Sainport Letters for the years 1793 thru 1794

Sainport, FRA - 20 May 1793

It is, however, clear that the greater part of those troops, which adhered to Dumouriez, have returned to their country and many to their standards.

Sainport, FRA - 12 June 1793

in the best regulated governments it is difficult to prevent the violation of the rights of neutral powers, and much more so, where, in the tempest of a revolution, government resembles more a weathercock, marking from whence the hurricane comes, tha

Sainport, FRA - 19 June 1793

I have just received the copy of a declaration, made by the captain and crew of the American ship, the Little Cherub, which proves that this ship, having taken on board thirty French passengers, whom the Spanish government had sent away, conducted th

Sainport, FRA - 25 June 1793

I do myself the honor to enclose herein the copy of what I wrote on the nineteenth instant to M. Lebrun, respecting an atrocious violation of our Flag

Sainport, FRA - 27 June 1793

the administration of the Colony of St Domingo had purchased several cargoes, sent to that island by American merchants, that it had seized others, and that in payment of the whole it had given drafts on the representative of the French nation at Phi

Sainport, FRA - 28 June 1793

I learn with satisfaction the daily arrival of wheat and flour, sent to you from America, but I feel some uneasiness respecting that which has not yet arrived.

Sainport, FRA - 4 July 1793

The reparation enjoined by the representatives of the French nation is worthy of its justice, and consequently the United States will be perfectly satisfied with it.

Sainport, FRA - 6 August 1793

I thank you for your attention to the affair of the brig Patty, and your services in that of the ship Laurens.

Sainport, FRA - 7 August 1793

Enclosed herewith you will find my account up to the first of last month. I did not send it sooner, because I wished to comprise therein those of the Consulates, none of which are come forward.

Sainport, FRA - 13 August 1793

You will perceive, Sir, in this correspondence one of the many violations of our flag in the case of the Little Cherub, which, being attended with circumstances of peculiar atrocity, called for more pointed animadversion.

Sainport, FRA - 20 August 1793

I do not pretend, Sir, to interfere in the internal concerns of the French Republic, and I am persuaded that the Convention has had weighty reasons for laying upon commerce the restrictions of which the American captains complain.

Sainport, FRA - 22 September 1793

I suppose Mr Pinckney has his hands full of similar business, for I learn, now and then, that the British privateers make as free with our vessels as the French have done.

Sainport, FRA - 1 October 1793

I have the honor to send you herewith, the copies of two judgments, rendered with regard to the American vessel, the George.

Sainport, FRA - 16 November 1793

In my last, I had the honor to inform you, that the rate of depreciation had continued nearly about what it was on the twelfth of September, viz. two and a half to three for one.

Sainport, FRA - 6 March 1794

Hoskins, whose imprisonment I mentioned in my last, has been liberated.

Sainport, FRA - 7 March 1794

Shortly after the intelligence of hostilities by the Algerines, I applied to the Minister of Foreign Affairs, as being interested in putting a stop thereto, in order to cover the arrival of provisions in our ships.

Sainport, FRA - 13 March 1794

The gazettes tell us that Mr Jefferson is coming to Europe ; some of them say as my successor ; others say it is a secret mission.

Sainport, FRA - 10 April 1794

On the eighteenth of October, I gave you a short view of the nature of the then government, and added what seemed to be the probable termination.

Sainport, FRA - 15 April 1794

Permit me, my dear Sir, to congratulate you on your appointment. It is honorable to you, and will, I believe, be useful to the United States.

Sainport, FRA - 18 April 1794

You will, perhaps, ask why my letters to the Minister are in French, rather than in my own language. It is not to save time or trouble to myself, as you will easily suppose , but there are two strong reasons for it.

Sainport, FRA - 31 May 1794

We have had a sort of novel, or farce, lately, the subject of which was, that certain Commissioners had arrived from the United States at Brest.

Sainport, FRA - 31 May 1794

While I had the honor to sit in Congress during the war, it was my lot to oppose what then appeared to me a rage for treaties

Sainport, FRA - 21 June 1794

During the last war, France furnished several sums of money to the United States of America, both under the head of loans and that of gratuities. The first of these advances was a million of livres

Sainport, FRA - 11 July 1794

I think it my duty to observe to you, with regard to this subject, that considerable sums have already been paid by the United States for various objects, arms, ammunition, and habiliments

Sainport, FRA - 22 July 1794

The bankers of the United States in Amsterdam wrote to me on the twentieth of June, that they have reason to apprehend, that it will be extremely difficult for them to supply me in future for the amount of my salary and expenses attending my mission.

Sainport, FRA - 23 July 1794

I will mention my perfect satisfaction in perusing Mr Jefferson's statement of our dispute with Great Britain, which is, in my opinion, a masterly performance. I hope his abilities will not be lost to the public.