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Gazette Of The United States, & Philadelphia Daily Advertiser
Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania
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In a letter to printer Fenno, French Consul General Letombe in Philadelphia denies delivering a certificate from St. Domingo (Jan. 12, 1798), citing the French Directory's 1797 decree and 1778 Franco-American Treaty articles to affirm no such authority exists. Dated March 1, 1798.
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PHILADELPHIA,
FRIDAY EVENING, March 2
TRANSLATION,
MR. FENNO,
You will please to mention in your next Gazette, that I have neither delivered, nor have I authority to deliver a certificate of the description alluded to in the letter published in your paper of yesterday, dated at the City of St. Domingo, the 12th January, 1798--of which you may convince yourself, by reading the Decree of the Directory of the 2d March, 1797, (O. S.) as well as the 25th and 27th articles of the Treaty of the 4th February, 1778, also the form of the role d'equipage annexed to said treaty, ratified in Congress the 6th May in the same year, in the terms following--&c.
"And whereas the said treaties have been maturely considered and unanimously ratified and confirmed by Congress; in which said Treaty of Amity and Commerce are the Articles, 25 and 27 with the form of the passport (role d'equipage) Now therefore, to the end that the said treaty may be well and faithfully performed and kept on the part and behalf of these United States;
"Resolved, that all captains, commanders, and other officers and seamen belonging to any vessels of war of the United States. And all others the subjects of the United States do govern themselves strictly in all things according to the above recited Articles."
Le Consul Général
De la Republique Française.
LETOMBE.
March 1, 1798.
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Letter to Editor Details
Author
Le Consul Général De La Republique Française. Letombe.
Recipient
Mr. Fenno
Main Argument
the french consul general denies having delivered or having authority to deliver a certificate described in a previous letter from st. domingo dated january 12, 1798, and refers to the directory's decree of march 2, 1797, and articles 25 and 27 of the 1778 treaty of amity and commerce, along with the congressional resolution ratifying it.
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