To James Madison from Thomas Newton, 9 December 1806 (Abstract)
From Thomas Newton, 9 December 1806 (Abstract)
§ From Thomas Newton. 9 December 1806, Norfolk. “Yesterday I am informd the Brittish Ship of War Cambrian anchord in Hampton Road, she was one of the interdicted ships & not the same Capt., is the proclamation of the President the 3d May last to be, inforced,1 several other ships of war are in the road, I have not heard of their molesting any vessels & have directed the Revenue Cutter to keep a good look out & to report if any thing happens, which you will be inform’d off.”
RC (DNA: RG 59, ML). 1 p.; cover docketed by Wagner.
1. Thomas Jefferson’s 3 May 1806 proclamation called for the apprehension of British commander Henry Whitby of the Leander for the murder of U.S. citizen John Pierce and permanently prohibited the Leander, Cambrian, and Driver from entering U.S. ports (Ford, Writings of Thomas Jefferson, 8:445–46).