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from their purpose of seizing upon his papers & was suffer’d to pass on to the land of intrigue with his infernal budget. I asked them whether Mr. Ellicott had sent off any Dispatches while they were there. They said that about the time of their arrival which was the middle of May, he had sent a Mr. Hunter, who in contempt of the Spanish authority had come off without a passport, that it had irritated them to such a degree they were almost frantic, & that they had sworn if ever they got sight of him they would take his life, that he had been a subject for years, had sworn allegiance to the King of Spain &c. &c. I would attempt some Commentary on this Business between the Govr & myself, but I am excessively unwell, occasioned by an inflammation which has fallen into one of my legs from a slight wound, & which I am doubtful will stop me a day or two if it does not soon get better.

I could wish in the meantime that we could have the opinion of the Atty General the U. S. with respect to our relation to the Government, after taking the oath of Allegiance to Spain – (my situation is precisely that of every other person in that country) – this would be considered a very interesting piece of information by the people of that Dist in General, & hope if there be no impropriety in the thing that it will