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PROOFS of the CORRUPTION OF GEN. JAMES WILKINSON. AND OF HIS CONNEXION WITH AARON BURR - by Daniel Clark. [“Notes” Pages 61-80] Daniel Clark  1766-1813 |
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PROOFS of the CORRUPTION OF GEN. JAMES WILKINSON. AND OF HIS CONNEXION WITH AARON BURR - by Daniel Clark. [“Notes” Pages 61-80] Daniel Clark 1766-1813 |
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Each section below reflects a true page of this historical publication. Note links refer to the letters and documents that Daniel Clark used as evidence of his former friend's treachery. People and place name links are to biographical and geographical pages in Encyclopedia Louisiana. Time links are to the Encyclopedia Louisiana Timeline. |
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1788. To their half adventure to Kentucky in company, per bateau Speedwell, 4087 7 CR Silver. 1788. By cash received from the governor, 3000 3 Balance due on this account, 1087 7 4087 7 Dr. Messers. Wilkinson & Dunn Paper Ex. Silver 1789. To balance brought down 1087 7 May 6. To cash paid Moses and John Moore, on error discovered to their prejudice in account with J. Wilkinson, after we had adjusted accounts with Captain. Dunn, and paid him the balance 47 3 To cash paid Gen. Wilkinson’s order in favour G.I. A. Elkolm, 29 4 Do. For 28 lbs. Bacon supplied Mr. Ballenger, at 2 1/2 , 8 6 120 7 2 Carried Over, 1272 0 |
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Paper Ex. Silver Brought over, 1272 0 June 4. To cash paid Joseph Ballenger, 100 0 Ditto 8 0 108 0 July 20. Do. Paid P. Nolan, 6 0 Ditto in paper, 121.7 127 96 0 21 Do. paid your order in favour of R. McGillier, 105 0 25 Do. paid Greenberry Dorsey, 267 6 1/2 Philip Nolan, 377 4 31 Mr. Minor, amount of your note, 92 7 A. White and Shoemaker, 29 6 767 7 ý 130 590 6 Aug. 2 Do. paid Hipps Taylor, 12 6 Do. paid for four ells of silk, 12 0 24 6 125 19 6 To our assumption to Mather and Strother, For a horse for Mr. Ballenger, 100 0 To sundries supplied to Mr. Ballenger at Natchez, on his way to Kentucky, viz. One saddle, 40 0 Three quarters of a yard of blue cloth, 6 0 One pair of stockings, 3 0 49 0 150 32 6 Carried Over, 1103 2 |
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Paper Ex. Silver Brought over, 1103 2 1789. Aug. 12. To cash you received for three flats, 14 0 To your order in favour of Col. Elzey, 14l. Vir. Currency, at 6s. 46 4 To cash you received from the Governor of Virginia, Virginia currency, at 6s 3382 3 To so much you received from the State of Va., 1256 3 6 Deduct 20 per cent. 251 4 8 L. 1004 18 10 3349 41/2 Balance due Wilkinson and Dunn, 12464 7 ý 21632 5 SUPRA, Ca. 1788 Dec.31. By nett proceeds of sales of 5 casks of butter, 1 hogshead of tobacco and 30732 lbs. Tobacco loose, left by Mr. Dunn, 1479 4 160 924 6 1789. May 17. By nett proceeds of sales of 38 casks of lard, per Capt. Dunn, 78 4 1003 2 |
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Paper Ex. Silver Brought over, 1003 2 1789. June. 13. By cash returned by Mr. Ballenger, 1650 0 Aug. 15 By nett proceeds of sales of 27 casks of butter, per Capt. Dunn, 162 4 By so much charged in an account rendered May 1st, for Mr. Nolan’s Expenses through the Creek Nation, 99 2 By cash paid Capt. Hoops, 280l. Virginia currency, 933 2 1/2 By first of adventures, with charges 13991 0 By adventures from Kentucky in Co. for your half gain, 3355 21/2 By amount of Philip Nolan’s account, 374 0 By Daniel, for deputy surveyor’s fees paid in Richmond, 32 0 By ditto, paid for advice in suit against Foster Webb, 22 0 21632 5 Errors and omissions excepted. 1789 New Orleans, 29th August, 1789 WILKINSON & DUNN. |
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Paper Ex. Silver 1789. Sept. 3. To cash paid G. M. , 3000 0 3. Do. paid Philip Nolan, for M. Duncan, per your order, 6800 0 4. Do. paid John H Craig, per Nolan’s order, 471 3 Do. paid Philip Nolan’s order in favor of John Picket, 1101 7 Do. do. in favour of Mr. Pauing 789 4 Do. do. per receipt, 300 0 5. By amount of Philip Nolan’s account, 48 3 ý 145011 3 1/2 CR. By balance brought down, 12464 7 1/2 By note returned, which was charged to you, in favour of Col. Elzey for 14l. Virginia currency, 46 4 12511 3 1/2 Errors excepted. New Orleans, 5th September, 1789 JAMES WILKINSON. |
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DEAR SIR, WILL you be so good as to answer to Mr. Nolan the balance in your hands. Your friend J. WILKINSON DANIEL CLARK Esq. New Orleans, 5th September 1789. Received of Messrs. Clark and Rees forty-eight dollars and five and one half reals, the balance due James Wilkinson, as stated in Messrs. And Rees’s account current, for James Wilkinson. PHILIP NOLAN. NOTE No. 33. PHILIP NOLAN’S DECLARATION I, PHILIP NOLAN, Agent for James Wilkinson, Esquire, being applied to by Daniel Clark, junior, Attorney of Clark & Rees, to investigate an account settled the 5th of September, 1789, between Clark and Rees, merchants of this place, and the aforesaid James Wilkinson, Esquire, do declare that there is an error in said account, amounting to four hundred and seventy-three silver dollars two reals, to the prejudice of Clark & Rees, occasioned by their giving him credit twice in their account for the aforesaid sum of four hundred and seventy-three silver dollars two reals, being my expenses on my journey from hence to Kentucky in the year 1788. New Orleans, 10th September, 1790 PHILIP NOLAN. In the year 1795 Governor Gayoso ascended the Missisippi, commanding the Kings gallies and troops destined to erect and garrison the fort of San Fernando de las Barancas, (Chicasaw Bluffs) where he remained, I believe, about two months, or perhaps longer; and after having by his presence given spirit and activity to the works, proceeded to New |
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Madrid. Immediately on his arrival, which was in the beginning of September, 1795, he informed Captain Don Portell, the Commandant, that he had dispatches of the greatest importance to forward to Kentucky, and desired him to procure a person, on whom he could depend, to take charge of them. Portell spoke to me on the subject. As traveling was then my ruling passion, I proposed, without hesitation, to undertake the journey. It may not be improper here to observe, that I had already been sent by said Portell to Kentucky on two occasions; the first, at the beginning of 1794, to keep an eye on the movements and progress of what is generally known by the name of Genet’s expedition against Louisiana, headed by Clark and La Chaise; and the second, to accompany the Spaniards that had murdered Mr. Henry Owen, the bearer of General Wilkinson’s 6000 dollars, concerning which I have given my affidavit under this date. As I had acquitted myself of my commissions much to his satisfaction, he had recommended me strongly to the Governor. Without loss of time, a pirogue, hands and provisions were not got ready, and I set off from New Madrid on the 6th of September, and reached Red Banks on the sixth day. Here I was detained by a Bilious fever until the 24th, on which day I set off my land, and arrived at Cincinnati on the 3rd of October, having delayed one day at Lexington. The day of my arrival I delivered my dispatches to General Wilkinson, agreeable to my orders. When I left New Madrid I was only half in the secret of the object of my mission; but the General disclosed the whole plot to me, which was a separation of the Western from the Eastern States, such as appears in Judge Sebastian’s trial. After some days stay at Cincinnati, I proceeded up the Ohio as far as Galliopolis, in obedience to General Wilkinson’s orders, which I had been instructed by Gayoso implicitly to follow. I returned to Cincinnati on the 8th of November, and left that place on the 14th, with Wilkinson’s answers, having occasionally dined with the General, and having had several nocturnal conferences with him and Fort Washington. In his letter in cypher to Gayoso, September 22nd, 1796, he refers him to what I should verbally communicate to him, which was as follows: that U must immediately return to Red Banks, where I should meet the following gentlemen, or at least two of them, viz. Messrs. Benjamin Sebastian, Henry Innes, John Murray and George Nicholas, whom I was to convey to the mouth of the Ohio, there to have an interview with Gayoso. I have already mentioned that the plan of separation was such as appears in Sebastian’s trial; on which subject Wilkinson directed me to lay the following observations before Carondelet and Gayoso. However, before I proceed any farther, it will not be improper to state that Wilkinson received a letter some time after from Gay- |
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oso, expressive of much discontent and reproach, for having imprudently communicated to me the whole extent of their plots. This I had from Wilkinson himself. Here follow the observations. In this I am confident that I am perfectly correct, as I committed them to paper at the time, and which I will literally copy. “The various channels through which the Western Country is to receive foreign commodities. Which the most advantageous? 1st. By the River St. Lawrence and the Lakes. 2d. By New-York, Hudson or North River, Mohawk River, and by Oswego into the Lake. 3d. By Baltimore, up the Susquehannah, a portage to ******, that empties into the Allegheny, down into the Ohio. 4thj. By *****, up the Potowomack; portage to the Cheete River, into the Monogahela, and down the Ohio. 5th. By New Orleans and the Missisippi, &c. &c. &c. An intelligent person ought to be sent to these different places, and obtain every possible information on the spot, concerning the difficulty or facility attending their navigation, &c. and by comparing them, see which merits the preference. It might, perhaps, also be the means of artificially giving the advantage to the Missippi, in case it does not possess it naturally. The free navigation of the Missisippi injurious to the future population of Louisiana; because numbers who would have migrated to it, for the sake of enjoying the privileges of Spanish Subjects, and from which foreigners wee excluded, would now posses those advantages, without moving to it. To ascend the Ohio with a cargo, the profits on which must be a perquisite for the person entrusted with it. By these means the following advantages will be obtained. The money that it may be judged proper to introduce into the country will be kept out of sight, even of the crew, and the real object of the expedition kept secret. It may draw the confidence of the people, and point out the channel through which they must receive foreign commodities. The cargo ought to consist of gun-powder, sugar, coffee, brandy, wine, sugars, &C. The mouth of the Ohio must be formidably fortified, and works erected, of sufficient strength to arrest the progress of an army during a whole campaign, and thus gain one year. Kentuckians must be employed in raising these fortifications. This will help do away all national distinctions and prejudices, and to conciliate and fraternize the two nations. The cannons wanted may be cast in Kentucky. A Bank must be established in Kentucky, with a capital of one million dollars. The directors to be chosen among the most distinguished and leading characters in the country. We shall thus secure a majority in the Councils and Assemblies of State. The fort of St. Fernando must not, upon any consideration, be given up; for this would lessen the power and importance of Spain, and the Americans would immediately take possession of it. As the seeds of an approaching |
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rupture are already cast, it is proper that all the necessary preparations should be made in the province, by building forts on the frontiers, encreasing the number of Spanish agents in Kentucky, and depositing funds in the country, to be enabled to face contingencies. General Clark, and his adherents, who are in the pay of the French Republic, must be brought into the service of Spain. The French may hereafter be prevailed upon to take produce of Kentucky and the Western Country, for the use of their Colonies. It is absolutely necessary that military magazines should be formed at New Madrid, well provided with arms, ammunition and other military stores. A watchful eye must be kept upon Daniel Clark, senior, and his nephew Daniel Clark, Minor, Beauregard, Du Foret, Morales, and their friends. The must never be trusted in anything that relates to Wilkinson and ______. Pounds of sugar mean hard dollars; Campbell, Carondelet; McCullough, Gayoso; Marietta, New Orleans; Post-Vincennes, Philadelphia; Store, Fortification; Monongahela, Mouth of the Ohio; Words, War; Silence, Peace; Cash, Spain; Corn; France; Pork, England; Whiskey, United States; Pounds of Coffee, Arms; Segars, Men; Bread, Ammunition.” Immediately on my return to New Madrid, a large pirogue was purchased, and every thing provided that could contribute to the accommodation of the gentlemen, and I again set off for Red Banks towards the beginning of December. On my arrival at that place, I there found Mr. B Sebastian, who had taken passage in a flat boat, bound to New Madrid. On my enquiring for the other gentlemen, he told me, that Murray had for some time past been in a habitual state of inebriation, it was not judged proper that he should be of the party; that Mr. H. Innes could not leave his home, owing to some family concerns, or to indisposition, I do not well recollect which; and that the absence of Lawyer Nicholas would excite a degree of suspicion, that might defeat the object they had in view; but said that he was fully authorized to treat with the Governor in their names. We accordingly proceeded to the mouth of the Ohio, he in the flat, myself in the pirogue. We arrived in a short time on the Missisippi. There we found Gayoso encamped, opposite the mouth of the Ohio, where he had amused himself in building a small triangular stockade fort, with the view of impressing the public with the idea that he had no other object in contemplation. Here the bad weather detained us a few days, during which time we had the visit of Julien Poydras and Mr. Bernoudi, jou. who were descending in a flat to New Orleans. We arrived at New Madrid, I think, on Christmas-day, and remained there but a short time, and continued our route to Natchez, Sebastian with the Governor in his galliot, and myself with Mr. Vandembemden in a King’s |
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barge. After an ordinary passage we arrived at Natchez, where we were hospitably entertained in the government house. I staid there but a short time then proceeded to New Orleans, leaving Sebastian at the Governor’s. The both reached Orleans together, a few days after me. Mr. Sebastian and myself left Orleans, if I recollect right, in March, or the beginning of April, having taken passage for Philadelphia, and proceeded to Shippensburgh in the stage, here we put out baggage in a wagon, and for numerous reasons, unnecessary to expose, continued our journey to Redstone on foot. At Redstone we embarked in a flat, bound to Cincinnati, where we arrived on the 17th or 18th of May. The next day after our arrival, Sebastian took passage in a flat for Louisville. I remained at Cincinnati. On the 20th I wrote to General Wilkinson, who then had command of the army, owing to General Wayne’s absence, soliciting permission to travel by the line of forts to Grenville, and pursue my route from thence to the Illinois, by post Vincennes. The following is a copy of his answer. Sir, Head-Quarters, Grenville, May 25, 1796 The day before yesterday I had the honour to receive a letter from you, under date of the 20th instant, in which you request leave to visit this place, and to proceed by St. Vincennes and the Illinois to New Madrid. Permit me, Sir, to observe that this precaution was unnecessary, at time when the United States of America are happily at peace with all the world. In this enviable situation, the officers of the American army have no concealments to make, and therefore our camps and our forts are free to the ingress and egress of all persons, who deport themselves with propriety. I beg you, Sir, to believe, that upon an unpleasant occasion, to which you are pleased to refer, my conduct was directed more by the delicacy of my own situation, than any sense of your demerit. Neither my sympathies nor my antipathies have ever gained such an ascendant over my reason, as to incline me to condemn upon hearsay, or to adopt the prejudices of any man. I thank you sir, for the trouble you have given yourself, in bringing forward the Segars committed to your care by my very worthy friends Governor Gayoso and Dr. Andreas and have the honour to be, with due consideration, Sir, Your mot obedient servant, JAMES WILKINSON Mr. Tho. Power Having obtained the General’s permission to go to Grenville, Major |
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Mills. Adjutant-general, procured me a horse from the Quarter-master, to carry me to Grenville. There I staid five of six days, quartered on Captain. Prior and Lieut. Charles Hyde. As soon as I had received the General’s instructions, and answers to my dispatches, I returned to Cincinnati; for my journey to the Illinois by Vincennes was a device, to avoid curiosity. I lost no time at Cincinnati, but proceeded with all possible haste to New Madrid, where I took charge of Wilkinson’s 9640 dollars. For the details of the rest of this expedition, I refer to my deposition (No. 17) taken before Mr. Eliphalet Fitch. THOMAS POWER. New Orleans, March 18th, 1809. Personally appeared Thomas Power, and did solemnly swear that the pre- Ceding narrative is just and true. E. FITCH, Justice of the Peace. NOTE NO. 35. TO proceed to Gallioplois, to make application and propositions to the leading characters there, to induce them to move to New Madrid, with all the French of the Settlement; to urge this point in such measure as to attract the attention of the public officers there, whose report to the executive will immediately follow, and will account for his frequent missions to that place; to return as rapidly as possible, to load with flour, and proceed with out a moment’s delay to New Orleans; in the route to see Newman, and to enter on the subject of his desertion; to inform him of the facts which have transpired, and the opinions prevalent; to urge his return, at the request of all his friends; to assure him of safety, and of such rewards as he may demand. Also, that being pardoned for the imputed offence, no further process can be against him for the same; that the oath which he was suborned to take, being made while in _____ _____, is in itself a nullity, and cannot be offered in crimination of him it will be necessary that he should take down his examination, founded upon the interrogations furnished him. And if they prove material to the examination of Wayne and his associates, then he must embark N___n under a fictitious name, at New Orleans, for Philadelphia, and having arrived there, must lodge him in some retired place, and call upon me, under cover of the night for further advice; you will hear of me at _____. If N___n cannot be |
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prevailed upon to return under dispositions favourable to my views, then let his declaration on oath be circumstantially taken to all the points enumerated in the interrogations, in the presence of Dr. Flowers, Col. Bruin, Daniel Clark, or any three or four of the most notorious respectable Americans of the Natchez district; let these gentlemen certify to two copies and to the original, and let them be transmitted to me through different channels: P. to take charge of the original. Mr. P. must take with him credentials from the government of Louisiana, acquitting him of any political connexion or agency injurious or hostile to the interests of the United States. He must carry to Philadelphia testimonials of his family and character, addressed to as many of the native respectable merchants of that city as possible: those may be readily procured from New Orleans and Havanna. It is indispensable that P. should meet me in Philadelphia; for the rest, let him rely on my friendship and address. To collect from Bradford every information respecting the Pittsburgh ______on, which may be employed, should it be found necessary, to disgrace certain persons: to bear no paper upon him which carries my name upon it. Employ the 640 dollars avec la cargaison to pay expenses and lay in a cargo of best flour pour la ville where it will help to reimburse. In making your settlement, take to secure me the 640 dollars advanced, and bring them with you. I have urged peremptorily the necessity of your presence at the metropolis; bring me N___n, if upon examination you find his presence of more consequence then his disposition when taken as directed. I believe he was caused to desert by Ohara, probe him to that point you are to bring me papers, but my name is not to be written or spoken. You must do the needful below to expose and detect past treachery or indiscretion, and to prevent either in future: I have referred particularly on this head. I shall expect you impatiently. Should I continue where I am, I shall wish you near me if I cross the water, you are to accompany. Bring every credential of family and fortune, to repulse the insinuations of ______ : trust something to my address, and put faith in my honour and affections to the grave. NOTE NO. 36. ENCLOSED your Excellency will receive the documents relative to my last confidential expedition, made by your Excellency’s order in the |
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Ohio; of which I have already given you a narrative, as well verbal, as in writing. The remarks which follow serve for its elucidation. I left New Madrid with ten oarsmen and a patron; the provisions which were delivered to the crew were: biscuit for a month, meat for ditto, Rum for fifteen days. To disguise, as far as possible, the true object of the expedition, we had hired the people under the same conditions as are common in commercial voyages, so that the monthly rations allowed by the king did not even last fifteen days. The reasons why I issued to the crew extraordinary allowances of liquor daily, counting from the day we left Red Bank until our arrival at the falls of the Ohio, was to encourage them to row with vigour, that lieutenant Steele , whom I thought in pursuit of me, might not again take me; because, had I fallen into his hands for a second time, I was lost. As respects the 150 for the horse, which I bought to make the journey from Frankfort to Cincinnati, and the expences which occurred, they were indispensible, for a double motive; to carry my complaint against Steele, for having offered so great an insult to our flag, and to give advice of my arrival to the American General, Mr. James Wilkinson, that he might take the necessary measures. I have to add, that the motive which has induced me to dispose of the merchandize which I received of I. And A. Hunt, in exchange for the coffee and sugar, was to give credit to the opinion, which I myself had raised, that I had come to purchase horses to take to Natchez, in order to better the breed in that district. Besides this, as the occurrence with Steel had awakened suspicions, excited apprehensions, and attracted the attention of the inhabitants of the western country, all had their eyes on me, so that I found myself obligated to do something which would please them, that it might serve me as a safe conduct to quit those parts, which by this means I happily effected. The mare, of which the statement No. 1 makes mention, was lost on my arrival at New Madrid in the woods, where she died of thirst, the excessive frost having entirely frozen up the water. The stud horse I delivered on going down to Don Manuel Gayoso de Lemos, but he returned him to me a short time since, and I have him carefully kept, until your Excellency is pleased to make disposition respecting him. Of the sum of 9640 dollars which I was to deliver to Mr. James Wilkinson, I have only delivered him 9000, having retained the 640 dollars, to avoid the unfortunate result with which I was threatened, and likewise to provide what was necessary for the crew during the voyage. The following are the documents which are enclosed: No. 1. The account sale of the merchandise laden, &c. No. 2. Account of the expences for the crew. |
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No. 3. Account of the expenditures of the 640 dollars. No. 4. Statement which shows in what manner the merchandize has been made use of. No. 5. Ditto which shows what is due to me. No. 6. Invoice of I. and A. Hunt. All which are accompanied with the obligation of Mr. N. Welch, for 105 dollars, and the two receipts of Mr. Boyd, the one for 466 dollars, for the value of a horse, and the other for 200 dollars, for the value of a mare. The balance which appears in my favour, according to the statements3 and 4,as well as the account of my monthly pay for fourteen months, I beg your Excellency will be pleased to direct that it should be remitted to me, or delivered Mr. Philip Nolan, to whom I have given advice on the subject. Mr. James Wilkinson, in the instructions which he has given me directs that I should present to your Excellency the account of the expenses to which the 640 dollars have been applied (and I have done so in the statement No.3) that he may be reimbursed said account. The instructions say, “in making your settlement take care to secure me the 640 dollars advanced, and bring them with you.” Although he charged me to take them to him to the United States, I am of the opinion that no one is better suited to remit them that Mr. Philip Nolan. Your Excellency will please suffer me to assure you, that in every particular I have acted with prudence, with honour, and the disinterestedness of an honest man, as well as with the zeal and fidelity which the King’s service requires, and with the vigilance and activity (here there is a line unintelligible.) I deserve nothing, and expect nothing for having fulfilled the obligations of a good subject to his majesty, unless your Excellency will be pleased to procure me opportunities of displaying the inclination I feel of sacrificing myself for the prosperity of my country and glory of my sovereign. God preserve your Excellency many years THOMAS POWER. New Orleans, 9th May, 1797 Translation of the answer to the foregoing, dated New Orleans, May 28th, 1796 THERE remains in my hands the six documents relative to the account of the last expedition which you made in the Ohio, and which you enclosed to me in your official letter of the 9th inst. And they are as follow: |
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No. 1. The account sale of the merchandise laden, &c. No. 2. Account of the expences for the crew. No. 3. Account of the expenditures of the 640 dollars. No. 4. Statement which shows in what manner the merchandize has been made use of. No. 5. Ditto which shows what is due to me. No. 6. Invoice of I. and A. Hunt. On account of it there will be delivered to you 1000. that you may make preparations for your journey, in the new commission which I entrust to your care. It is necessary to see how you can get rid of the horse, with the least possible loss, as well to recover the debt of Nicholas Welch, or have it recovered; for which purpose I enclose you his obligation, and likewise the proceeds of the merchandize, which, to the amount of 353 dollars, you delivered to Pedro Derbigny, in order to give an account to the court without these balances, which cause trouble, and appear speculations, when they are no more than the effect of necessity; and the difficulty which these commissions cause in places where there are no resources, when you have to deceive the vigilance of spies. As you finish these matters, and as soon as your present commission is fulfilled, you will give me advice. New Orleans, 28th May, 1797. THE BARON DE CARONDELET TO MR. THOMAS POWER. ATTESTATION OF NOTE No. 38. WHICH FOLLOWS: WE whose names are hereunto subscribed, do severally swear and declare, that we were well acquainted with the hand writing of the Baron de Carondelet, late Governor General of the province of Louisiana, and that we have no doubt that the letters hereunto annexed, dated severally, the 23d April, 1797, and 26th May, 1797, are in the proper hand writing of the said Baron de Carondelet, as also the signature to the same. And we do also declare, in like manner, that we are acquainted with the hand writing of Don Andres Armesto, late Secretary of the Government, and that the letter hereunto annexed, dated 28th May, 1798, is in the hand writing of the said Don Andres, |
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and the signature thereto affixed is in the proper hand writing of the said Baron de Carondelet. PIERRE PEDESCLAUX, Not. Pub. STEPHEN DE QUINONES, Not. Pub. NARCISSUS BROUTIN, Not. Pub. J. J. BLANCHE. G. DUBUYS. Signed, in my presence, by Pierre Pedesclaux, Stephen de quinines, Narcissus Broutin, J. J. Blache, G. Dubuys, and duly sworn before me, this 17th March, 1809. ELIPHALET FITCH, Notary Public and Justice of the Peace. N’lle Orleans, ce 26 May, 1797 {Complete French/Spanish Text not yet included} |
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{Complete French/Spanish Text not yet included} Le champ qui vous es ouvert est assez brilliant, mais il faut aitant deprudence que de capacite pour so reussite. J’ai l’honneur d’etre, avec la plus parfaite consideration, Monsieur, LE BARON DE CARONDELET. SR. DN. THOMAS POWER. New Orleans, 26th May, 1797. I HAVE received, sir, your letters of the 5th, of the 7th, 12th, 13th, and 16th of May, and I briefly answer them in fulfilling your wishes, because I entrust you a commission of the greatest consequence, which does not compromit you in any manner, it being however well understood that you carry with you no paper which may make mention of it, and as it procures you a sum of money which you state to me you are in great need of in find, it renders you independent, and procure me the opportunity of recommending you to the Minister of State. No one will be informed of it, nor even the Intendant. There will be none but Don Andres and myself, who will be acquainted with the true motive. General Wilkinson having informed the commandant of New Madrid that he is getting ready a detachment of the army. Which he has at his orders, to take possession of the forts of Natchez and Walnut Hills, in conformity to the 2d article of the treaty of friendship, li- |
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