The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1805-06-04
mo. IL
Samuel ". Fox, Ef3nire,
TO THE GOVERNOR.
Bank Of Pennsylvania, Aug. s4th, 1904.

Sir,
do myfelf the honor 10 enclofe to Your
Excelency, the examination OF Charles Lange,
reipeetng an Offer of forged check, at the
bank Of Pennfylvania, drawn in the name of
the Marquis Gaia Yrujo.
Permit me to tuggelt for your confederation,
the propriety of a demand to be made to the
Spanih Minifer to furrender up, that he may
he legally Proiecutcd, the perfon from whom
the forged paper is faid TO have been received.
AS this involves very delicate Queftion of the
law of nations, do not prefume TO exprcfs
any fentinent upon it, but RESPECTFULLY fubmit
1t TO your excellency to direct fuch meafures as
fha appear to you confonant to iuitice, and
the privileges ofthofe attached to a foreign en-
bafy.
/ have the honor 70 be,
Sir, Your mof ob't fery't,
SAM. M. FOX, p. B.P.
His Excellency the Governor
OF the fate of PsnnfyIvania.
mo. III
Rough draS of a letter to His Exceency the
Marquis of Gaia Yru;o.
Philadelphia, Auguh oath, 1904.
Sir,
The PRECEDENT and Directors of the Bank of
PennfyIvsnia, hNve jutt now informed me, by
their Prehdert Samuel NJ Fox, Eiqure, in writ
in, that forged check for three hundred dol
lars had been offered at that Bank, drawn in
your Excelency's name, dated yeferday, which
they refufed to pay.
The Preiident has alto enclofcd to me an
affidavit of certain Charles LANCE, a blac k
freeman, with his mark fubfcrhed thereto, Ia
ken before Alderman Hil'egas of This CITY, da-
ted the esd infant, whereby it appears that the
deponcnt is an hired iervant of Don Jofeph de
Cabrera, one of the gentlemen belonging to the
legation of Spain, and that his faid mater had
delivered the aforefaid check to him, with d.
rettions 20 go to the fad bank for the money,
and TO receive one moiety or half part in gold,
and the other moiety in bank notes 1t other
wife appears, that two other forged checks on
tine taiC, bank have been there prefented & paid,
both drawn in your Excellencv's name; the
'hrit dated May the 5th Taft, for fix hundred
dollars; the latter, dated June the 18th ait, for
Que thoufaud dollars; and on companion of
the handwriting of your name to each, with
that Offered yeferday, and other circumstances,
little or no doubt remains about their having
been forged and counterfeited by one and the
fame perion.
The government and citizens of Pennivlva
nh, have at all times evinced tacred regard to
thel7w OF nations (which is part of the law of
tte ftate) and to the acknowledged independent
cy'and invioiability of foreign miniters, their
dopicils, and thofc OF their train M de Ca
brera, underitand, is a young gentleman at
iacl.ed 10 the Legation OF Spain, and belonging
to thu office ofthe Secretary of Legation, ali un.
der your controu. Your privileges have been
f1credly regarded, and notwithstanding the vio-
lent prefumptive evidence aganft Mr.. Cabrera,
noarrst has been attempted, nor any procefs
ifued aganit him. Under all the circumstances
or cafe, do not doubt you win think il iuft
and proper 70 withdraw your protection from
perion thus charged with an offence 70 immoral
in its nature and 70 Injurious to fociety.-There-
fore, AS Governor and Commander in Chief of
Pennsylvania, you will execute me in -requeifing,
however painful the duty) that you will fubmit
Mr. Jo'eph de Cabrera TO the laws and Iuftice
oftbis fate; this, well know, mutt be confo-
nant TO your private ideas of propriety, and,
truft, II viii appear to you, to be alto for the ho-
nor of the iuft and great monarch whom you
reprefent i'll the American nation; and / ref az
iured, from your humanity, it will be readily
aiiented TO, when it is known. that the p,lnili-
uent OF this gentleman (ihould he be convicted
OF the offence, whereof he is accuied, in our
courts will be very mild, compared with that
he would undergo in his own country.
Accept, fir. the alIurance Of the great reflect
and high confederation of Your Excelency's
Moi obedient humble fervant,
THOMAS MKEAN.
His ExcelIency the Envoy Extraor-1
binary & Minifter Pepipotentiary
Of his Catholic MajeGy.