Congressional Serial Set (Volume 4350-4353; No. 4357; Nos. 4359-4364) (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1912. Excerpt: ... PERTAINING TO THE NEGOTIATION OF THE TREATY OF 1818. Mr. Monroe to Mr. Baker. Department Of State, July 18,1815. Sir: I have the honor to communicate to you a copy of a letter from the collector of the customs at Barnstable to the Secretary of the Treasury, by which it appears that an American vessel engaged in the cod fishery, in longitude 65 20," latitude 42 41," was warned off by the commander of the British sloop of war Jaseur, and ordered not to approach within sixty miles of the coast; with which order the commander of the American vessel immediately complied. It appears, also, that a similar warning had been given by the commander of the Jaseur to all the other American vessels that were then in sight. This extraordinary measure has excited no small degree of surprise. Being altogether incompatible with the rights of the United States, it is presumed that it has not been authorized by your Government. I invite your attention to it, in the hope that as you have been charged by your Government with the execution of the late treaty of peace, and are acquainted with its views on all questions connected with it, you will consider yourself authorized to interpose to prevent the progress of an evil which will be so extensively and deeply felt by the citizens of the United States. I have the honor, &c. James Monroe. Anthony St. John Baker, Esq., &c. Inclosure. Collector of the Customs at Barnstable to the Secretary of the Treasury. Collector's Office, BarnstabU, July 3,1815. Sir: --I think it my duty to inform you that the captain of a vessel regularly licensed for the cod fishery has just reported to this office that on the 19th day of June last, being in longitude 65 20," north latitude 42 41," about forty-five miles distant from Cape Sable, he fell in wi...