Arve 9.5 - State Dept. AND PUBLICK DOCUMENTS ОВ THE UNITED STATES, FROM THE ACCESSION OF GEORGE WASHINGTON TO THE PRESIDENCY, EXHIBITING A COMPLETE VIEW OF OUR FOREIGN RELATIONS SINCE THAT TIME. VOLUME VIII. THIRD EDITION. PUBLISHED UNDER THE PATRONAGE OF CONGRESS. INCLUDING CONFIDENTIAL DOCUMENTS, FIRST PUBLISHED IN THE SECOND EDITION OF THIS WORK. BOSTON: PRINTED AND published bY THOMAS B. WAIT. 1819. 290ct.1938 Dr. Gardner W. Allen DEPOSITED IN THE DISTRICT OF MASSACHUSETTS, TO WIT: DISTRICT CLERK'S OFFICE. Be it remembered, that on the twelfth day of January, A. D. 1819, and in the forty-third year of the Independence of the United States of America, Thomas B. Wait, of the said district, has deposited in this office the title of a book, the right whereof he claims as proprietor, in the words following, to wit: "State Papers and Publick Documents of the United States, from the accession of George Washington to the Presidency, exhibiting a complete view of our Foreign Relations since that time. Third edition. Published under the patronage of Congress. Including Confidential Documents, first published in the second edition of this work." In conformity to the act of the Congress of the United States, entitled, "An act for the encouragement of learning, by securing the copies of Maps, Charts, and Books, to the authors and proprietors of such copies, during the times therein mentioned:" and also to an act, entitled, "An act sup plementary to an act, entitled, An act for the encouragement of learning, by securing the copies of Maps, Charts, and Books, to the authors and proprietors of such copies during the times therein mentioned; and extending the benefits thereof to the arts of Designing, Engraving and Etching Historical, and other Prints." JNO. W. DAVIS, Clerk of the District of Massachusetts. The date of the certificate of copy right in Vols. 1, 11 and X1, instead of the first should be the twelfth day of January. CONTENTS. MESSAGE, Dec. 31, 1810, transmitting supplemental report of Secretary of State, enclosing a further communica- ney to Secretary of State, and to lord Wellesley Message, Jan. 31, 1811, transmitting letters from Mr. Rus- Message, Nov. 5, 1811, opening Congress Page. Correspondence between Sec'y of State and Mr. Foster Correspondence of Mr. J. S. Smith with lord Wellesley Correspondence between Mr. Monroe and Mr. Foster Correspondence relative to British sloop of war Little Belt 104 Correspondence of Messrs. Monroe and Foster relative to Correspondence between Mr. Pinkney and lord Wellesley, relative to French decrees and British orders Correspondence between J. S. Smith and lord Wellesley 164 Judgment of sir W. Scott in case of the Fox and others 166 List of American vessels condemned under orders in council 180 Mr. Russell's correspondence with Secretary of State, M. 135 List of American vessels taken by French after Nov.1,1810 200 Mr. Erving's correspondence with Secretary of State and - List of American vessels captured by the Danes, cases Lists of American vessels captured by the Danes, and car- |