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358 CORRESPONDENCE AND PUBLIC PAPERS.
power to prevent it. It is the pleasure of Congress,
therefore, that you make to her Catholic Majesty
the representations and appearances specified in the
before-mentioned act; and it will be useful that they
be informed as speedily and precisely as possible of
the answer that may be given to you. It certainly is
of much importance to both countries, that the
harmony at present subsisting between them be
preserved, and that their conduct towards each
other give no cause of disgust or complaint to
either.
I have the honour to be, sir,
Your most obedient and humble servant,
John Jay.
jay to the president of congress.
Office for Foreign Affairs,
CTt> . 12th September, 1788.
On the 12th of October last Congress was pleased,
on a report from the Board of Treasury, to resolve
that the balance of the appropriation from the Barbary
treaties of the 14th of November, 1785, not then applied to that object, be constituted a fund for redeeming
the American captives at Algiers, and that the same
be for that purpose subject to the direction of the
Minister of the United States at the Court of Versailles. As neither this act nor any other that I
recollect provides for the subsistence of these captives, whose situation claims from their country such
aids and supplies as may be necessary to render their
condition as comfortable as the pains and rigors of
| Title | The correspondence and public papers of John Jay - 3 |
| Creator | Jay, John |
| Publisher | G.P. Putnam's Sons |
| Place of Publication | New York, London |
| Date | [1890-93] |
| Language | eng |
| Type | Books/Pamphlets |
| Title | 00000393 |
| Type | Books/Pamphlets |
| Transcript | 358 CORRESPONDENCE AND PUBLIC PAPERS. power to prevent it. It is the pleasure of Congress, therefore, that you make to her Catholic Majesty the representations and appearances specified in the before-mentioned act; and it will be useful that they be informed as speedily and precisely as possible of the answer that may be given to you. It certainly is of much importance to both countries, that the harmony at present subsisting between them be preserved, and that their conduct towards each other give no cause of disgust or complaint to either. I have the honour to be, sir, Your most obedient and humble servant, John Jay. jay to the president of congress. Office for Foreign Affairs, CTt> . 12th September, 1788. On the 12th of October last Congress was pleased, on a report from the Board of Treasury, to resolve that the balance of the appropriation from the Barbary treaties of the 14th of November, 1785, not then applied to that object, be constituted a fund for redeeming the American captives at Algiers, and that the same be for that purpose subject to the direction of the Minister of the United States at the Court of Versailles. As neither this act nor any other that I recollect provides for the subsistence of these captives, whose situation claims from their country such aids and supplies as may be necessary to render their condition as comfortable as the pains and rigors of |
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