You are to be allowed, from the day of your departure till your return,
one hundred and sixty-six dollars and sixty-six cents and two thirds, a
month, for your time and expenses, adding thereto your passage money and
sea-stores going and coming.
Remain in your post till the first of April next, and as much longer as
shall be necessary to accomplish the objects of your mission, unless you
should receive instructions from hence to the contrary.
With your commission, you will receive a letter to the Emperor of
Morocco, a cipher, and a letter to Colonel Humphreys.
I have the honor to be, with great esteem, Sir, your most obedient and
most humble servant,
Th: Jefferson.
_A private Instruction which Mr. Barclay is to carry in his memory and
not on paper, lest it should come into improper hands_.
We rely that you will obtain the friendship of the new Emperor, and his
assurances that the treaty shall be faithfully observed, with as little
expense as possible. But the sum of ten thousand dollars is fixed as the
limit which all your donations together are not to exceed.
May 13, 1791.
[Letter from the President to the Emperor of Morocco, referred to in the
letter to Mr Barclay.]
Great and Magnanimous Friend,
Separated by an immense ocean from the more ancient nations of the
earth, and little connected with their politics or proceedings, we are
late in learning the events which take place among them, and later in
conveying to them our sentiments thereon.
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