Office for Foreign Affairs, 20th October, 1785
Subtitle: The secretary of the United States for the Department of Foreign Affairs, to whom was referred his letter of 13th instant, to His Excellency the President, and one from Chevalier Jones, to him of the 6th August last, with a copy of a letter, from Mr. Soulanges, to the judges and consuls at Nantes, informing that the Algerines had declared war against the United States : and also a motion of the Honorable Mr. Pinckney, of the 17th October instant, reports ...
Contributors: Jay, John, 1745-1829.; United States. Continental Congress.; Continental Congress Broadside Collection (Library of Congress)
Publisher: s.n.
Published: 1785
Place of publication: [New York
Language: eng
Subjects: United States -- Foreign relations -- Algeria.; Algeria -- Foreign relations -- United States.
Notes: Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site.
Recommending "measures be taken for protecting the American trade, and meeting these predatory enemies in a proper manner"--P. [1]. Includes the letters and the motion listed in the title.
Title taken from opening lines of text.
Signed on p. [2]: All of which is submitted to the wisdom of Congress. John Jay.
Imprint from Evans. Formerly ascribed to the press of John Dunlap in the Journals of the Continental Congress, v. 29, p. 930 (#507); but later volumes reject Dunlap as printer. Cf. JCC, v. 33, p. 753.
LC copy annotated on verso of p. [3]: Secy. for Forn. Affairs. Algiers. Monday 24 Octr. assigned. Also annotated (in another hand?): March 29. 1786. Referred to Mr. Johnson Mr. Monroe Mr. Pinckney Mr. Kean Mr. Dane.
Evans 19325
Journals of the Continental Congress, 507