Opinion Respecting the French Consul at Boston.
Document 1793The members of the Cabinet provide their opinions respecting a number of matters including the fitting of foreign privateers in American ports, the British policy of intercepting neutral ships on the high seas, and the French practice of seizing neutral ships bound with provisions for another country.
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The members of the Cabinet provide their opinions respecting a number of matters including the fitting of foreign privateers in American ports, the British policy of intercepting neutral ships on the high seas, and the French practice of seizing neutral ships bound with provisions for another country.
Date
08/31/1793
Author
Sent from
Philadelphia
Collection
Document number
1793083100000
Note
The document was approved by Jefferson, Hamilton, Knox, and Randolph. It is in the handwriting of Jefferson and Hamilton.
Notable persons
Cabinet (heads of departments)
Thomas Jefferson
Alexander Hamilton
Henry Knox
Edmund Randolph, Attorney General
Mr. Gore
Mr. Lear
Marshal of the district
court of justice
M. Du Plaine, Consul of France
armed force
Attorney of the district
Governor of Massachusetts [Samuel Adams]
Mr. Maury, Consul of the U.S.at Liverpool
court of St. James
commanders of [British] ships of war
Mr. Pinckney
the British ministry
National Assembly of France
Mr. Morris
Governor of Georgia [Telfair]
Council of War
Governor of South Carolina [Moultrie]
Agent for procuring supplies
Notable locations
Philadelphia
Boston
Notable items
the "Roland"
privateer fitted out at Boston
commission under the government of France
prize
ships of his nation
prosecution
authentic evidence
rescue
his Exequetur
vessels of neutral nations
corn
flour
meal
British ports
rights of neutral nations
full indemnification
vessels of Denmark and Sweden
blockaded ports
free ships
enemy ships
law of nations
expedition against Creek towns
cooperation