For these reasons, the undersigned begs leave respectfully to submit
the whole matter to the consideration of the Secretary of State, and to
request him to take such measures as may appear to him the best adapted
for the purpose of obtaining for the said Thomas Pagan, such speedy and
effectual redress as his case may seem to require.
George Hammond,
Philadelphia, November 26,1791.
LETTER LXXXVI.--TO MR. HAMMOND, December 5, 1791
TO MR. HAMMOND, _Minister Plenipotentiary of Great Britain_,
Philadelphia, December 5, 1791.
Sir,
Your favor of November the 30th remains still unanswered, because the
clerks are employed in copying some documents on the subject of the
treaty of peace, which I wish to exhibit to you with the answer.
In the mean time, as to that part of your letter which respects matters
of commerce, the fear of misunderstanding it induces me to mention my
sense of it, and to ask if it be right. Where you are pleased to say,
that 'you are authorized to communicate to this government his Majesty's
readiness to enter into a negotiation for establishing that intercourse
(of commerce) upon principles of reciprocal benefit,' I understand that
you are not furnished with any commission or express powers to arrange
a treaty with us, or to make any specific propositions on the subject of
commerce; but only to assure us that his Britannic Majesty is ready to
concur with us, in appointing persons, times, and places for commencing
such a negotiation.
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