This distance can admit
of no opposition, as it is recognised by treaties between some of the
powers with whom we are connected in commerce and navigation, and is as
little or less than is claimed by any of them on their own coasts.
Future occasions will be taken to enter into explanations with them,
as to the ulterior extent to which we may reasonably carry our
jurisdiction. For that of the rivers and bays of the United States, the
laws of the several States are understood to have made provision, and
they are moreover, as being land-locked, within the body of the United
States.
Examining by this rule the case of the British brig Fanny, taken on the
8th of May last, it appears from the evidence that the capture was made
four or five miles from the land; and consequently, without the line
provisionally adopted by the President, as before mentioned.
I have the honor to be, with sentiments of respect and esteem, Sir, your
most obedient and most humble servant,
Th: Jefferson.
LETTER CLXXIII.--TO MR. GENET, November 22, 1793
TO MR. GENET.
Germantown, November 22, 1793.
Sir,
In my letter of October the 2nd, I took the liberty of noticing to
you, that the commission of Consul to M. Dannery, ought to have been
addressed to the President of the United States.
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