaxo y Agava, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Spain: representing, in pursuance of his instructions, the injurious delay in the delivery of the Floridas and of the archives, occasioned by the procrastination of the Governor and Captain General of Cuba, 1821, Sept. ... 766
To the Secretary of State: transmitting a dictamen of the commission of the Cortes in relation to the proposed pacification between Spain and her South American provinces, 1822, Feb. 12, ... 847
Required only on the seaboard, ... 131
A system of, commenced, ... 216
Surveys for, and state of those commenced, 1819, ... 629
Progress in their erection, ... 646
Progressive surveys for the purpose of, 1821, ... 740
On Dauphin Island suspended, ... 740
Additional duties on her tonnage; recommendation to suspend their imposition, 1820, ... 645
Restrictive measures on her commerce, for the protection of the navigation of the United States, ... 637
Differences with, arising from the construction of the eighth article of the Louisiana treaty, and the seizure of a French vessel for an infraction of the revenue laws of the United States, ... 637
Order for his discharge, ... 785
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To the Secretary of War: stating the probability that the Creek Indians, influenced by the hope of assistance from Great Britain, will recur to war for the recovery of their ceded lands, 1815, May 21, ... 552
To the Secretary of War: enclosing a communication from Little Prince, a Creek Indian, 1816, April 30, ... 557
To Colonel Clinch: giving instructions in relation to the suspicious conduct of the Creeks, and ordering the destruction of a negro fort in certain contingencies, 1816, May 23, ... 558
To Commodore Patterson: requesting his co-operation against the Indians, with whom he anticipates open hostilities, 1816, May 22, ... 558
To General Jackson: apprizing him of the force and hostile movements of the Indians, 1817, Nov. 21, ... 597
To the Secretary of War: narrating the successful attack by the Indians upon an American detachment under Lieutenant Scott, and representing the necessity of vigorous measures against the Indian towns; his talk to the Indians. 1817, Dec. 2, ... 598
(See Adams.)
To the British plenipotentiaries: proposing a modification of the projet respecting impressed seamen, 1818, October 12, ... 393
Unknown to the Director of Chili, ... 292
Documents explanatory of the, ... 808
His report on the condition of the South American Provinces, ... 224
Its auspicious commencement and advantageous results, ... 129
Expenditures, civil and military, for the support of, 1817, ... 130
Commercial treaty with, communicated to the Senate, ... 7
Excepts the island of St. Helena from the ports to which American vessels may repair for refreshments, ... 18
Tenders a pecuniary compensation to the widows and families of the American prisoners who were killed by the soldiery in Dartmoor prison, 1815, ... 23, 24
Maintains that captured and refugee slaves, not removed from the United States at the ratification of the treaty of Ghent, were not included in the description of property or slaves for whose restitution provision was made by the first article of the treaty of Ghent, 1815, ... 119, 125
Arrangement with, respecting the naval armaments on the lakes, ... 129, 202
Declines a reciprocal commercial convention embracing the colonial trade, ... 129
Requests, by her minister, the restoration of duties exacted in violation of the convention of 3d July, 1815, ... 159, 160
Decision with, respecting the respective claims to the islands in the Passamaquoddy bay, ... 171
Negotiations with resumed, on the subject of a commercial convention, 1818, ... 214
Convention with, of 20th October, 1818, concluded, ... 348
Proposes to restrict the United States to the right to fish on the coast of Newfoundland to the open sea, and to prohibit their curing fish on shore, 1815, Sept. 19, ... 350, 351
Proposals by, respecting the fisheries, 1816, ... 365, 366
Proposal to admit the vessels of the United States to a limited participation in the West India trade, ... 367
Orders the capture of vessels engaged in the fisheries within her jurisdiction, 1817, May 12, ... 369, 370
Declines a proposal made by the American Government respecting the West India trade, 1819, Sept. 17, ... 405
Convention with, of October 20, 1818, ... 406
The state of commercial relations with, ... 628, 645
The construction of the first article of the treaty of Ghent referred to the Emperor of Russia, ... 645
Documents relating to the treaty of Ghent, ... 738, 808
Territorial claims of, on the northwest coast of America, ... 851
Surrenders to the United States, agreeably to the treaty of Ghent, the post at the mouth of the Columbia river, 1818, October 6, ... 856
Urges the repeal of the duties discriminating between rolled and hammered iron, as contravening the commercial treaty, ... 869
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To Mr. Adams: communicating a copy of the instructions which he received from His Majesty's chancellor of state, in relation to the application contained in his note of November 14, 1818, Nov. 21, ... 419
To A. Arbuthnot: advising him to extricate himself from the band of outlaws with whom he had associated, 1817, May 10, ... 579
The city of, represent that they do not enjoy the full benefit of the commercial reciprocity secured to other Powers, inasmuch as the repeal of the discriminating duties is confined to such of her vessels as are laden with the "produce and manufactures of Hamburgh" whereas the vessels of the United States are not restricted as to the origin of their cargoes, 1819, Jan. 23, ... 421
Application of the consul of, in behalf of the owners of the brig Henrick, ... 629
Reciprocal commercial relations with, ... 738
Cities of Hamburgh and Bremen apply for a further extension to them of the principle of the act repealing discriminating duties on certain foreign vessels, 1819, ... 421, 422
To Colonel Nicholls: in reply to his letter of May 12, showing the groundlessness of the pretensions of those whom he (Nicholls) represents as the chief, of the Creek nation, and assuring him of merited punishment, should he persist in his threatened measures, 1815, May 28, ... 550
To the Secretary of the Navy: communicating the delivery of Amelia Island to the land and naval forces of the United States, 1817, Dec. 24, ... 143
1817, Dec. 30, ... 144
Report of a committee thereon, ... 630
To the Secretary of State: relating, to the condition of Callao and Valparaiso, 1821, August 21, ... 827
Statements showing their number, origin, and disposition, ... 56
The British evince an indisposition to enter into any conventional arrangement for the purpose of preventing, 1816, Jan. 31, ... 360, 373The inflexible principles of Great Britain on the subject, stated by Mr. Rush, ... 373, 374
Lord Castlereagh suggests a modification of the American proposal on the subject, 1818, August 15, ... 379
Projet of a stipulation by the British plenipotentiaries, and verbal alterations and amendments by the American negotiators, 1818, Sept. 25, ... 389
Observations upon the British projet by the American plenipotentiaries, ... 394
New article respecting, brought forward by the British plenipotentiaries, ... 395
The British article declined by the American plenipotentiaries, their proposed amendments having been objected to, 1818, Oct. 19, ... 397
Views of the American Government on the subject, communicated by Mr. Adams, 1818, Nov. 2, ... 399
Due by Sweden for seizures and confiscations of American property; negotiation for their payment, 1816, 1819, ... 635, 644
Reported on favorably by a committee of Congress, ... 848
Reported on by the Cortes of Spain, ... 830
Purchases from, ... 96
Advancement in civilization, ... 96
Encouraged in the acquisition of individual ownership in the soil, ... 96
The policy which, in the opinion of Mr. Monroe, should be observed towards them, ... 128, 131
Pacific relations with, 1817, ... 130, 647
The cessions obtained from, and the reasons which justify, ... 131
Seminole, the duties imposed on the United States by their hostilities, 1818, ... 183
Additional cessions of, to the United States, ... 216
The Creek, desirous of resuming their ceded lands, ... 552
Address of (the Muscogees) to the King of England, 1818, Aug. 18, ... 552
Proofs of their having been countenanced by Spanish officers in their hostilities against the United States, 1818, ... 569, 572, 578, 589, 590, 608
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By the Secretary of the Navy to Captains Dexter, Woolsey, and Leonard, respecting the naval force to be maintained on the lakes, 1817 May 2, ... 206
To Captain Samuel Chambers, by Rear Admiral David Milne, directing him to cruise between Sambro light-house and Cape Sable, for the protection of the fisheries against the encroachment of foreigners, 1817, May 12, ... 369
To Messrs. Gallatin and Rush, in relation to their renewed negotiation for a commercial convention, and the adjustment of differences, 1818, July 28, ... 375
Additional notes from the representatives of the British Government on the same subject, ... 869
Transmitting the reply of the Governor of Pensacola to his letter of April 23 and stating his readiness and ability to destroy a negro and Indian fort, if such shall be the orders of his Government, 1816, June 15, ... 557
To Governor Mazot: desiring the unmolested passage through the Escambia river of provisions required by the American army, 1818, March 25, ... 562
To Governor Mazot: declaring the reasons by which the American army have been compelled, in self-defence, to enter Florida; detailing the evidences of active hostilities against the United States found at St. Mark's; and summoning the Barancas and Pensacola to surrender peaceably, as a means of preventing the forcible occupation of those places, 1818, May 23, ... 568
To Governor Mazot: that he has entered Pensacola; and that resistance to his demand will be ineffectual, 1818, May 24, ... 569
To Governor Mazot: that the accusations against him are founded on unquestionable evidence; and that his demand must be complied with, 1818, May 25, ... 569
To the Secretary of War: giving him information of his military operations; of the means adopted for procuring supplies; of the probable occupation of St. Mark's by the Indians; and of his intended movements against those places into which the Indians may have retreated, 1818, March 25, ... 572
To the Secretary of War: detailing his operations subsequently to his letter of March 28; that St. Mark's is in his possession; that the Prophet Francis is secured; and that Arbuthnot is imprisoned for trial, 1818, April 8, ... 574
To F. C. Luenga, commanding officer at St. Mark's: that imperious circumstances render it necessary, to the successful prosecution of the Seminole war, to garrison St. Mark's with American troops; that he comes as a friend, not an enemy of Spain. He requests the means of conveying intelligence to the armed vessels of the United States in the Bay of St. Mark, 1818, April 6, ... 575
To F. C. Luenga: declining any suspension in his proposed occupation of St. Mark's; and proposing to take an inventory of the public property, and to adopt any suggestion he may make to secure the property of himself, officers, and soldiers. 1818, April 7, ... 576
To F. C. Luenga: acknowledging his protest; declaring that a tedious negotiation, in the circumstances of his army, was inadmissible; and stating that transports for himself and family will be provided, 1818, April 7, ... 576
To the Secretary of War: detailing his further operations against the retreating Indians, after the capture of St. Mark's. The war he considers as terminated. Ambrister taken, 1818, April 20, ... 599
To the Secretary of War: the success of an expedition in pursuit of Arbuthnot's schooner; papers therein criminating Arbuthnot, and implicating the Spanish and English Governments, 1818, April 26, ... 600
To the Secretary of War: reporting his operations east of the Appalachicola river; his suspicion of foreign agents is justified by subsequent disclosures; Arbuthnot taken at St. Mark's; Ambrister made a prisoner at Bowlegstown; their trial and execution: his correspondence with the Governor of Pensacola on the subject of supplies; aids furnished by Spanish Governors to the Indians; necessity for the occupation of Pensacola, 1818, May 5, ... 601
To the Secretary of War: his reasons for marching to Pensacola; correspondence with the Governor; Pensacola and the Barancas taken by military force; terms of capitulation; provisional government; Gadsden appointed collector; revenue laws of the United States enforced, 1818, June 9, ... 602
To the Secretary of War: the Seminole war having terminated, he recommends certain individuals to the notice of the Government, 1818, June 9, ... 574
Appointed Governor and Captain General of the Floridas, 1821, March 12, ... 750
To the Secretary of State: requesting further instructions in relation to the Indians, &c., 1821, April 2, ... 755
To the Secretary of State: states his opinions respecting the constructive meaning of the word "fortifications," 1821, April 10, ... 755
To the Secretary of State: in relation to the functions of Judge Fromentin; the keeping the archives; the refusal of the Branch Bank at New Orleans to cash his draft upon the Government at par; his application to Mr. Chew, the collector, to make him an advance; and to the necessity of being furnished with funds to cover his expenses, 1821, April 24, ... 756
To the Secretary of State: that he has arrived at Blakely, Alabama, but has received no advices from Colonel Forbes; his letter to the Governor of West Florida, 1891, May 1, ... 756
To Governor Callava: that he has been commissioned to receive the Floridas; that, in order to provide the necessary transports and supplies, he wishes to be apprized of the number of Spanish officers and troops to he removed; that the evacuation of the Spanish troops will become an expedient measure by the 15th of the ensuing month, 1821, April 30, ... 757
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To the Secretary of State: that, as soon as the Hornet arrives, he intends to move with his troops to Pensacola; that, having taken possession, he will organize the Government; six months from the exchange of ratifications will be allowed for the evacuation, 1821, May 19, ... 760
To the Secretary of State: that he has received a letter from Colonel Forbes, stating his having received an assurance that he will not be detained more than four days longer; he asks a draft upon the Branch Bank, 1821, May 21, ... 760
To the Secretary of State: that, in the event of the return of Mr. Forbes without obtaining an order for the delivery of the Floridas, it is his purpose to advance within the limits of Florida, tender sufficient transportation, and demand a surrender of the country; and that this course, he conceives, is justified by the terms of the treaty, 1821, May 30, ... 762
To the Secretary of State: that Colonel Forbes has not yet arrived. The last intelligence from Cuba states the sickness of Captain Read and the death of the Intendant, 1821, June 9, ... 762
To the Secretary of State: that intelligence has been received at Pensacola of the arrival of the Hornet, 1821, June 10, ... 762
To the Secretary of State: he transmits a communication from Colonel Forbes, and states the measures he has adopted to obtain possession of the Floridas, 1821, June 11, ... 763
To the Secretary of State: acknowledging his communications of May 22 and 23, 1821, June 13, ... 763
To the Secretary of State: he has the pledge of the Governor that within four days the keys of Pensacola will be delivered to him. The question respecting the artillery and the provisions has been referred to their respective Governments, and an inventory of both has been taken, 1821, June 29, ... 763
To the Secretary of State: that the province of West Florida was delivered to him in due form the 17th July, 1821. He has prepared ordinances for the government of the town and country, 1821, July 17, ... 764
To the Secretary of State: he transmits a procès verbal of the delivery of West Florida, its dependencies, &c., 1821, July 18, ... 764
To Messrs. Walton, Brackenridge, and Miller, authorizing them to demand certain papers from Domingo Sousa, 1821, ... 779
To Messrs. Miller and Butler: commanding them to seize the body of Domingo Sousa, with certain papers, and bring the said Sousa and the papers before him, 1821, August 22, ... 781
His order to Colonel Brooke to furnish an officer, sergeant, corporal, and twenty men, supplied with twelve rounds of ammunition, 1821, ... 782
Order of, to Lieutenant Mountz to bring Colonel Callava and his steward, Fullarat, before him, in the event of a refusal to deliver certain papers, 1821, ... 782
His order to Colonel Butler and Dr. Bronaugh to bring Colonel Callava and his steward, Fullarat, before him, in the event of their refusal to deliver certain papers, 1821, ... 782
To George Walton, Colonel John Miller, and David Shannon, ordering them to proceed to the house of Colonel Callava, and make search for certain paper, 1821, ... 785
To the Secretary of State: containing his answers to the several allegations of the Spanish minister; reviewing the measures which it became his duty to adopt in order to enforce the stipulations of the treaty, and protect the inhabitants of East and West Florida from attempted frauds; and justifying his own acts and the acts of those in subordinate authority, 1822, Jan. 22, ... 793
To the Secretary of State: transmitting a letter from Colonel George Walton, Secretary of Florida, relating to the case of two Spanish officers, Marcos de Villiers and Arnaldo Guillemard, then in prison, 1822, Jan. 31, ... 800
Lands, public--Causes which will augment their value, ... 131
Should be regarded as a public stock, ... 131
Relief to the purchasers of, recommended, ... 646
The Supreme Director of, nominates Mr. De Forest consul-general near the United States, ... 418
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To General Jackson: that it was true St. Mark's had been menaced by the combined Indians and negroes, who importunately demanded the customary supplies of ammunition; that there was no existing danger from this quarter; and, therefore, hopes General Jackson will desist from his declared intention, 1818, April 7, ... 575
To General Jackson: protesting against the occupation of St. Mark's by the American army, 1818, April 7, ... 576
To A. Arbuthnot: advising him to escape, while he may, an impending storm; and stating his apprehensions for the safety of Mr. Arbuthnot's little objects, 1817, Dec. 25, ... 580
Recommends the establishment of a uniform national currency, by the restoration of the precious metals, the creation of a national bank, or the issue of Government notes, ... 3
Recommends the erection of defences, floating and fixed, on the maritime frontier, and the preparation in peace for war, ... 3
Recommends provision for invalid officers and soldiers, an enlargement of the Military Academy, and an effective classification and organization of the militia, ... 3
Recommends measures for the construction, repair, and security of vessels of war, and the collection of materials for the prompt augmentation of the navy, 1815, ... 3
Recommends the due protection of domestic manufacturing industry, by a judicious tariff on foreign imports, ... 3
Recommends the establishment of national roads and canals by the General Government, ... 3, 97
Recommends a national university at the seat of Government, ... 3, 97
Urges a liberal system of commercial intercourse with foreign Powers, and the preservation at home of whatever tends to promote liberty and safety, ... 3
Recommends measures for the protection of American navigation, ... 96
Recommends an effective organization and classification of the militia, ... 96
Recommends a provision for the attainment of uniformity in weights and measures, ... 97
Recommends the extension and enforcement of the criminal jurisdiction of the United States, ... 97
Recommends additional legislative measures for the suppression of the slave trade, ... 97
Recommends a re-modification of the Judiciary and Executive Departments, ... 97
Adverts to the duty imposed on Congress, by the constitution, to provide a uniform currency, ... 97
Anticipates the beneficent action of the General Government on the future interests of the United States, ... 98
Refers to his intended retirement, ... 98
Encomium upon, by his successor, Mr. Monroe, ... 129
To Mr. Forbes: that his business will be concluded in a few days; that the treaty allows six months, and that three have expired; and that he has nominated the auditor of war of the province of Florida, who may proceed for that service, 1821, May 26, ... 747
To the commanders of East and West Florida: charging them with the duty of delivering the Floridas to the constituted authorities of the United States, 1821, May 5, 27, 29, ... 749
Cause of their depression, ... 96
Demand the systematic and fostering care of the Government, ... 128
Their protection and encouragement recommended to Congress by President Monroe, 1817, ... 132
The success which has attended the measures of relief afforded to them, 1818, ... 216
Causes which have depressed, ... 628
Their encouragement recommended, ... 629
Permanent causes for their great extension, ... 739
Advantages which will attend their due encouragement, ... 739
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To Major Youngs: in relation to the Indians, upon whom, he alleges, an unauthorized attack was made by the American troops, 1818, April 27, ... 507, 563
To Major Youngs: stating the acquiescence of certain Indians in arrangements proposed for their protection, 1818, April 30, ... 507, 563
To General Andrew Jackson: containing his replies to the several charges which had been made against him, tending to show that countenance, aid, and protection had been given by the officers of Spain to the Indians engaged in hostilities against the United States, 1818, May 18, ... 507, 564
To General Andrew Jackson: protesting against his entering the frontiers of Florida; desiring his retreat; and declaring that, unless he complies with this demand, force will be repelled by force, 1818, May 22, ... 567
To General Andrew Jackson: that his information, as to the Indians, is incorrect; that he cannot surrender the Barancas peaceably, without a violation of duty; and that General Jackson alone will be answerable for the consequences of attempted coercion, 1818, May 24, ... 569
Mrs., petitions the President of the United States to interpose with the Government of Spain for the liberation of her husband from an unjust and vindictive imprisonment, 1817, Dec. 4, ... 150
Further documents: showing that while Mr. Meade was undergoing an imprisonment in order to coerce from him a double payment, the amount in controversy had been deposited by Mr. Meade in the royal treasury, by virtue of competent authority; and that Spain declined paying the sum either to the creditor claiming it, or to Mr. Meade who had deposited it, 1817, ... 151, 152
Reports of the committees of the Senate and House of Representatives on the subject of his unjust imprisonment, 1818, March 24, 1818, April 4, ... 153 154
Message, report of the Secretary of State, and documents, in relation to his claims upon the Spanish Government, and the operation of the treaty of 22d February, 1819, upon them, 1821, Feb. 8, ... 704
At the commencement of the 14th Congress, 2d session, ... 96
At the commencement of the 15th Congress, 1st session, ... 129
Communicating to Congress information and documents concerning the suppression of the piratical and smuggling establishments at Amelia Island and Galvezton, ... 139
Recommending legislative provision for the return of duties, incompatible with the convention, levied upon British vessels after the 3d of July, 1815, 1818, ... 159
At the commencement of the 15th Congress, 2d session, ... 213
At the commencement of the 16th Congress, 1st session, ... 626
At the commencement of the 16th Congress, 2d session, ... 644
At the commencement of the 17th Congress, 1st session, ... 736
Communicating information concerning outrages and abuses committed upon American vessels and crews by the authorities of Spain, ... 811
Communicating a report of the Secretary of State, and other documents, showing the political condition of the South American Provinces, and proposing the recognition of their independence, 1822, March 8, ... 818
Treaty between Iturbide, in behalf of, and O'Donojú, ... 841
Manifesto of the provisional Government to the people of the empire, 1821, Oct. 13, ... 841
Its numerical force, 1817, ... 131
Observations upon, by the American plenipotentiaries, jointly, and by Messrs. Russell and Gallatin, separately, 1814, Dec. 25, ... 809, 811
Declares the principles by which he will be governed in his foreign and domestic policy, ... 127, 128
Advocates the defence of national interests and individual rights against foreign aggression, ... 128
Urges the duty of maintaining adequate defences, disciplining the militia, opening roads and canals, protecting and encouraging manufactures, civilizing the Indians; and recommends a just expenditure of public money, peace with foreign Powers, and union and harmony at home, ... 128, 129
Renders a merited tribute to his predecessor in office, ... 129
Communicates to Congress his opinion as to the constitutional power of the General Government to construct roads and canals, ... 131
Recommends amendments to the constitution to enable Congress to construct roads and canals, and establish seminaries of learning, ... 132
Recommends a repeal of the internal taxes, ... 132
Justifies the temporary occupation of Florida, ... 215
Orders Pensacola and St. Mark's to be restored, 1818, ... 215
Approves the establishment of distant military posts, ... 216, 629
Desires the civilization of the Indians, ... 216
Applauds the happy division of the powers of government between the General and State Governments, ... 216
Recommends a local Legislature for the District of Columbia, ... 216
Invites a grateful acknowledgment to the Divine Author of all good for national blessings, 1818, ... 216
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Recommends, towards Spain, an unwavering adherence to the just claims of the United States, with moderation and forbearance in their pursuit, 1819, ... 627
Recommends the enforcement of the neutral obligations of the United States, 1819, ... 628
Recommends prohibitory regulations in relation to the West India trade, 1819, ... 628
Recommends the encouragement of manufactures to Congress, 1819, ... 629
His message at the opening of the sixteenth Congress, second session, ... 644
Message, transmitting a correspondence between the Secretary of State and the minister of Spain, between March 27 and May 9, 1820; that this correspondence has resulted in declaring the treaty null; but recommending, in consequence of a recent change in the political condition of Spain, to forbear an immediate pressure upon her, 1820, May 9, ... 676
Message from, to the Senate, seventeenth Congress, first session. ... 735
Proposes to Congress the recognition of the independence of the South American provinces, 1822, March 8, ... 818
To Anthony St. John Baker: the Government of the United States declines the acceptance of the pecuniary provision tendered by the British Government to the widows and families of those American prisoners who were killed in the Dartmoor prison, 1815, Dec. 15, ... 24
To John Forsyth, chairman of the Committee on Foreign Relations: communicating information concerning illegal armaments within the United States, in violation of their neutral obligations, 1817, Jan. 10, ... 104
To Mr. Adams, American minister at London: that the British naval officers have, in violation of the treaty of Ghent, carried off the slaves taken during the war from American citizens; the defence set up; his correspondence with the British chargé transmitted, 1815, May 11, ... 106
To Mr. Baker, chargé d'affaires of Great Britain: the construction given by British officers to the treaty stipulation concerning the redelivery of the slaves taken from American citizens is examined; arguments to show that the British construction is untenable, 1815, April 1, ... 106
To Mr. Adams: that the justice of the construction of the treaty of Ghent, respecting the slaves, which has been given by Great Britain, cannot be admitted by the American Government, 1815, Nov. 16, ... 121
To Mr. Adams: instructing him to propose the reference of the difference between the United States, originating from the different constructions of the first article of the treaty of Ghent, to a friendly Sovereign, 1816, May 21, ... 126
To Don Onis: that the blockade by Morillo is repugnant to the law of nations; what constitutes a good blockade; the American Government will expect General Morillo to conform to the law of nations, 1816, March 20, ... 156
To Mr. Erving: directing him to interpose with the Spanish Government in favor of certain American vessels, seized for an alleged violation of a blockade of the South American coast, 1816, July 20, ... 157
To Mr. Pinkney, special minister to Naples: the principal object of his appointment is to obtain indemnity for the illegal seizure and confiscation of American property; the origin, nature, and justice of this claim upon the existing Government, 1816, May 11, ... 161
To Mr. Bagot: communicating the concurrence of the American Government in proposing a mutual reduction of the naval forces of the respective Governments on the northern lakes; and transmitting a projet for that purpose, 1816, Aug. 2, ... 203
To Mr. Bagot: that his proposition to suspend the further naval construction of the respective Governments on the lakes will be concurred in, 1816, April 12, ... 204
To Mr. Bagot: transmitting a statement of the number and force of the American vessels on the lakes, 1816, Nov. 7 & 8, ... 205
To the Chevalier de Onis: in behalf of certain American citizens imprisoned at Santa Fé, in Mexico, 1817, Feb. 8, ... 208
To Mr. Baker, chargé of Great Britain: apprizing him that an American vessel, engaged in the cod fishery, has been warned off by the British sloop of war Jaseur, in violation of the late treaty of peace, 1815, July 18, ... 348
To Mr. Adams: that a British sloop of war having warned an American vessel from off the cod fishery, secured to the United States by the treaty of 1783, apprehensions are entertained of the friendly and pacific policy of Great Britain; the grounds of the American claim to the fishery are briefly set forth; and the attention of the American minister to the policy of Great Britain is requested, 1815, July 21, ... 349
To Mr. Adams: furnishing him with instructions to negotiate a convention with the British Government, prescribing regulations concerning the fisheries, 1816, Feb. 27, ... 360
To Mr. Adams: his communications have been received; he is instructed, in relation to the fisheries, not to weaken the rights of the United States, 1816, Feb. 27, ... 361
To Mr. Adams: he is authorized to comprise the fisheries in any general arrangement with the British Government, 1816, May 24, ... 361
To Mr. Adams: that Mr. Bagot, the British minister, has received a power to arrange the differences respecting the fisheries, 1816, July 8, ... 361
To Mr. Adams: that two propositions respecting the fisheries have been made by Mr. Bagot; one of which has been declined, and upon the other information has been sought. An order made by Admiral Griffith to exclude the American fishing vessels has, at the instance of Mr. Bagot, been suspended during the negotiation, 1816, Aug. 24, ... 361
To Mr. Adams: transmitting his correspondence with Mr. Bagot on the subject of the fisheries, 1817, Feb. 5, ... 364
To Mr. Bagot: that, desiring to find a practical remedy for alleged inconveniences, he proceeds to the object of Mr. Bagot's note, without claiming or making any concession of the rights in controversy; and that the proposed accommodation to the American fishermen cannot be viewed as an adequate equivalent for the relinquishment desired of the American Government, 1816, Dec. 30, ... 365
To Mr. Bagot: that his third alternative, composed of the shores included in his two previous alternatives, is also viewed as an inadequate consideration for the proposed exclusion of American seamen from British jurisdiction, 1817, Jan. 7, ... 366
To the Chevalier de Onis: that the renewal of diplomatic relations between Spain and the United States was a proper occasion, not merely for the consideration of those topics to which the minister of Spain had adverted in his letters of December 30 and January 2, but also of those wrongs which the United States had
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long and patiently endured; the differences pending between the two Governments in relation to the navigation of the Mississippi, the purchase of Louisiana, the contested limits, the spoliations upon the ocean, and the indemnities withheld, are reviewed; the demands of Spain are contrasted with those of the United States; and the policy and conduct of the United States towards the revolutionary provinces are clearly explained, 1816, Jan. 19, ... 424
To Mr. Erving: he instructs Mr. E. to set out immediately for Spain; refers to the subjects of negotiation with which Mr. E. is intrusted; informs him of what had already occurred with Don Onis; and leads him to expect more detailed instructions, 1816, March 11, ... 433
To Mr. Erving: enclosing a letter of instructions, to be shown as his authority; and stating the grounds of difference and the extent of the claims of the United States, 1816, May 30, ... 433
To Mr. Onis: that the expressed determination of Spain, in relation to the proposed cession of her claims to territory eastward of the Mississippi, renders it unnecessary to continue the discussion of the question of limits; he wishes to be informed whether he is willing to enter into a convention to provide compensation for spoliations, 1817, Jan. 14, ... 437
To Mr. Onis: he repeats that the Government of the United States has no motive to continue the negotiation on the subject of boundaries; expresses surprise, after former delays, as well as the intimations to Mr. Erving of a desire to transfer the negotiation to Washington, that it should be necessary to recur to his Government for instructions on any part of the subject in controversy; and waiving a renewed discussion of exhausted topics, he requests to be informed whether he is willing to conclude a convention to provide indemnity for spoliations, &c. 1817, Jan. 25, ... 438
To the Chevalier de Onis: that, if the inference which he has drawn from his letter of February 10, viz.--that he is not authorized to conclude a treaty on any one point until his instructions shall arrive--be correct, he can perceive no advantages from entering into the negotiation before the expected instructions shall be received, 1817, Feb. 20, ... 441
To Mr. Baker, chargé des affaires of Great Britain: calling the attention of the British Government to the extraordinary conduct of Colonel Nicholls in exciting the Creeks to hostility, forming with them an alliance offensive and defensive, and furnishing them with arms and munitions of war, in violation of the late treaty of peace, 1815, July 10, ... 553
To Mr. Adams, at London: referring to his letter to Mr. Baker of July 10, 1815, July 21, ... 554
To Mr. Baker, chargé des affaires of Great Britain: that measures will be taken by the United States to reoccupy the post which they held previous to the war on the Columbia river, agreeably to the treaty of peace, and requesting his cooperation in that design, 1815, July 15, ... 852
Of the United States, where stationed, 1817, ... 131
The cause of its depression, ... 96
Legislative measures recommended for its protection, ... 96
Restrictions on the commerce with France and Great Britain adopted for its protection, ... 736, 737
Measures recommended by Mr. Madison for its improvement, preservation, and enlargement, 1815, ... 3
Its utility and importance, ... 128
Department of, proceedings of the, relative to the occupation of Amelia Island, 1817, ... 142, 144
Secretary of the, instructions to Captains Dexter, Woolsey, and Leonard respecting the naval force to be maintained by the United States on the northern lakes, ... 206
Its state and employment, ... 216
Measures for its increase, ... 629
Sites for depôts selected, ... 629
Disposition of the, for the protection of commerce, ... 629, 740
Reciprocal commercial relations with, ... 738
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To the Secretary of State: stating, in reply to his note, that it was explicitly understood by Don Onis, Mr. Adams, and himself, that the date specified in the eighth article of the treaty was intended to cancel the three grants to Alagon, Punon Rostro, and Vargas, as well as others, 1819, March 18, ... 653
To Admiral Cockburn, 1815, March 6, ... 111
To Admiral Cockburn: protesting against his construction of the treaty of Ghent, 1815, March, ... 112
Proclamation of, inviting the natives of Louisiana to join his combined force of Britons, Indians, and Spaniards, 1814, August 29, ... 548
To Colonel Hawkins: transmitting an extract from a treaty, concluded the 2d of April, 1815, between Great Britain and certain Indians; and urging a complaint from Bowlegs, a Seminole chief, 1815, April 28, ... 548
To Colonel Hawkins: reiterating his complaints in behalf of the Indians; and declaring that the Seminoles have formed an alliance offensive and defensive with Great Britain, 1815, May 12, ... 549
The conduct of, recapitulated in a letter from the Secretary of State to the chargé des affaires of Great Britain, 1815, July 10, ... 553
Regulations of, placing the vessels of the United States and their cargoes on the same footing as the vessels and cargoes of Norway, ... 864
To Mr. Prevost, on the subject of a reported blockade of the coast of Peru, 1821, June 23, ... 827
To the Secretary of State: notifies the American Government of the blockade by Spain of the South American coast, 1815, ... 156
To the Secretary of State: that, while the blockade of the Spanish South American coast was continued, the ports of Santa Marta and Porto Bello were left open to the commerce of neutrals, 1816, March 2, ... 156
To the Secretary of State: maintaining the legality of General Morillo's blockade of the South American coast; and suggesting a mode by which the inconvenience experienced by neutrals may be obviated, 1816, March 25, ... 157
To the Secretary of State: that General Morillo has raised his blockade, and that the kingdom of Santa Fé is open to the commerce of friendly Powers, 1816, Oct. 25, ... 159
To the Secretary of State: complaining of the injury to Spain occasioned by illegal armaments within the United States; specifying some of the vessels and persons engaged in them; and suggesting remedial or preventive measures, 1817, Jan. 2, ... 184
To the Secretary of State: adverts to the piratical depredations upon the commerce of Spain by persons assuming a belligerant flag, and the readiness with which these vessels and prizes are received in the ports of the United States, 1817, Jan. 15 & 16, ... 186
To the Secretary of State: that he has learned, with great satisfaction, that the marshal of Baltimore has despatched a boat with a picket of soldiers in pursuit of the pirate Mongore, 1817, Jan. 16, ... 186
To the Secretary of State: that the pirate Jupiter has captured the Spanish brig Reyna de los Angeles: he refers to the piratical rendezvous at Galvezton, and to instances of illegal armaments within the United States, 1817, Feb. 10, ... 187
To the Secretary of State: he alleges that the officers of the United States are not sufficiently vigilant or faithful in the detection and punishment of the parties concerned in piratical armaments, 1817, Feb. 11, ... 187
To the Secretary of State: he refers to the case of the Potosi, (alias Spartan, of Baltimore,) Chase, captain, as affording, conclusive proof that American citizens are actively engaged in the depredations on the commerce of Spain now carried on under a belligerant flag, 1817, Feb. 12 & 22, ... 188
To the Secretary of State: that the approaching termination of the session of Congress renders the decision of Congress upon a bill to enforce the neutral obligations of the United States very desirable, 1817, Feb. 28, ... 188
To the Secretary of State: that, while some of his notes remain unanswered, the depredations, by armed privateers, upon the commerce of Spain continue without interruption; that indemnities will be claimed from the United States for the damages thus sustained; and that he wishes to be informed of the measures of the United States Government to repress these robberies, 1817, March 11, ... 188
To the Secretary of State: acknowledging, the receipt of the "act of Congress more effectually to preserve the neutral relations of the United States;" and expressing the hope that the provisions of this law will be enforced in a more exact manner than those of former laws, 1817, March 26, ... 189
To the Secretary of State: that two pirates under the flag of Buenos Ayres, commanded by Chaytor and Grennolds, have entered the port of Norfolk; he asks that legal proceedings may be commenced against them under the recent act of Congress, 1817, March 26, ... 189
To the Secretary of State: giving information that the pirate Orb has returned to Baltimore, 1817, March 26, ... 190
To the Secretary of State: that, notwithstanding the general notoriety of the proceedings of the armed privateers equipped by American citizens from American
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ports, and returning to these ports with the proceeds their piracies and robberies, it is alleged by the prosecuting attorney of the United States in Baltimore that he cannot proceed against these vessels from the want of legal testimony to sustain the charges against them. He appeals to the President against the correctness and good faith of this decision; and refers to circumstances which, in his judgment, would justify legal prosecutions, 1817, March 29, ... 190
To the Secretary of State: transmitting the declaration, under oath of two seamen of the Spanish brig San Antonio de Padua, for the purpose of sustaining his former reclamations, 1817, April 5, ... 192
To the Secretary of State: that the court of Baltimore has declared its incompetency to take cognizance over an illegal armament; and that, notwithstanding the enactments to the contrary of the Congress of the United States, the pirate Almeyda is at full liberty, and his vessel, "Congreso," has been released, 1817, April 18, ... 193
To the Secretary of State: transmits copies of communications from the Spanish consul at Norfolk, containing further proofs of the violations of the laws of the United States by American citizens assuming the South American flags, 1817, April 19, ... 193
To the Secretary of State: that he has not received his expected instructions, and has despatched a messenger for them. In the mean time, he proposes to continue his reclamations and protests on the subject of the illegal armaments within the United States, 1817, April 23, ... 198
To the Secretary of State: transmitting information communicated by the Viceroy of New Spain, touching the assistance given by American citizens to the South American patriots, and the equipment of privateers or pirates within the United States, 1817, Sept. 2, ... 198
To the Secretary of State: he avails himself of the occasion presented by the capture of the Spanish polacre Santa Maria, by the pirate "Patriota Mexicano," manned with citizens of the United States, to renew his reclamations against the predatory warfare carried on by American citizens, under insurgent flags, against Spanish trade, 1817, Sept. 19, ... 198
To the Secretary of State: encloses copies of the correspondence between the United States attorney for the district of New York and the consul of Spain; and complains that the recent act of Congress has had no effect in preventing illegal armaments, within the United States, against the commerce of Spain, 1817, Nov. 2, ... 199
To the Secretary of State: he informs him of the capture of two Spanish ships by the insurgent privateers "La Independencia del Sud" and the "Mangore;" and of the ship Triton, by the privateer Regent; refers to his previous remonstrances to the fitting out of these privateers within the United States; and brings forward a claim to an indemnity from the United States for the amount ot these captures, 1817, Nov. 2, ... 201
To the Secretary of State: that he has transmitted his application, in behalf of certain American citizens imprisoned at Santa Fé, to the Viceroy of Mexico, and recommends their discharge, if found unjustly detained, 1817, Feb. 13, ... 208
To the Secretary of State: that he has received no information concerning the fate of his application in behalf of the Americans imprisoned at Santa Fé; he encloses a letter addressed by him to the Viceroy of New Spain, 1818, Jan. 12, ... 209
To the Viceroy of New Spain: representing the case of the Americans who, on their way from St. Louis to the capital of New Mexico, were imprisoned for the want of passports, 1818, Jan. 12, ... 209
To the Secretary of State: That the diplomatic relations between Spain and the United States being restored, he has been expressly instructed to request of the United States, 1st. The restoration of the Floridas, provisionally occupied; 2d. The suppression of military armaments within the United States, intended to co-operate with the rebellious provinces of Spain, and the punishment of the ringleaders; 3d. That vessels bearing the insurrectionary flag may be excluded more effectually from the ports and waters of the United States, 1815, Dec. 30, ... 422
To the Secretary of State: adverting to the succors furnished by the citizens of the United States to the revolutionary provinces of Spain; he offers to the consideration of the American Government those political reasons which, in his opinion, show the inexpediency of measures tending to raise up, in Mexico, a formidable agricultural and commercial rival of the United States, 1816, Jan. 2, ... 424
To the Secretary of State: he justifies his having pretermitted those causes of complaint which the United States had had against Spain previous to the interruption of diplomatic relations by the events of 1808; insists that the first step, at this time, should be to restore the relations of the two countries to the state in which they were at the time of that interruption; and dwells on the justice of the demands which he had made, viz: that Spain should be put into the possession of West Florida; that certain persons should be arrested and tried for promoting insurrection in the Spanish provinces, and exciting citizens of the United States to join therein; and that the flags of the revolting provinces should be excluded from the United States, 1816, Feb. 22, ... 426
To the Secretary of State: he recipitulates the different propositions which he had made in relation to the negotiations, whether embracing limits and indemnity, or limits alone; urges the objections of Spain to the territorial claims of the United States; states that he has requested additional powers from his Government; and proposes to continue the negotiation inone of two modes which he suggests, 1817, Jan. 16, ... 438
To the Secretary of State: he professes to be uninformed of what had passed between Mr. Erving and Mr. Cevallos in Spain; insists on the sincere desire of the King of Spain to terminate amicably the existing differences; recapitulates the steps of the negotiation in justification of himself and of his Government; explains more fully the propositions he had made respecting boundaries; thinks that a convention confined to indemnities would not be expedient, because it would still leave differences unsettled; expresses his readiness to enter into the negotiation respecting indemnities; and hopes that, when informed, by the return of the courier, of the points upon which the negotiation is to turn, they will be able to agree on articles mutually satisfactory, 1817, Feb. 10, ... 439
To the Secretary of State: acquiescing in the suggested suspension of the negotiation until the arrival of his instructions, 1817, Feb. 21, ... 441
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To the Secretary of State: requesting information as to the intentions of the American Government in the occupation of Amelia Island and Galvezton; both of which places, he maintains, belong to Spain, 1817, Dec. 6, ... 450
To the Secretary of State: proposing to resume the negotiation on the subjects in controversy, heretofore suspended from the want of suitable instructions, since received, 1817, Dec. 10, ... 451
To the Secretary of State: that Spain will consent to cede Florida to the United States for a suitable equivalent, consisting of territory; that the ascertainment of the territory of each becomes a preliminary step. He proceeds to examine the question of boundaries, and the respective titles of Spain and the United States to the territory east and west of the Mississippi; and maintains the indefeisible title of Spain to East and West Florida, on the ground that these provinces were never ceded by Spain to France, and could not be ceded by France to the United States, 1817, Dec. 29, ... 452
To the Secretary of State: he proceeds to examine the western boundaries of Louisiana; reviews the settlements of Spain in America; compares them with those of England and France; denies the validity of the grant to Crozat; and asserts the right of Spain, de jure, to the territory westward of the Mississippi, 1818, Jan. 5, ... 455
To the Secretary of State: he examines, at length, the several classes of the claims of the United States to indemnities from Spain; professes the readiness of Spain to discharge those embraced by the treaty of 1802, and to refer the question of damages on account of the suspension of the deposite at New Orleans to a commission; and maintains the invalidity of those founded on captures by French privateers fitted out from the ports of Spain, on the grounds of irresponsibility of Spain and satisfaction by France, 1818, Jan. 8, ... 460
To the Secretary of State: he protests against the occupation of Amelia Island by the troops of the United States, a measure officially announced; and expresses a hope that orders may be given for its immediate redelivery to the authorities of Spain, 1818, Jan. 8, ... 463
To the Secretary of State: he insists upon the propriety of a renewed discussion of the question of boundaries; re-asserts the unquestionable title of Spain to the territory claimed by the United States as a part of Louisiana; and, proceeding to the examination of the projet submitted by Mr. Adams, considers it not only inadmissible, but offensive to the dignity and honor of His Catholic Majesty. He presents an anti-projet, sanctioning the territorial claims of Spain, and providing for the settlement of the question of indemnity by a special commission, and at the same time renews his protest against the occupation of Amelia Island and Galvezton, 1818, Jan. 24, ... 464
To the Secretary of State: expresses surprise at not having received an answer to his note of January 24; repeats the proposal to arbitrate; states that Great Britain had offered her mediation; and still hopes that, either by arbitration, mediation, or negotiation, the pending differences may be amicably, adjusted, 1818, Feb. 10, ... 467
To the Secretary of State: containing a reply to Mr. Adams's note of the 12th March, in relation to the boundaries of Louisiana. He endeavors to invalidate the facts and arguments urged by Mr. Adams against the pretensions of Spain; recapitulates the proofs upon which Spain rests her title; adverts to the claim of the United States to indemnity for spoliations; urges the justice and expediency of referring the same to the arbitrament of a foreign Power; and declares that his powers do not extend to the formation of a treaty upon the basis proposed by Mr. Adams, 1818, March 23, ... 480
To the Secretary of State: referring to the statements in the President's message in relation to the inability of Spain to restrain the Seminole Indians, and the expediency of temporarily occupying Florida by the forces of the United States, for that purpose; he justifies the measures of the Spanish Government and the conduct of the Governor of Florida, and questions the correctness of the information communicated to the President of the United States, 1818, March 27, ... 486
To the Secretary of State: stating that expeditions have been projected within the United States, by French adventurers, for the occupation of a portion of the dominions of Spain; and requesting the interposition of the American Government, 1818, May 7, ... 494
To the Secretary of State: that vessels sailing under the flag of Buenos Ayres, but navigated and commanded by American citizens, have piratically captured the public and private vessels of Spain, and returned with their prizes to Baltimore. He demands the restoration of these prizes, and the effectual suppression of similar enterprises, 1818, June 9, ... 494
To the Secretary of State: representing that a hostile aggression has been made upon the territory of Spain by a division of the American troops, under the command of General Jackson, who has since held military possession of the same; and protesting that this invasion of the Floridas has been made without any justifiable pretext, in a time of peace, and in the midst of negotiation, 1818, June 17, ... 495
To the Secretary of State: that, having seen in the public press an uncontradicted statement of the capture of Pensacola by the American troops, he asks to be informed of all the circumstances attending it, 1818, June 24, ... 495
To the Secretary of State: containing a more formal remonstrance against the capture of St. Mark's and Pensacola, and the military occupation of Florida. He denies the validity of the reasons by which these measures are justified; and demands the restitution of the posts thus occupied, 1818, July 8, ... 496
To the Secretary of State: that he proposes to despatch, immediately, a special messenger to Spain; and that he wishes to forward, by the same conveyance, an answer of the American Government to his note of the 8th July, 1818, July 21, ... 497
To the Secretary of State: transmitting information tending to show that a citizen of the United States was then engaged in building two vessels of war for the use of Buenos Ayres, to be armed, equipped, and manned by citizens of the United States; and asking the enforcement of the laws of the United States against them, 1818, July 27, ... 500
To the Secretary of State: he replies to the various reasons set forth in his note of the 23d July in justification of the military occupation of St. Mark's and
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Pensacola; expresses satisfaction at the determination of the President to restore those places; and renews his demand of reparation for the losses and injuries sustained by the Crown and subjects of Spain, in consequence of the proceeding of the American general and the troops under his command, 1818, August 5, ... 504
To the Secretary of State: that he has received the commands of the King to resume the suspended negotiations; that the King having also ratified the convention of 1802, he submits to the decision of the Government of the United States the propriety of exchanging the respective ratifications, either immediately or at the conclusion of the negotiation, 1818, Oct. 18, ... 525
To the Secretary of State: resuming the question of limits, he reviews the commencement, progress, and results of the various exploring expeditions set on foot by the subjects of Spain and France, or authorized by their respective Governments; insists on the right of Spain, founded on discovery and settlement, to the territory in controversy; and encloses propositions, in conformity with this exposition, for the purpose of fixing the boundary between the possessions of Spain and the territory of the United States, and ceding the Floridas to the United States, subject to the grants already made, 1818, Oct. 24, ... 526
To the Secretary of State: he insists upon the validity of the territorial claims heretofore brought forward; urges the justice of the demanded compensation for the losses sustained by the invasion of Florida; proposes a more recent date than the year 1802, within which grants shall be declared invalid; assents to the boundary proposed by the Secretary of State, with a variation which he suggests; concurs in a reciprocal stipulation in favor of individual claimants upon the respective Governments; declares that some additional treaty stipulations, or legal enactments, for the suppression of privateering armaments within the United States, are indispensable; and, in the event of final disagreement, proposes to submit the points in difference to the congress of monarchs then assembled at Aix-la-Chapelle, 1818, Nov. 16, ... 531
Communicates documents showing the extent of depredations committed by privateers upon the commerce of Spain, 1818, ... 534
To the Secretary of State: in reply to his note of the 30th November, he comments on the ultimatum, therein contained, on the subject of boundary; declares that, being unable to accede to it, he has transmitted the letter to His Majesty; recapitulates some of the facts on which the Spanish territorial claim is founded; adverts to the demand for the punishment of the officers of Spain in Florida; insists on the aggravated injury committed on Spain by the invasion of that province; expresses surprise at the rejection of the proposal to submit the differences to arbitration; declares that Spain cannot be held responsible for the claim to indemnity for French captures; and proffers the exchange of the ratifications of the convention of 1802, 1818, Dec. 12, ... 615
To the Secretary of State: that he has just received, by a courier extraordinary, an authority to give a greater extent to his proposals relating to boundary. He suggests a modification of the proposition made by the Secretary of State, and anticipates a favorable termination of the negotiation, 1819, Jan. 11, ... 615
To the Secretary of State: communicating the proposal relating to boundary which he had been recently authorized to propose, 1819, Jan. 16, ... 615
To the Secretary of State: modifying his proposition respecting the boundary, and approximating it still more to the views of the United States, 1819, Feb. 1, ... 616
He submits a projet of an article describing the western boundary, 1819, Feb. 6, ... 617
Submits a projet of a treaty, embracing the cession of Florida, the settlement of boundary, and the adjustment of the mutual claims to indemnity, 1819, Feb. 9, ... 617
Remarks upon the counter-projet of Mr. Adams, 1819, Feb. 16, ... 621
Full power of, ... 623
To the Secretary of State: admitting that he considered all grants of land in Florida as cancelled by the 8th article of the treaty; but alleging that if he had known of the existence of any grants prior to the time specified in the treaty, he would have insisted on their confirmation, 1819, March 10, ... 651
His letter of recall, ... 677
To the Secretary of State: apprizing the American Government of his having been appointed to another post, and of his intended departure, 1820, Jan. 29, ... 677
Resources, ... 226
Boundaries and description, ... 276
Views of the American plenipotentiaries in relation to, at the treaty of Ghent, ... 809, 810
Decision of the American and British commissioners concerning islands in, 1817, ... 171
To J. Loomis: in relation to his co-operation with the army in their movements against the hostile Indians, 1816, June 19, ... 559
To the Secretary of the Navy: stating the result of an attack upon a regularly constructed Indian and negro fort, supplied, manned, and defended under the directions of Colonel Nicholls, 1816, April 15, ... 561
Act of independence, 1821, July 15, ... 827
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To the Secretary of State: his note of August 24 is still unanswered; he will press a categorical reply previous to his intended and speedy departure for Russia, 1816, Sept. 28, ... 164
To the Secretary of State: his interview with the Marquis di Circello previous to his departure; the state of the negotiation; the notes which have passed, and the favorable position of the United States in regard to it, 1816, Oct. 5, ... 165
To the Marquis di Circello: that, while he regrets the delay which has occurred in receiving the reply of the Sicilian Government to his note of the 24th of August, he will refer the subject to his own Government for their subsequent instructions, 1816, Sept. 30, ... 166
To the Marquis di Circello: requesting an audience of leave, 1816, Sept. 30, ... 167
To the Marquis di Circello: requesting passports, 1816, Oct. 1, ... 167
To the Secretary of State: that, upon his arrival at St. Petersburg, he received a reply from the Marquis di Circello to his note of the 24th of August, which reply had been withheld while he remained in Naples; he declines receiving it as the minister to Naples; assigns his reasons for thus acting, and consents to forward it to his Government, 1817, Feb. 27, ... 167
To the Duke of Serra Capriola: that, being functus officio as the envoy to Sicily, he cannot receive the answer to his note of the 24th of August, which he was unable to obtain while at Naples, 1817, Feb. 20, ... 168
To the Duke of Serra Capriola: that he can have no objection to forward any packet he may request to the President of the United States, 1817, Feb. 21, ... 168
System of, carried on at Havana and other places, ... 817
To Mr. Erving: that he has directed the council of war to despatch, with urgency, the "consulta" respecting Mr. Meade's affairs, which, when obtained, will be laid before the King, 1817, April 12, ... 149
To Mr. Erving: he recapitulates the circumstances which had induced the Government of Spain to propose the transfer of the negotiation relating to indemnification and limits from Madrid to Washington. Events having since changed, he proposes, if Mr. E. shall think himself authorized, to resume the former negotiation, as the best mode of obviating unnecessary delay, 1817, July 16, ... 449, 442
To Mr. Erving: although he thinks some discussion of the claims of the respective Governments would be useful, he yet acquiesces in Mr. Erving's suggestion, and promises to make out a projet of an arrangement, while the instructions to Don Onis are preparing, 1817, July 27, ... 444
To Mr. Erving: he points out those circumstances which, in his opinion, have essentially modified the questions discussed in 1805, and which, therefore, justify a renewed examination of the points in contest; explains those reasons which prevented Don Onis from acquiescing, without further instructions, in the mode designated by the American Government; suggests the willingness of the Spanish Government to waive the preliminary demand that the portion of West Florida occupied by the United States should be restored to Spain; and proffers a projet of a treaty, embracing compensation for spoliations, the settlement of boundaries, mutual cession of territory, and a more effectual prohibition of illegal armaments within the United States; in the event of its rejection, he proposes a reference of the points in controversy to a friendly Power, 1817, Aug. 17, ... 448
To Mr. Erving: that, while he thinks it easy to defend his propositions against Mr. Erving's objections, he acquiesces in his decision, and proposes to hasten the departure of Don Luis Noeli with suitable instructions to the Spanish minister in the United States, 1817, Aug. 31, ... 450
To Mr. Erving: enclosing a copy of a note from the American minister to Mr. Cevallos, in 1803, containing propositions for the purchase of the Floridas, 1818, July 8, ... 512
To Mr. Erving: that the ratification of the convention of 1802, providing indemnification for one class of American claimants, has been sanctioned by the King; and it is hoped that this measure will tend to the amicable adjustment of all other points in controversy between Spain and the United States, 1818, July 9, ... 513
To Mr. Erving: he again adverts to the proposal made by the United States in 1803, to obtain the Floridas by purchase, and to guaranty to Spain certain territory west of the Mississippi; raises an argument, from the terms of this proposal, in favor of the alleged existing title of Spain to that part of Louisiana which she claims; and invites from Mr. Erring a more specific declaration concerning the position and description of the boundary by which it is proposed to separate the possessions of Spain from those of the United States, 1818, July 19, ... 514
To Mr. Erving: renewing his previous declarations respecting the grants, and giving assurances of the sincerity and good faith of the Spanish Government, 1818, July 19, ... 516
To Mr. Erving: that the information recently received of the proceedings of the American general in Florida will render a suspension of the negotiations unavoidable, unless these proceedings should be disavowed, and the captured posts should be forthwith restored, 1818, July 26, ... 518
To Mr. Erving: he expresses the sentiments of Spain respecting the military occupation of St. Mark's and Pensacola by the American troops; replies to the observations of Mr. Erving, tending to show the propriety of continuing the negotiation; points out the difference between an act of aggression falling upon individuals, and a hostile movement directed against the Sovereign himself; urges the communication to the American Government of the required explanation; and, anticipating a disavowal of these proceedings by the Government of the United States, proposes to continue the discussion of the questions of boundary, indemnity, and cession, 1818, August 6, ... 519
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To Mr. Erving: that recent despatches from the minister of Spain near the United States have induced the King to direct a protest to be made against the hostile movements of the American army in Florida; to demand reparation for the losses and injuries sustained; and to require the redelivery of the captured places to the officers of Spain. He requests that this communication may be transmitted to the American Government, 1818, August 11, ... 522
To Mr. Erving: that the acts of hostility against Spain, committed by the invasion of Florida, and sanctioned apparently by the American Government, have compelled the King to suspend the negotiation then pending; instructions, however, have been given to the Spanish minister to resume the negotiation, whenever the Government of the United States shall have given "suitable satisfaction," 1818, August 30, ... 523
To the Secretary of State: in compliance with the request contained in Mr. Adams's note of 25th February, he sets forth the rights, founded on discovery, occupation, and continued possession, under which Russia claims the sovereignty of the territory on the northwest coast, from Bhering's strait to the fifty-first degree of north latitude; and the principles of national law by which Russia, having possessions in Asia and America, might consider the Pacific ocean as a close sea, subject to her municipal authority, 1822, Feb. 28, ... 861
To the Secretary of State: enforcing the territorial claims of Russia on the northwest coast, as far as the fifty-first degree of latitude; and declaring the intention of the Russian Government to carry into full effect the published regulations of the Russian American Company. Mr. Adams's letter, to which this is in reply, will be referred to his Government for their consideration and instructions, 1822, April 2, ... 863
Towards the South American republics, recommended by Mr. Monroe, ... 628
St. Peter's and Yellow Stone established, ... 629
Where maintained, ... 647
Proclamation by, prohibitory of illegal expeditions within the United States against the dominions of Spain, 1815, Sept. 1, ... 1
Declaring the repeal of discriminating duties, 1818, August 1, ... 213
(For messages of, see Message.)
To Mr. Joaquin de Echeveria, Secretary of State of the republic of Chili: requesting information of a reported blockade of the coast of Peru; and stating the principles of public law on the subject of blockade, to which alone the United States could accede, 1821, June 18, ... 826
To the Secretary of State: that he has received, in the name and on the part of the United States, the possession of the American post at the mouth of the Columbia river, surrendered to the United States agreeably to the first article of the treaty of Ghent; description of that post, its harbor, climate, natives; adjoining settlements by the Russian Government; ulterior views; the policy of the United States, 1818, Nov. 11, ... 854
Report of the facts in the case by a joint commission of the respective Governments, ... 21
The number killed and wounded, ... 53
Letters between the American commissary general (Mason) and the American agent in London, respecting their liberation, ... 48, 49, 52, 54, 55
Respecting the naval force agreed to be maintained by Great Britain and the United States on the northern lakes, 1818, April 28, ... 207
Declaring the repeal of so much of the acts of Congress as imposed discriminating tonnage duties on the vessels of the Hanseatic city of Hamburgh, 1818, August 1, ... 213
Evidences of, ... 129
Of the second conference, 1818, August 29, ... 383
Of the third conference, 1818, Sept. 18, ... 383
Of the fourth conference, 1818, Sept. 25, ... 388
Of the fifth conference, 1818, Oct. 6, ... 390
Of the sixth conference, 1818, Oct. 9, ... 392
Of the seventh conference, 1818, Oct. 13, ... 394
Of the eighth conference, 1818, Oct. 19, ... 394
Of the ninth conference, 1818, Oct. 20, ... 398
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Reciprocal commercial relations with, ... 738
To the President: communicating the success of the patriot forces, and the restoration of the kingdom of Chili, 1817, March 5, ... 175
To the President of the United States: that Don Manuel H. de Aguirre has been deputed as the agent to the United States from the free Governments of the south, 1817, April 28, ... 176
To the President of the United States: that he has nominated citizen David C. de Forest consul general of the United Provinces of La Plata; and requesting, in his behalf, the attention and consideration of the American Government, ... 418
On the claim of the owners of the brigantine Henrick, ... 630
On the petition of James Warren, ... 633
On the expenditures incurred by the several commissioners under the treaty of Ghent, ... 647
On the relations with Spain, ... 690
On the memorial of Richard W. Meade, ... 718, 734, 735
In the case of Captain B. J. Shain, of the Ajax, who complained of outrages committed upon him and his vessel by a mob at the Havana, ... 817
On the recognition of the independence of the insurgent Spanish provinces, 1822, March 19, ... 848
On the memorial of Richard W. Meade, 1821, Feb. 13, ... 704
On outrages and abuses committed by the authorities of Spain upon the officers and crews of American vessels, 1822, Jan. 30, ... 811
To Mr. Forbes: transmitting a decree for the suppression of piratical depredations under the flag of Buenos Ayres, 1821, Oct. 6, ... 824
Congress again invited to exercise their existing powers on the subject, ... 96
Their beneficial tendency, ... 128, 131
Opinions of President Monroe as to the constitutional power of the General Government to construct, ... 131
transmitting a contre-projet, and tendering the indirect trade from the United States to British India, 1815, June 16, ... 13
To the American plenipotentiaries: stating, in writing, their verbal observations on the different points referred to by the American plenipotentiaries in their note of June 17, 1815, June 20, ... 15
To the American plenipotentiaries: acceding to the terms of their note of the 21st June, with the exception of the proposed article relating to the East India trade, 1815, June 23, ... 16
To the American plenipotentiaries: that they have referred their note of June 26 to the consideration of their Government, 1815, June 26, ... 17
To the American plenipotentiaries: that they are ready to conclude a convention on the terms indicated in the note of the American ministers of June 26, 1815, June 29, ... 17
Claim of American citizens upon the Government of, ... 635
Territorial claims of, on the northwest coast of America, ... 851, 863
Edict of, relative to foreign commerce on the northwest coast of America, ... 856
American company of, rules for the limits of navigation on the northwestern coast of America, ... 857
The principles of discovery and settlement upon which her territorial claim on the northwestern coast is founded, 1822, Feb. 28, ... 861
To the Chevalier de Onis: he asks, by the direction of the President, whether he has received instructions from his Government to conclude a treaty for the adjustment of the existing differences between the United States and Spain; and informs him that the United States will continue to perform all the duties of an impartial neutrality towards Spain and the South American States, 1817, April 22, ... 197
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To the Secretary of the Navy: communicating the arrangement made with Great Britain touching the naval forces of the respective Governments on the lakes, and requesting orders to be issued in pursuance thereof, 1817, April 30, ... 206
To Mr. Bagot: that the United States are not yet prepared to make known the nature and extent of the accommodation desired by their citizens engaged in the fisheries; this information will be afforded as soon as practicable, 1817, May 30, ... 368
To Mr. Bagot: representing an injurious aggression upon a number of American fishing vessels, from whom light money was demanded, and who were ordered into Halifax by the British sloop of war Dee, Captain Chambers, 1817, August 4, ... 369
To Mr. Adams, Secretary of State: he states the substance and results of an interview with Lord Castlereagh; the proffered exclusion of British seamen from the American service, as a basis for a stipulation against impressment, is declined; the right of search for her seamen is regarded by Great Britain as a principle not to be departed from. Further instructions are requested, to provide for contingencies growing out of the expiration of the commercial convention of 1815, 1818, June 26, ... 373
To Mr. Adams: that the proposal to enter upon the negotiation of a commercial convention having been assented to by Great Britain, Mr. Gallatin has been notified accordingly; and that, in case the negotiation should fail, the British Government has already expressed its willingness to renew the convention of 1815, 1818, July 25, ... 374
To the Secretary of State: that he has been notified by Mr. Gallatin of the arrival of the full powers, 1818, August 13, ... 378
To the Secretary of State: that, at an interview with Lord Castlereagh, he suggested a modification of the proposal formerly made by Mr. Rush respecting impressment; Mr. Gallatin being soon expected, he forbore any remark upon it, 1818, August 15, ... 379
To the Secretary of State: the arrival of Mr. Gallatin: first interview with Lord Castlereagh, at his country seat; Mr. Robinson and Mr. Goulburn have received their full powers to negotiate with them; the negotiation is opened, 1818, August 28, ... 379
To the Secretary of State: the prospect of an agreement on the West India trade becomes more discouraging, 1818, Oct. 12, ... 380
To the Secretary of State: that, at a conference with the British negotiators, a treaty has been concluded, embracing--1. The fisheries; 2. The northwest boundary; 3. Settlement at Columbia river; 4. The deported slaves; 5. The renewal of the present commercial convention for ten years, 1818, Oct. 19, ... 380
Rush and Gallatin--To the Secretary of State: transmitting the convention of 20th October, 1818, with observations on the several points adjusted or pretermitted, 1818, Oct. 20, ... 380
Rush, Richard--To the Secretary of State: stating the mode he has adopted to transmit the convention recently concluded; that Mr. Gallatin had departed for Paris; and that no appeals had been entered in the cases of the captured fishing vessels, 1818, Oct. 27, ... 398
To Mr. Adams: acknowledging his letter of November 2, 1818, Dec. 8, ... 401
To Mr. Adams: that, agreeably to his instructions, he has submitted to the British minister the projet of two articles, relating to the West India trade, transmitted by Mr. Adams's letter of May 7; and that he received from Lord Castlereagh an assurance of giving to it a candid consideration, 1818, June 14, ... 404
To Mr. Adams: that, at a recent interview with Lord Castlereagh, he is informed that the articles proposed by the American Government, relating to the West India trade, were not of a nature to form the basis of any agreement between the two countries. The substance of the objections is briefly stated and replied to, 1819, Sept. 17, ... 405
To the Secretary of State: communicating the substance of a conversation with Lord Castlereagh on the subject of the reported re-occupation, by the United States sloop of war Ontario, of the post on the Columbia river. Lord Castlereagh stated that Great Britain had a claim of dominion over the territory in question, but admitted the right of the United States to be reinstated while treating of the title, 1818, Feb. 14, ... 853
To the Secretary of State: at an interview with Lord Castlereagh, the explanation afforded in despatch No. 4, respecting the Ontario's voyage to the mouth of the Columbia, was given, and appeared satisfactory, 1818, July 25, ... 854
To the Secretary of State: his interview with the Count d'Engestrom previous to the renewal of his application for the payment of the indemnity. Explanation of his proceedings; conversation with the King; an answer to his representations is expected, 1818, Oct. 16, ... 637
To Count d'Engestrom: urging, in strong terms, the justice of the claims for indemnity presented in his note of September 3, 1816; and, while abstaining from their further discussion, asking a decision upon them, 1818, Oct. 5, ... 638
To the Count d'Engestrom: that his instructions require him to call the attention of the Swedish Government once more to the American claims. He therefore requests that his former representations may be taken into immediate consideration, 1818, Oct. 14, ... 639
To the Secretary of State: transmitting a note from the Count d'Engestrom, in reply to his representations on the subject of the American claims, and a further note which he addressed to the count on the same subject, 1819, Feb. 22, ... 630
To the Count d'Engestrom: he replies to the several reasons advanced for the purpose of exonerating Sweden from the payment of indemnities; examines not only the facts alleged by the Swedish Government in extenuation of these seizures, but those upon which the American Government had relied in support of their demands; and states the determination of the United States never to abandon the just rights of the American claimants, 1818, Dec. 12, ... 640
To the Secretary of State: expressing his dissent from the majority of the American plenipotentiaries, by whom a proposition was made to the British plenipotentiaries to recognise, in the treaty of Ghent, the right of the United States to the fisheries, and of Great Britain to the navigation of the Mississippi, 1814, Dec. 25, ... 810
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To Mr. Forsyth: that it was to have been wished that Mr. F. had confined his remarks to the single object of his note--the desired exchange of ratifications; that his indulgence in expressions and phrases unusual in diplomatic communications, and not necessary to his object, has produced extreme surprise; and that His Majesty has deemed it proper to require some explanations from the American Government, through a person charged with that duty, previous to his final ratification of the treaty, 1819, August 10, ... 655
To Mr. Forsyth: that His Majesty, being desirous of obtaining from the American Government indispensable explanations and éclaircissemens previous to the ratification of the late treaty, has adopted the medium of a confidential person, despatched to the American Government; and that his object in doing so is to establish the amicable relations of the two Governments upon a secure and permanent basis, 1819, August 19, ... 660
To the Secretary of State: that the claim of Mr. Meade against the Government of Spain was included among those which the United States renounced by the treaty of 1819; that Mr. Meade is,therefore,in justice, entitled to payment from his Government, and that Spain would have long since paid this debt, had it not been thus assumed by the United States, 1823, April 15, ... 730
Salmon, Hilario de Rivas y--To the Secretary of State: representing that Colonel Don José Callava, while acting as the commissary of Spain in the delivery of the Floridas, has been subjected to indignity and oppression, whereby the law of nations, the laws of Spain, and those of the United States, have alike been violated; and protesting against the proceedings of General Jackson in the premises, 1821, Oct. 6, ... 767
To Mr. Forsyth: that Captain Read, the bearer of despatches, must perform the required quarantine; and that if Mr. Forsyth proceeds to him, he must be subjected to the same regulation, 1819, Sept. 30, ... 665
To Mr. Forsyth: declining to furnish the desired copies of the grants to Alagon, Punon Rostro, and Vargas, 1819, Oct. 15, ... 667
To Mr. Forsyth: returning Mr. Forsyth's remonstrance of October 18, on the ground of its alleged unfriendly sentiments, as well as supposed departure from the delicacy and attention peculiar to diplomatic communications, 1819, Nov. 12, ... 671
Statement of the number impressed, imprisoned, and released by Great Britain, ... 56
The continued policy of the British Government in relation to their impressment, 1816, ... 360
Proposal by the American minister respecting, ... 363, 373
Project of an article concerning, submitted by the plenipotentiaries of Great Britain, and verbal alterations and amendments proposed by the American ministers, ... 389
Proposed to be regulated by the British plenipotentiaries, 1818, Oct. 13, ... 396
To Mr. Pinkney: requesting him to receive the reply of the Sicilian Government to Mr. Pinkney's note of the 24th of August, at least for transmission to the President of the United States, 1817, Feb. 21, ... 168
To the Bey of Algiers, ... 7
Adverted to by Mr. Adams in a despatch to Mr. Rush, 1818, Nov. 2, ... 400
Efforts by the United States to suppress, 1821, ... 740
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Deported by British officers; proposal by the American minister to refer the conflicting views of the respective Governments to a friendly sovereign, 1818, ... 363
Project of an article respecting, submitted by the British plenipotentiaries, 1818, Oct. 13, ... 397
Stipulation respecting, ... 407
The designation of arbitrators proposed to the British Government, agreeably to the treaty of Ghent, ... 628
The construction of the article relating to, referred to the Emperor of Russia, 1820, ... 645
Order for his imprisonment, ... 784
Order for his discharge, ... 785
Report of the Secretary of State, and documents relating to their independence and political condition, 1818, ... 173
Their claim to be regarded by the United States as free, sovereign, and independent, asserted and maintained, 1817, Dec. 26, ... 181
Propose to establish the relations of amity and commerce with the United States, 1818, Jan. 16, ... 182
The state of their warfare with the mother country, 1818, ... 215
The mediation of the allies against, solicited by Spain, ... 215
Report of the American commissioner, C. A. Rodney, on their political condition, ... 217
Report of George Graham, ... 224
Geographical limits, ... 224, 272
General characteristics of the people, ... 225
Obstacles to the revolution from internal dissensions, ... 225
Historical sketch of, by Dr. Funes, ... 228
Receipts, expenditures, and resources, ... 251
Constitution of Government, ... 254
Report of the commissioner, Theodorick Bland, concerning their condition, ... 270
Geographical survey of its several provinces, ... 273, 276
An examination of those causes which may contribute to their consolidation, confederation, or disunion, ... 276
Extent, situation, and character, ... 273, 283
Its agricultural products, the general characteristics of the soil of its several provinces, the peculiarities of the country, and its facilities of communication, ... 277, 280
Its rivers, ports, and commercial facilities, ... 280, 281
Moral characteristics of the inhabitants, ... 282
The mixture of the Spanish. Indian, and African races, ... 283
Its civil or political organization, and the changes it has undergone, ... 283, 288
Future prospects, ... 289
Claims of Portugal, ... 289
Tabular statement of provinces, population, territorial extent, representatives, and productions, ... 291, 318
Information concerning the affairs of, communicated by Joel R. Poinsett, ... 323
Sources of revenue by the sale of bulls, ... 326
The colonial policy of Spain towards, according to Mr. Poinsett, ... 323, 327
The general trade and commerce with, in 1818, ... 327, 329
Spanish commerce with Callao, ... 332
The policy of Great Britain, ... 341
Review of measures tending to revolution and independence, and of military and political events from 1801 to 1816, ... 340, 348
United Provinces of: reasons which induced the American Government to decline accrediting Mr. de Forest as consul general, 1819, ... 412
Their successful efforts, and the speedy recognition of their independence by Spain, adverted to by the President of the United States, ... 739
The recognition of their independence proposed to Congress by the President, 1822, March 8, ... 818
Documents showing their political condition, with a message of the President of the United States, and a report of a committee of Congress, recommending the recognition of their independence, 1822, Mar. 8, ... 818, 849
Result of their deputation to the Cortes at Madrid, 1821, July 10, ... 827
State of relations with, ... 96, 645
Negotiations with, for spoliations, still unsettled, 1817, ... 129
And her colonies: the United States preserve an impartial neutrality between them, 1817, ... 130
Expedition against a portion of her colonies, ... 130
Imprisons and detains Richard W. Meade, ... 144
Establishes a blockade of the ports of Santa Fé and the entire coast of South America, 1815, ... 156
American colonies of: report of the Secretary of State, and documents relating to their independence, 1818, ... 173
Message relating to the hostilities of the Seminole Indians; the obligations of Spain to restrain them; and the duty devolving on the United States in consequence of the weakness of that Power, ... 183
Correspondence with the minister of, growing out of the occupation of Amelia Island and the captures made by private armed vessels sailing under the flags of the South American Governments, and brought into the United States, 1817, ... 183
Imprisons American citizens who entered the provinces of South America unprovided with passports, 1817, ... 207
Relations with: indemnity due to the United States withheld; buccaneers expelled from Amelia Island; the Seminole Indians pursued, and St. Mark's and Pensacola temporarily occupied, 1818, ... 214, 215
And her colonies: state of the war between them, 1818, ... 215
Requests the mediation of the allies, on the contest with her colonies, ... 215
Her policy towards her American colonies, 1818, ... 217
Ratifies the convention of 1802, 1819, Feb. 21, ... 407
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Desires to transfer the negotiation from Madrid to Washington, 1816, ... 435
Wishes to resume the negotiation in Madrid, 1817, ... 442
Continues it in Washington, ... 451
Protests against the occupation of Amelia Island and Galvezton by the United States, 1817-'18, ... 450, 463, 464
The conduct and policy of, in relation to the hostile movements of the Seminole Indians, 1818, ... 486, 487
Enjoins a strict neutrality on the part of her officers between the United States and Great Britain, 1818, ... 487 to 491
Demands, by her minister, the restoration of certain prizes made by the privateers of Buenos Ayres, then lying in an American port, 1818, June 9, ... 494
Agrees to ratify the suspended convention of 1802, providing indemnities to one class of American claimants, 1818, ... 513, 514
Suspends the negotiation, in consequence of the invasion of Florida, 1818, Aug. 30, ... 523
Resumes the suspended negotiation, 1818, Oct. 18, ... 525
Cedes Florida, and arranges the subject of indemnity for spoliations, ... 623
Withholds her ratification of the treaty, concluded by her authorized minister, 1819, ... 626
The alleged causes for withholding the ratification, ... 627
System of smuggling within her territory injurious to the United States, ... 645
And her colonies: the state of the contest between them, 1820, ... 646
Negotiations with, resulting in the exchange of ratifications of the treaty of 1819, ... 650, 703
Change in the Government, and the adoption by the King of the constitution of 1812, 1820, ... 689
Report of a committee on the relations with, ... 690
Royal order of the King of, to the Captain General and Governor of the island of Cuba and of the Floridas, directing the evacuation and delivery of the Floridas, according to the terms of the treaty, 1820, Oct. 24, ... 702
Incidents growing out of the failure on the part of, to deliver the Florida archives and documents, in pursuance of the treaty ot 1819, ... 738
Officers and subjects of: their declaration and testimony in relation to the proceedings of General Jackson towards Colonel Callava, 1821, ... 776, 777
Demands, by her minister, the return of certain archives and documents obtained from Governors Coppinger and Callava by coercion; and remonstrates, in strong terms, against the proceedings of Governor Jackson towards the Spanish agents and officers, ... 790, 791, 808
Outrages committed by the authorities of, at Havana and other places, upon American vessels, ... 811
The recognition of the independence of her American provinces proposed by the President of the United States to Congress, 1822, March 8, ... 818
The sentiments of the King and the Cortes of, in relation to the independence of the South American provinces, 1821, July 10, ... 827
Report of the committee of the Cortes on the application of the deputies of the provinces, ... 830
Treaty with Iturbide, ... 841
Protests, by her minister, against the recognition by the United States of the independence of the South American provinces, 1822, March 9, ... 845
Dictamen of a commission of the Cortes of, in relation to a proposed pacification with the South American provinces or republics, 1822, Feb. 12, ... 847
The recognition of the independence of her insurgent South American provinces by the United States, ... 846, 847
To the Secretary of State: reporting the result of his interviews with Governor Cockburn and Admiral Griffith on the subject of the deported slaves, 1815, May, ... 113
To Admiral Griffith: explanatory of the grounds upon which the United States demand the restoration of all private property and slaves belonging to American citizens, in the possession of British officers at the ratification of the treaty; and requesting the execution of the treaty, 1815, May 22, ... 114
To the Secretary of State: requesting that the commercial reciprocity authorized by the laws of the United States may be extended to the vessels of Norway, 1821, August 16, ... 869
On the imprisonment of Richard W. Meade by the Spanish Government, ... 145
On the reciprocal commercial regulations of the United States and the Netherlands, ... 172
On the recognition of the independence of the Spanish American provinces, ... 173
On the occupational of Amelia Island by the United States, and the general relations with Spain, ... 184
On the imprisonment of certain American citizens by Spain, ... 208
On the reasons which had induced the American Government to decline receiving Don Lino de Clemente as the representative of the republic of Venezuela, or accrediting David C. de Forest as consul general of the United Provinces of South America, 1819, January 29, ... 412
On the claim of the owners of the Danish brigantine Henrick, ... 630
On the petition of Jacob and Henry H. Schieffelin, ... 632
On the petition of Samuel Warren, ... 633
On the memorial of Samuel G. Perkins and others, ... 634
On the petition of Eliphalet Loud and others, ... 635
On the claim against Sweden for indemnity, ... 636
On the abuses committed at the Havana upon the officers and crews of American vessels, ... 811, 814
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Negotiations with, for the payment of the claims of American citizens for the confiscation of their property at Stralsund, in compliance with the alleged requisitions of France, 1816 to 1819, ... 635 to 644
Reciprocal commercial relations with, ... 638
American: with British India, the subject of negotiation with the British commissioners, 1815, May 18, ... 9
Commercial regulations respecting, recommended by President Monroe, ... 129
Projet submitted by the British plenipotentiaries, (in connexion with the Canada trade,) and received by the American envoys for the advisement of their Government, 1818, Oct. 19, ... 397
Three acts of the British Parliament concerning, ... 409
Recommendations respecting, by the President, ... 628
Regulations respecting, then in a course of experiment, 1820, ... 645
A review of the measures of the American Government for the protection of their navigation, ... 736, 737
Proposal by Great Britain to extend to the United States the benefits of the free port act, as regards the West India trade, in the same extent enjoyed by European nations; and, as regards the Canada trade, to renew a former proposal, founded on reciprocity, 1817, ... 367
The opposing claims of Great Britain and the United States which prevented its adjustment in 1818, ... 381
The proposal of the American Government is declined by Great Britain, 1819, Sept. 17, ... 405
Expenditures for 1818, ... 216
Receipts and expenditures for 1819, ... 628
Receipts into the, for 1820, ... 646
Receipts and expenditures for 1821, ... 739
Of peace with Algiers, 1815, ... 4
Commercial, with Great Britain, 1815, July 3, ... 8
Commercial, with Sweden, 1816, Sept. 4, ... 98
Commercial, with Great Britain, 1818, Oct. 20, ... 348, 406
With Spain of 1802, making indemnity for certain spoliations, 1819, Feb. 21, ... 407
With Spain, of amity, settlement, and limits, 1819, Feb. 22, ... 422, 623
Ratification of same, ... 625
Resolution of the Senate advising the ratification of the treaty, ... 704
Of Ghent, the construction of the first article referred to the Emperor of Russia, ... 645
Signed by a minister plenipotentiary, and not transcending his instructions: the question how far obligatory upon his sovereign, discussed, ... 657, 686, 687, 688
With Spain, its due execution impeded, ... 738
To the Secretary of State: transmitting the fundamental law or constitution of the republic of Colombia; and expressing the expectation that the freedom and independence of Colombia will be recognised by the Government of the United States, 1821, Feb. 20, ... 832
To the Secretary of State: soliciting, again, the recognition of the independence of Colombia; adverting to her recent successes in arms; and pointing out her important destination among the nations of the earth, 1821, Nov. 30, ... 834
To the Secretary of State: that Simon Bolivar has been appointed the President of Colombia, and Francisco de Paula Santander, Vice President, and that the Supreme Government has fixed its residence in the city of Bogota, 1821, Dec. 30, ... 835
To the Secretary of State: recapitulating the substance of his previous notes of the 20th of February and the 30th of November, and urging a definitive answer from the Government of the United States, 1822, Jan. 2, ... 836
Its preservation the first duty of every citizen, ... 127
Their flourishing and happy condition, 1818, ... 213
Proofs of the good faith with which they enforced their neutral obligations, and punished illegal enterprises within their territory against the provinces of Spain, 1616, ... 431, 432
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The importance of, again urged on Congress, ... 97
Full powers of, ... 681
To the Secretary of State: that the treaty did not embrace all the subjects for which provision should have been made. He adverts especially to the continued military expeditions from the United States against the Spanish dominions; states his instructions to obtain certain explanations; and proposes that the United States shall effectually repress the system of piracy against Spanish commerce--put a stop to future armaments directed against His Majesty's possessions-- and that the United States will agree to form no relation with the revolted provinces. He alleges that the tenor of Mr. Forsyth's notes prevented the communication of these points through him, 1820, April 14, ... 680
To the Secretary of State: transmitting a copy of his full power; and stating that he is not the bearer of the ratification of the treaty, 1820, April 19, ... 681
To the Secretary of State: declines to discuss the question of obligation to ratify; adverts again to the expeditions from the United States, and the tenor of Mr. Forsyth's notes, as sufficient causes for not ratifying and for not asking explanations in Madrid; and states that he has no authority to give possession of the territory of Florida, 1820, April 24, ... 682
To the Secretary of State: that he is satisfied upon the first point expressed in his note--the suppression of piratical expeditions; that he admits as satisfactory the answer to the second point; that the answer to the third point, concerning the relations between the United States and the South American republics, is not satisfactory; that the abrogation of the grants would be attended with no difficulty, had the answer to the third point met the expectations of the Spanish Government; and that he is persuaded His Majesty will ratify the treaty, 1820, May 5, ... 684
To the Secretary of State: that his communication to the King of verbal discussions will be in strict accordance with the tenor of the notes between them, 1820, May 7, ... 685
To the Secretary of State: that he is authorized to promise the ratification only in case of being satisfied on the third point of his proposals; that his intimation of a change in the Spanish Government proceeded from a desire to notify the American Government of the limitation upon the power of the King, and thereby strengthen the grounds of proposal, 1820, May 9, ... 688
To the Secretary of State: that the King has sworn to the political constitution of the Spanish monarchy, as sanctioned by the Cortes of 1812, 1820, May 10, ... 689
To the Secretary of State: correcting a misapprehension in relation to the substance of his conversation with Baron Pasquier, 1820, May 11, ... 689
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