AND, PUBLICK DOCUMENTS ОВ THE UNITED STATES, FROM THE ACCESSION OF GEORGE WASHINGTON TO THE PRESIDENCY, EXHI- RELATIONS SINCE THAT TIME. VOLUME VII. THIRD EDITION. PUBLISHED UNDER THE PATRONAGE OF CONGRESS. INCLUDING CONFIDENTIAL DOCUMENTS, FIRST PUBLISHED IN THE SECOND EDITION OF THIS WORK. BOSTON: PRINTED AND PUBLISHED BY THOMAS B. WAIT. 1819. Be it remembered, that on the twelfth day of January, A. D. 1819, and in the forty-third year of the Independence of the United States of America, Thomas B. Wait, of the said district, has deposited in this office the title of a book, the right whereof he claims as proprietor, in the words following, to wit: "State Papers and Publick Documents of the United States, from the accession of George Washington to the Presidency, exhibiting a complete view of our Foreign Relations since that time. Third edition. Published under the patronage of Congress. Including Confidential Documents, first published in the second edition of this work." In conformity to the act of the Congress of the United States, entitled, "An act for the encouragement of learning, by securing the copies of Maps, Charts, and Books, to the authors and proprietors of such copies, during the times therein mentioned:" and also to an act, entitled, "An act supplementary to an act, entitled, An act for the encouragement of learning, by securing the copies of Maps, Charts, and Books, to the authors and proprietors of such copies during the times therein mentioned; and extending the benefits thereof to the arts of Designing, Engraving and Etching Historical, and other Prints." JNO. W. DAVIS, Clerk of the District of Massachusetts. CONTENTS. Page DOCUMENTS accompanying President's message, Nov. 8, 1808, relative Letters from Gen. Armstrong relative to ship Horizon M. Champagny to Gen. Armstrong General Armstrong to Mr. Madison, enclosing remonstance against French decrees Mr. Madison to Mr. Pinkney, Dec. 23, 1807, enclosing embargo law Same to same, April and July, 1808, enclosing correspondence with Mr. Mr. Pinkney to Mr. Madison, relative to transit duty on cotton, &c. Mr. Pinkney to Mr. Madison, May, 1808, enclosing notification of Correspondence between Mr. Erskine and Mr. Madison Col. Lear to Secretary of State, March, 1808, relative to demand by Message, Nov. 8, 1808, relative to England and France Message, Dec. 23, 1808, transmitting copies of all acts, decrees, orders Message, Jan. 17, 1809, transmitting correspondence between Mr. Message, Jan. 30, 1809, communicating further correspondence between Documents accompanying above message, relative to arrangement for Message, June 15, 1809, communicating correspondence between Mr. Message opening Congress, Nov. 29, 1809 Documents accompanying above message, relative to Erskine's ar- Correspondence between the Secretary of State and Mr. Jackson, re- lative to the disavowal of arrangement with Mr. Erskine, October Gen. Armstrong to Secretary of State, Sept. 1809, enclosing letter from Message, Dec. 12, 1809, transmitting Mr. Jackson's circular letter, and Message, Dec. 16, 1809, transmitting extracts from the correspondence |