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Domestic News
March 1, 1799
Virginia Argus
Richmond, Virginia
What is this article about?
President John Adams sends a message to the House of Representatives on February 15, 1799, regarding the suspension of a French decree and the ongoing 1797 decree treating American seamen as pirates if on enemy ships.
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February 18.
The following is the Message received from the President of the United States on Friday, and noticed in our paper of Saturday—
Gentlemen of the House of Representatives.
IN pursuance of the request of your resolve of yesterday I lay before you such information as I have received touching a suspension of the arrête of the French republic communicated to your House by my message of the 28th of January last. But if the execution of that arrête be suspended, or even if it were repealed, it should be remembered that the arrête of the executive directory of the 2d of March, 1797, remains in force, the third article of which subjects explicitly and exclusively American seamen to be treated as pirates, if found on board ships of the enemies of France.
JOHN ADAMS.
United States,
Feb. 15, 1799.
The following is the Message received from the President of the United States on Friday, and noticed in our paper of Saturday—
Gentlemen of the House of Representatives.
IN pursuance of the request of your resolve of yesterday I lay before you such information as I have received touching a suspension of the arrête of the French republic communicated to your House by my message of the 28th of January last. But if the execution of that arrête be suspended, or even if it were repealed, it should be remembered that the arrête of the executive directory of the 2d of March, 1797, remains in force, the third article of which subjects explicitly and exclusively American seamen to be treated as pirates, if found on board ships of the enemies of France.
JOHN ADAMS.
United States,
Feb. 15, 1799.
What sub-type of article is it?
Politics
What keywords are associated?
Presidential Message
French Decree
American Seamen
John Adams
House Of Representatives
What entities or persons were involved?
John Adams
Where did it happen?
United States
Domestic News Details
Primary Location
United States
Event Date
Feb. 15, 1799
Key Persons
John Adams
Event Details
President John Adams responds to a House resolve by providing information on the suspension of a French arrête from January 28, noting that the 1797 arrête remains in force, subjecting American seamen on enemy ships to treatment as pirates.