[Illegible Text — Some or all of the pages of this file are wholly or in part illegible. We have not been able either to locate a better copy of the document, or to enhance its legibility electronically] Sir Apprehensions having been made by [undecipherable] governor of [undecipherable] [states?] [undecipherable] their [undecipherable] or pursuance of [undecipherable] the President of the United States has upon mature consideration to adopt the following regulations for the preservation of your [undecipherable] from the grievous [undecipherable] or [undecipherable] to wit — 1. The original arming and equipping of vessels on the [undecipherable] by any of the belligerent Parties for military service offensive or [undecipherable] 2. Equipments of Merchant vessels, by either of the belligerent [undecipherable] United States purely for the accommodation of them as such, is the [undecipherable] 3. Equipments in the Ports of the United States of vessels given in the service the government [undecipherable] of the belligerent parties which if done to other [undecipherable] does not put nations as being applicable either to commerce or war, nor those which shall have made prize of the [undecipherable] [undecipherable] respectively with their [Prizes?] into the Ports of the United States pursuant to our treaty of [undecipherable] and commerce with France — 4. Equipments and [undecipherable] of the United States by any of the [Parties?] of vessels fitted for merchandise and war whether with [undecipherable] are doubtful in their nature as being applicable either to commerce deemed lawful except those which [do?] not have made Prize & 5. Equipments [undecipherable] of the regulations [undecipherable] in the Ports of the United States [undecipherable] of nature raising applicable to commerce in war [undecipherable] 6. Equipments of any kind in the Ports of the United States of [Privateers?] of [undecipherable] with France are deemed [unlawful?] [undecipherable] 7. Equipments of vessels in the Ports of United States which are adapted to war, are deemed [unlawful?], except those [undecipherable] in the Eighteenth Article of your treaty with France the seventeenth [undecipherable] of the United Netherlands, the month of your treaty with [undecipherable] those mentioned in the nineteenth Article of your treaty [undecipherable] seventeenth of Treaty with the United Netherlands, [undecipherable] treaty with Prussia — 8. Whilst either of the Parties not armed [undecipherable] [present?] in the Ports of the United States, which shall not have [undecipherable] [undecipherable], may lawfully engage or enlist there [undecipherable] being inhabitants of the United States [undecipherable]