doi:10.7916/em1a-fy24[Document, 1796 October 26]Pickering, Timothy, 1745-1829correspondencetextUnited States--History--Constitutional period, 1789-1809Jay, John, 1745-1829The men he mentions in his letter of 20 October, have been found to be impostors, who claimed American citizenship to avoid imprisonment by the French. Actually they are British, and have caused great trouble for all concerned with them.