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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

notification of election as vice president

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…

instructions as agent to Buenos Aires, Chile and Peru

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

recommendations for enforcement of laws against the arming and equipping of foreign ships in American ports

instructions to prosecute all persons involving in outfitting the South American privateer Mangoree at Baltimore

rejects offer of portion of coast of Labrador or portion of coast of Newfoundland for use of American fishermen

James Madison has asked Congress to extend the range of the neutrality law to prevent abuses by privateers outfitting in American ports

appointment and instructions as commercial agent at Cap Francois, Haiti

Rademaker's leave-taking as charge d'affaires of Portugal

negotiations with Great Britain relating to commercial treaty and treaty for limitation of naval forces on the Great Lakes

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