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JAY TO ROBERT R. LIVINGSTON. 217
them, the captain refuses to deliver them up on any pretext
whatever, pretending, among other reasons, that all his
equipage belongs to his Most Christian Majesty. This is
not at all probable, for if the officers and crew were subjects
of France, it would have been improper to pass off the
vessel for a frigate of the United States, under the American flag. Besides, these deserters having fled to a French
vessel of war, to the demand of their surrender by the
Spanish commander it was replied on the word of honour of
the captain, that they were not on board; so that, supposing the frigate to be a French ship, there is reason to suppose that they would have been surrendered.
" The Count de Florida Blanca has thought it necessary to
inform Mr. Jay of these facts, in the full persuasion that he
will have the goodness to write by the first post to the captain, in such terms as to induce him to surrender the
deserters; it shall be understood, that they shall not be
punished, and shall finish their engagements in their own
corps, or in some other better paid.
" Mr. Jay is too reasonable not to grant that it would be
unjust for a vessel to appear in a port, solely to require and
receive all sorts of attentions and marks of respect (without any previous claim or engagement), and at the same
time to refuse to deliver up any subjects, which it should
have on board, of the sovereign of the country in whose
name all these tokens of respect have been rendered.
" October 8, 1781."
ANSWER TO THE ABOVE.
Madrid, October 9, 1781.
Sir :
The letter which your Excellency did me the
honour to write on the 8th instant arrived this morning. I consider myself much obliged by the com-
| Title | The correspondence and public papers of John Jay - 2 |
| Creator | Jay, John |
| Publisher | G.P. Putnam's Sons |
| Place of Publication | New York, London |
| Date | [1890-93] |
| Type | Books/Pamphlets |
| Title | 00000238 |
| Type | Books/Pamphlets |
| Transcript | JAY TO ROBERT R. LIVINGSTON. 217 them, the captain refuses to deliver them up on any pretext whatever, pretending, among other reasons, that all his equipage belongs to his Most Christian Majesty. This is not at all probable, for if the officers and crew were subjects of France, it would have been improper to pass off the vessel for a frigate of the United States, under the American flag. Besides, these deserters having fled to a French vessel of war, to the demand of their surrender by the Spanish commander it was replied on the word of honour of the captain, that they were not on board; so that, supposing the frigate to be a French ship, there is reason to suppose that they would have been surrendered. " The Count de Florida Blanca has thought it necessary to inform Mr. Jay of these facts, in the full persuasion that he will have the goodness to write by the first post to the captain, in such terms as to induce him to surrender the deserters; it shall be understood, that they shall not be punished, and shall finish their engagements in their own corps, or in some other better paid. " Mr. Jay is too reasonable not to grant that it would be unjust for a vessel to appear in a port, solely to require and receive all sorts of attentions and marks of respect (without any previous claim or engagement), and at the same time to refuse to deliver up any subjects, which it should have on board, of the sovereign of the country in whose name all these tokens of respect have been rendered. " October 8, 1781." ANSWER TO THE ABOVE. Madrid, October 9, 1781. Sir : The letter which your Excellency did me the honour to write on the 8th instant arrived this morning. I consider myself much obliged by the com- |
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