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116. Brig Friendship, captain Henry Olney; supercargo, Ephraim Talbot; captured and carried into Ba yonne. Claimed an indemnity.

117. Brig Betsey, captain Daniel Boyer; owner, Mr. Stephen Vernon, of Philadelphia. Claimed the payment of the cargo delivered at St. Domingo. Rejected by the commission of marine, referring to the administration of St. Domingo. A new claim put in.

118. The Ship Jones and Richard of Philadelphia, captain Edmund Nowland, entered at Bordeaux, coming from Hamburg, with dollars on board to purchase wines and brandies. He declared at the customhouse on entering the cash he had on board, and lodged it with the consul; ready to sail, the captain took his cash on board, where it was seized. Claimed for him restitution of the same.

119. Armstrong and Barnwell of New York. Claimed for them the payment of a bill of the French administration of St. Domingo, on the French minister near the United States, for liv. 16,225, which bill has been duly protested, for refusal of payment by citizens Genet and La Forest.

120. James Vanuxem for citizen Faure. He remitted four ordonnances on the minister plenipotentiary of France, near the United States, drawn at St. Domingo, to the amount of liv. 39,751. Claimed for him the payment of the same; but the letter of attorney of Faure is wanted.

121. Peter La Maigre. Claimed for him the payment of six ordonnances on citizen Genet, duly protested, amounting to liv. 138,776; not determined.

122. Schooner Dairy Maid, captain John Hammel, plundered by the French privateer the Little Democrat. Claimed the payment of the effects plundered agreeably to the accounts furnished; not determined.

123. Brig Maria, captain Keyran Walsh, owned by Mr. Ebenezer Stocker, of Newburyport, Massachusetts, captured by the French frigate Medea, and recaptured by a British letter of marque. Claimed for the effects plundered and detention of the vessel, 2,204 dollars, agreeably to the accounts furnished.

124. Sloop Diligent, captain John Cunningham, owned by Messrs. Solomon Wilson, George Benn and Nathaniel Norsworthy; captured and carried into Bassaterre, island,

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of Guadaloupe. Claimed an indemnity for the detention and effects plundered of 737 dollars 10 cents.

125. Brig Thomas, captain John Salter. Claimed the payment of the freight from Martinico to France, for transporting a number of French sailors and soldiers.

126. Schooner Alice, captain Joseph Gould, owned by John Bullock, of Providence, Rhode Island; captured and carried into St. Lucie, and there condemned. Claimed the value of the vessel and cargo, and an indemnity.

127. Brig Gayoso, captain Joseph Graisbury, owned by Messrs. Reed and Ford, of Philadelphia, plundered by the French privateer Little Democrat. Claimed 2,386 dollars 90 cts. agreeably to the account.

128. Brig William, captain Benjamin Henderson, owned by William Gray, jun. of Salem, plundered by the French privateer Citizen Genet. Claimed the amount of the effects plundered and an indemnity; not determined. 129. Schooner York, captain Andrew Burk, owned by Mr. Nicholas Cruger, of New York, captured at Port-auPrince both vessel and cargo condemned. Claimed the value of the whole, and an indemnity.

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130. Ship Indian Chief, captain Swail, captured and carried into Cherbourg. An arreté orders the payment of an indemnity; but the award of the arbitrators is in assignats, which by the considerable depreciation, cannot be received. I am soliciting the payment of it in specie.

131. The John, captain Clarke, captured and carried into Cherbourg. In the same situation as the Indian Chief.

132. The Jerusha, capt. Ebenezer Giles, captured by the French, re-captured by the British.-Claimed an indemnity for damages sustained whilst in the possession of the French.

. 133. Brig Hope, capt. Joseph Poole :

134. Sloop Rainbow, capt. Isaac Mackie :-Messrs. Edward Dunant and Joshua Gilpin.-Claimed for them the payment of their accounts of flour delivered at Cape Francois, &c. &c. cargoes of the two above vessels.

135. Schooner Juno, capt. Archibald Maxwell.-Claimed for William Lynch, the payment of the cargo of flour. beef, pork, &c. delivered at Cape Nichola Mole.

136. Schooner Sally, capt. William Edgar:

137. Ship Robin, capt. John Broock of Philadelphia.--Claimed for Philip Care, the payment for the cargoes of the two above vessels, as also the value of his effects, burnt and destroyed in the stores of Messrs. Creven Jeune and Co. at the Cape.

138. Schooner James, captain Dallstrandt :-Christopher Lewis Lente, of New York.-Claimed for him 125 half Johannes freight and 2000 dollars indemnity for the loss of his vessel.

139. John Burrows, master of the sloop Lark, of Philadelphia. Claimed for him the payment of 5 colonial bills of Guadaloupe, on the French minister near the United States, on the protests of the said bills: it would have been well that the first had been transmitted to my office.

140. Sloop Confidence, of Newburyport, capt. Bradbury.-Claimed the value of that part of the cargo that was condemned at Port de la Liberté, island of Guadaloupe, and an indemnity.

141. Schooner Success, capt. John Watson: George Brock, a passenger.-Claimed for him the effects plundered by the boat of the French frigate Concorde.

142. Danish ship Krageroe, capt. Hans P. Kinck: James Muschett.-Claimed for him his part of the cargo of tobacco, the said vessel being captured and carried into Brest.

143. Brig Eunice, capt. Benj. Carleton: John Norris, John Barr and James Barr, owners.-Claimed an indemnity for being embargoed at Brest.

144. Messrs. Cruger and Co. of New York.-Claimed for them the prayment of two original drafts of the administration of Port-au-Prince, on Citizen Genet, the one No. 19, for liv. 10,951: 17: 9, and the other, No. 20, for liv. 8,908: 17. I wish they had been protested, and the protest transmitted to my office.

145. Ship Commerce, capt. Enoch Preble: Claimed for Messrs. Smith, De Saussure, and Darrell, the price of four casks of indigo, taken by the captain of the French privateer Tyger, of St. Malo.

146. British brig Mary Ann, captain John Simpson: Archibald Gracie.-Claimed for him the tobacco he had on board, as it was shipped before the time allowed by the treaty to take notice of hostilities.

147. Dutilh and Wachsmuth.-Their claim for an ordonnance from Port Republicain, island of St. Domingo, for 12,930 liv. specie, and that for a bond of 5,744 liv. 12 sous, 6 den. signed Bonevane, cannot be supported for want of original papers and vouchers.

148. Paul Siemen.-His claim for supplies of flour and gin, cannot be supported for the same reasons.

149. Dutilh, of Philadelphia.-Several of his claims, to the amount of liv. 9,445, for supplies furnished at St. Domingo, cannot be supported for the same reasons.

150. Peter La Maigre, of Philadelphia:-There are a number of copies of colonial drafts and ordonnances, the payment of which cannot be claimed for want of original papers; also some original colonial bills, which the government pay in assignats, at their nominal value, and which I have not thought proper to receive till authorized to that effect, by the executors of La Maigre, deceased.

151. Fair American, capt. Rt. Gillet.-Claimed for Messrs. Vanuxem and Lambaert, the amount of the cargo abandoned at Cape Francois, at the time of its destruction, amounting to liv. 143,855: 12: 7.-Claimed at the same time, for the same owners, liv. 35,695, for flour delivered at Port Republicain, in 1793.-Claimed likewise, for the same, liv. 19,470 for 500 bbls. of flour, sold to the administration of Port-au-Prince. Those three claims rejected for want of original papers and vouchers.

152. James Gamble, of Philadelphia.-Claimed for him the payment of liv. 14,576: 8, for the amount of a colonial draft on citizen Genet.-Rejected, and the papers delivered back to Mr. Monroe.

153, Brig Kitty, capt. William Waters, owned by Stephen Girard, of Philadelphia; condemned at Basseterre, Guadaloupe: Having no official paper, not even a legal copy of the judgment, I have wrote to Mr. Girard, for the necessary papers and vouchers to support the claim.

154. Schooner Atalanta, of Washington, in North Carolina, (formerly the Washington) capt. Hugh Huston, captured, condemned, and sold at Basseterre, Guadaloupe. No official copy of the condemnation; no other paper but the captain's protest, which is insufficient to present a claim upon.

155. Ship Favourite,-supercargo, Samuel Montgomery Brown, of Philadelphia: Ship and cargo were con

demned at Port-au-Prince, for having not declared all the produce on board.-Not a single official paper to support the fact; only relations of it by the supercargo.

156. Messrs. James M'Currach & Co. of Philadelphia: -Two copies of drafts from Port Republicain, on citizen Genet.-There should have been at least certified, two copies, by the French consul at Philadelphia, and they should be under a certificate of the said consul, that the originals were deposited in his office.

157. Walter Stewart, of Philadelphia.-His claim for liv. 90,344: 18, for supplies to the French government of St. Domingo, proceeding from the cargo of the brig Active, capt. Aaron Welch, and his other claim for liv. 32,450, for flour delivered at St. Marc, are only supported by copies of ordonnances certified by a publick notary, which is not sufficient.

158. Bartholomew Sarrazin, of Philadelphia.-His claim for property destroyed at the Cape, is not supported by affidavits of indifferent persons, of the amount and value of it, or by any other testimony than his own.

159. Brig Brothers, capt. John Baptist Smith, owned by James Barry, of Philadelphia :-There is only the captain's protest of his being taken by a French letter of marque, the Ca Ira, capt. Paris, fitted out at Charleston, and carried into St. Bartholomew, whence the captain fled before condemnation. No claim can be supported without the assistance of some other evidence.

160. Sloop Matsey, capt. Frederick King-no other paper but the protest, to prove that the cargo, left in the hands of Michael Levy, Aux-Cayes, was taken by the orders of the commissary Polverell, and not paid for.

161. Messrs. Nicholas Cruger, George Codwise and Joseph Roose.-The copies of three ordonnances of Guadaloupe, on citizen Genet, not sufficient to obtain payment. Claims suspended for want of vouchers, original papers, or copies authenticated.

162. Schooner Polly, captain Matthew Price, captured by the French privateer Narbonnaire, and carried into Port-au-Prince, where the cargo was condemned.

163. Messrs. Petit and Bayard, of Philadelphia: Copy of an ordonnance from Port Republicain, on citizen Genet, on account of pork, proceeding from the cargo of the schooner Industry, and oil, of the schooner Franklin, de

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