Be so good as to have a second medal of gold struck in the same
die, and to send this second, together with the dies, to Philadelphia,
by the first safe person who shall be passing; no chain to be sent with
this.
We are impatient to learn the progress and prospect of the Algerine
business. Do not let it languish a moment, nor leave us a moment
uninformed of any thing relative to it. It is in truth a tender
business, and more felt as such in this, than in any other country. The
suppression of the Farms of tobacco, and the free importation of our
salted provisions, will merit all your attention. They are both of them
objects of first rate importance.
The following appointments of Consuls have taken place.
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Their jurisdictions, in general, extend to all places within the same
allegiance, which are nearer to them than to the residence of any other
Consul or Vice-Consul. As yet, only their commissions have been made
out. General instructions await the passage of a bill now depending.
Mr. La Forest, at this place, remarked our appointment of Consuls in
the French islands. In the first project of a convention proposed on
the part of France, the expressions reached expressly to the kingdom of
France only. I objected to this in writing, as being narrower than the
twenty-ninth article of the treaty of amity, which was the basis of the
consular convention, and which had granted the appointment of Consuls
and Vice-Consuls, in their respective 'States and ports,' generally, and
without restriction.
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