1To Thomas Jefferson from George Hammond, 31 May 1793 (Jefferson Papers)
In your letter of the 15th curt., you mention that one of the points, stated in my memorial of the 8th of this month, has been reserved for future deliberation. That point appearing to me to be of the most serious magnitude, I shall be infinitely obliged to you, if you will have the goodness to inform me at what time I may expect to receive the determination of this government upon it; as my...
2To Thomas Jefferson from George Hammond, 5 June 1793 (Jefferson Papers)
I have received your letter of this date, upon which as well as on your former communication of the 15th. ulto., I shall have the honor of submitting to you some few observations in the course of two or three days. In the mean time I think it my duty to state to you a circumstance (connected with the subject of your letters) to the particulars of which I presume to request your immediate...
3Memorial from George Hammond, 7 June 1793 (Jefferson Papers)
The Undersigned, his Britannic Majesty’s Minister Plenipotentiary to the United States, has the honor of acknowledging the receipt of the Secretary of State’s two letters of the 15th. of May and of the 5th. of this month. The Undersigned requests permission to express the satisfaction with which from the general tenor of these communications he has perceived the disposition of this government...
4Enclosure: List of British Vessels Captured by French Privateers on the American Coast, [7 June 1793] (Jefferson Papers)
List of British vessels captured on the coasts of the United States by the Schooner Privateers, le Citoyen Genêt and the Sans Culottes fitted out at Charleston By the Schooner Privr. } Ship William of Glasgow. Capt. Leggett le Citoyen Genêt Brige. Active of Bermuda. Capt. Bassett By the Schooner } Brige. Fanny of London. Capt. Pyle Privateer the Sans Culottes. Schoonr. John of New Providce....
5Memorial from George Hammond, 11 June 1793 (Jefferson Papers)
The Undersigned, his Britannic Majesty’s Minister Plenipotentiary to the United States, has the honor of submitting to the Secretary of State the annexed deposition; from which it appears that the British brigantine Catharine, James Drysdale Master bound from Jamaica to the Port of Philadelphia, was on Saturday last the 8th. Curt. captured by the French frigate the Embuscade off Hereford at...
6To Thomas Jefferson from George Hammond, [12 June 1793] (Jefferson Papers)
Mr. Hammond presents his compliments to Mr. Jefferson and has the honor of inclosing to him the deposition of the Pilot on board of the Brig Catharine, which he begs Mr. Jefferson to annex to the other deposition upon the subject of the Brigantine’s capture. RC ( DNA : RG 59, NL ); partially dated; endorsed by TJ as a letter of 12 June 1793 received 13 June 1793 and so recorded in SJL . Tr (...
7To Thomas Jefferson from George Hammond, 14 June 1793 (Jefferson Papers)
I have the honor of acknowledging the receipt of your letter of yesterday. In conformity to your recommendation I have instructed the parties interested in the British brigantine Catharine to adopt without delay in the district Court of New York the proper legal measures for the support of their rights and for the recovery of their property. I desire you to be persuaded, Sir, that I entertain...
8To Thomas Jefferson from George Hammond, 19 June 1793 (Jefferson Papers)
In acknowledging the receipt of your letter of this date, I cannot avoid expressing to you my concern at your not having deemed it expedient to return a definite answer to the questions, which I had the honor of submitting to you in my letter of the 14th. curt., and which appeared to me extremely plain and obvious in their import. As an individual, I am not interested in any measures which the...
9To Thomas Jefferson from George Hammond, 20 June 1793 (Jefferson Papers)
I have duly received your letter of yesterday. In a written communication which I had the honor of addressing to you on the 2nd. of June 1792, and also in a conversation which I had with you on the following day , I assured you that I should lose no time in conveying to the King’s Ministers in England your representation dated the 29th. of May: And it was in fact forwarded to them in the...
10Memorial from George Hammond, 21 June 1793 (Jefferson Papers)
The Undersigned, his Britannic Majesty’s Minister plenipotentiary to the United States, has the honor of representing to the Secretary of State that the suit (the particulars of which he stated in his letter of the 5th. curt.) instituted in the federal district Court of Pennsylvania by the owners of the British Ship William of Glasgow captured by the Schooner le Citoyen Genêt, has been this...
11Memorial from George Hammond, 26 June 1793 (Jefferson Papers)
The Undersigned, his Britannic Majesty’s Minister Plenipotentiary to the United States, has the honor of submitting to the Secretary of State the annexed deposition of Michael Pile, late Master of the British brigantine Fanny and the protest of the said Michael Pile and part of the crew of the abovementioned vessel. From these papers it appears that on the 8th. of May last the British...
12To Thomas Jefferson from George Hammond, [27 June 1793] (Jefferson Papers)
The British Minister presents his compliments to the Secretary of State and has the honor of informing him that he has just learnt that the person who has the care of the Light House on Cape Henry was a witness of the capture of the Ship William. The necessary steps are taken for procuring the deposition of this person on this subject without delay. RC ( DNA : RG 59, NL ); partially dated;...
13Memorial from George Hammond, 10 July 1793 (Jefferson Papers)
The undersigned, his Britannic Majesty’s Minister plenipotentiary to the United States, has the honor of submitting to the Secretary of state the annexed depositions, relative to the capture, by the armed Schooner, fitted out at Charleston, named le Citoyen Genêt, of the British Brigantine, the Prince William Henry from Baltimore to Barbadoes, and of the British brigantine the lovely Lass...
14To Thomas Jefferson from George Hammond, 11 July 1793 (Jefferson Papers)
In the conversation which I had with you yesterday, you were pleased to inform me that a complaint had been addressed to the President on the subject of the British letter of marque-ship Jane, William Morgan Commander, having augmented her force within the port of Philadelphia. Notwithstanding the loose and general manner, in which this intimation was expressed to me, and my conviction that...
15To Thomas Jefferson from George Hammond, 13 July 1793 (Jefferson Papers)
I have received your letter dated yesterday, and I cannot conceal from you my surprize at the requisition contained in it—that the President expects from me, as one of two parties specified, that none of the vessels you have enumerated shall “depart until his ultimate determination” respecting them “shall be made known.” I have no wit of controul over any of them: Indeed, one alone excepted ,...
16Memorial from George Hammond, 22 July 1793 (Jefferson Papers)
The undersigned, his Britannick Majesty’s Minister plenipotentiary to the United States, has the honor of representing to the Secretary of state, that he has received authentic information, that the brig (formerly the little Sarah, captured by the French frigate Ambuscade and now named) the Democrat has left this port, and was seen on the morning of Friday last, the 19th. curt., in the act of...
17Memorial from George Hammond, 30 July 1793 (Jefferson Papers)
The undersigned, his Britannic Majesty’s Minister plenipotentiary to the United States, has the honor of representing to the Secretary of state that, on Saturday last the 27th. curt., the snow Jane of Dublin, bound from Antigua to Baltimore, was sent into this port as a prize to the armed schooner le Citoyen Genet, fitted out at Charleston. The master and crew of this vessel being detained...
18To Thomas Jefferson from George Hammond, 8 August 1793 (Jefferson Papers)
I have had the honor of receiving your letter of yesterday; and I desire you to be assured that I entertain a proper sense of the principles of Justice, which have dictated the President’s determination, of “excluding from all further asylum in the ports of the United States the vessels that have been armed therein, to cruize on nations with which the United States are at peace,” and of...
19To Thomas Jefferson from George Hammond, 9 August 1793 (Jefferson Papers)
I have had the honor of receiving your letter of yesterday, and though the circumstances of Mr. Crousillat’s complaints are not quite of so exceptionable a nature as those alleged in Mr. Lemaigre’s former statement, relative to the Suckey, I shall nevertheless willingly give to any Agent, whom Mr. Crousillat may appoint, a letter for the Governor of Jamaica, similar to that which I gave to Mr....
20To Thomas Jefferson from George Hammond, 19 August 1793 (Jefferson Papers)
As the several points, which have been for the last four months under constant discussion between this government and myself, have involved in them questions of the highest national importance to our respective countries, and demanded an immediate investigation and decision; I have been unwilling to mix with them any other matters, not immediately connected with them, or of a distinct and...
21To Thomas Jefferson from George Hammond, 30 August 1793 (Jefferson Papers)
Several communications having at different times passed between you and myself, both in conversation and in writing, on the subject of the prizes made by the French privateers, fitted out in the ports of the United States; I have thought it expedient, for the sake of perspicuity and of avoiding future misunderstanding, to reduce the result of those communications under one point of view, and...
22Enclosure: List of French Privateers Outfitted and Armed in the United States, 30 August 1793 (Jefferson Papers)
List of privateers, fitted out, armed and equipped, in Ports of the United States. L’Anti-George Savannah Le Citoyen Genet } Charleston. Le Sans culotte Le Vainqueur de la Bastille La Caramagnole River Delawar. Le petit Democrat Philadelphia Le Republicain } Boston. Le Roland lost taken MS (