Vessels Arming and Arriving in American Ports
Document 1793Jefferson, Hamilton, and Knox provide their opinion respecting the disposition of sundry foreign vessels arming and arriving in American ports. The President has declared that each case should be decided strictly according to the law and comforming with treaties negotiated by the United States and will therefore refer these cases to persons knowledgeable in the said laws.
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Jefferson, Hamilton, and Knox provide their opinion respecting the disposition of sundry foreign vessels arming and arriving in American ports. The President has declared that each case should be decided strictly according to the law and comforming with treaties negotiated by the United States and will therefore refer these cases to persons knowledgeable in the said laws.
Date
07/12/1793
Author
Sent from
Philadelphia
Collection
Document number
1793071200000
Note
The document was approved by Jefferson, Hamilton, and Knox. It is in the handwriting of Jefferson.
Notable persons
Thomas Jefferson, Secretary of State
Alexander Hamilton, Secretary of the Treasury
Henry Knox, Secretary of War
heads of the departments [cabinet]
Ministers Plenipotentiary of France and Great Britain
Executive of the U.S. [Washington]
persons learned in the laws
Judges of the Supreme Court
the Governor [Mifflin}
Notable locations
Philadelphia
Notable items
summons from the President [Washington]
vessels arming and arriving in our ports
treaties of the U.S.
laws respecting said cases
"Little Sarah" or "Little Democrat"
ship "Jane": ship "William" in the Delaware
"Citoyen Genet" and her prizes
brigs "Lovely Lass' and "Prince William Henry"
brig "Fanny" in the Chesapeake
further order of the President
matters of public concern