will delay any further negotiation until Onis receives full authority to conclude a treaty settling all points in contention between the United States and Spain
disappointed that Onis lacks authority to negotiate a treaty in relation to the cession of Florida and the determination of boundaries between the United States and the Spanish possessions; inquires if Onis is prepared to negotiation American claims…
Onis's position on cession of Florida to the United States is unacceptable and makes further negotiation on the subject pointless; inquires if Onis is prepared to negotiate on American claims for compensation from Spain
privateers are secretly outfitted in American ports; purport to be merchant ships but once out of port arm themselves and sail as privateers; government officials are alert to the illegal outfitting of privateers but it is hard to detect
Alexander Everett is bearing dispatches to Russia and then will assume duties as secretary of the legation in the Netherlands; United States desires a commercial treaty with the Netherlands; Eustis is to withdraw from the Netherlands unless that…
submits report on American naval strength on the Great Lakes; orders have been given to prevent the augmentation of this force beyond the current strength of the British force on the Lakes