copy Timothy Pickering Augt. 28. 1798 [Encl. 13 Oct 1798] LI 140 Bordeaux 28th Augst 1798 Timothy Pickering Esqr. Secretary of State of the US. Philadelphia Sir, I enclose you a copy of a letter I have just received from the Consul General at Paris re= lative to the embargo on American vessels in France__ This arrette has not yet officially reached this port __ but is hourly expected__ tho some apprehensions are entertain ed that if the late accounts from Philadelphia by the flagg vessel, the Liberty, that sailed about the 18 July and ar= rived here a few days past, should reach Paris before the execution of the arrette raising the embargo on it, may be delayed. There are [blank] American vessels now detained here. I have the honour to be Sir Your most obt. Servant Joseph Fenwick