Title
[Document, 1794 July 09]
Library Location
Name
Randolph, Edmund, 1753-1813 (Author)
Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Addressee)
Format
correspondence
Digital Project
Papers of John Jay
Date
July 09, 1794
Language
English
Physical Description
1 page
Subjects
United States--History--Constitutional period, 1789-1809; Jay, John, 1745-1829
Summary
This letter written "to meet some violent representations, which have probably been hurried to Great Britain from Bermuda." M. Fauchet requested that passport be granted him for his dispatched to Paris for Port au Paix (similar passport granted Hammond for London dispatches by way of Halifax.) Passport granted with explicit provision that ship carrying dispatches travel in ballast. Ship was captured by British carrying 150 barrels of powder. U.S. carrying out full investigation of matter. In no way attempt to aid French on part of U.S. Government.
Identifier
columbia.jay.04422