Opinions on Relations with France and Great Britain
Document 1793The members of the Cabinet and the Attorney General provide their opinion on a number of matters including Genet's letter questioning the right of requiring the address of Consular commissions, the capture of an American schooner by a British privateer, and the applications of Mr. Genet on behalf of some refugees from St. Domingo who are taking refuge in American ports.
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Document Signed
Description
The members of the Cabinet and the Attorney General provide their opinion on a number of matters including Genet's letter questioning the right of requiring the address of Consular commissions, the capture of an American schooner by a British privateer, and the applications of Mr. Genet on behalf of some refugees from St. Domingo who are taking refuge in American ports.
Date
12/07/1793
Author
Sent from
Philadelphia
Collection
Document number
1793120700000
Note
The document was approved by Jefferson, Randolph, Hamilton, and Knox. It is in the handwriting of Jefferson.
Notable persons
heads of departments [Cabinet]
Thomas Jefferson, Secretary of State
Edmund Randolph, Attorney General
Alexander Hamilton, Secretary of the Treasury
Henry Knox, Secretary of War
the President [Washington]
Mr. Genet
James King
refugees of St. Domingo
members of the legislature
Notable locations
Philadelphia
North Providence
Notable items
right of requring the address of Consular commissions
capture of the schooner "Nancy"
British privateer
court
onus probandi
vessel and cargo
American property
final denial of justice
courts of the country
applications from Mr. Genet
tonnage on their vessels
duties on their property
asylum in the ports of this country
misfortunes of that colony [St. Domingo]
pertitions