[Sec Jat War] Sir, Navy Department. 9. July 1798 The French Prize, Schooner, taken by Cap^t Decatur, is now at Fort Mifflin, with 53 Men, her Crew on Board. — The Laws of Penns^a will not it seems, permit her to pass up to Phila^a — nor the Crew who are Prisoners, to be landed on either of the Shores of the Delaware. They may, I understand, be landed in the Fort. — The Schooner is represented to be a fine Sailor, well fitted for a Cruise, & I am anxious to make immediate use of her. — I have therefore the Honor to request, if you see no Impropriety in It, that you will give orders (which Cap^t Decatur will take down), to the commanding Officer at the Fort to receive the Prisoners & to have them safely kept, until the Quarantine Laws of the State, will permit their Removal.