Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, Transmitted to Congress with the Annual Message of the President, December 2, 1872, Part II, Volume I

[2] *Mr. Monroe, Secretary of State, to the collector of Charleston.

Department of State,
September 19, 1811.

Sir: Having been recently informed that a British ship, a prize to the French privateer Duke of Dantzig, Arregnandier, commander, has been for some months past lying in the port of Charleston, I request you to state to me, with as little delay as possible, and with accuracy, the particular circumstances connected with the arrival and detention of this British vessel in the waters of the United States.

You will also be pleased to inform me whether there have occurred within your district any cases of vessels apparently fitted out as merchant ships, which have, on quitting the American shores, commenced acting as privateers, under French commissions, against the British trade.

I am, &c.,

JAMES MONROE.

The Collector of the Port of Charleston.