ALBERT GALLATIN - AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED 06/08/1802 for Sale

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ALBERT GALLATIN - AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED 06/08/1802:
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HistoryForSaletm Autographs & ManuscriptsMake an Offer Today and Get a Quick Response!Take a Look at This Week\'s Specials!ALBERT GALLATIN - AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED 06/08/1802 - HFSID 32522ALBERT GALLATIN
Gallatin handwrote, signed and dated this letter to the Treasury Department\'s auditor in 1802, regarding two French ships, La Magicienne and Diana, seized by the United States.
Autograph letter signed\"Albert Gallatin\" as Jefferson\'s Secretary of the Treasury. 1 page, 7¾x9¾. Treasury Department, June 8, 1802. Addressed to \"The Auditor\". In part: \"It appears by the enclosed record of the district court of Pennsylvania that the French prize \'La Magicienne\' was a public armed ship. There will...be no objection to paying...proceeds in that case & also in that of the \'Diana\' which last vessel appears by the papers in your possession...By the enclosed letter of George Blake district attorney for Massachusetts, it appears that the money taken on board the \'Heureux\'...has, by order of the Court, been repaid to the attorney of the original owner...The case of the moiety of the Peggy remains suspended.\" Docket on verso: \"June 8 & 11 1802-Secretary of the Treasury, relative to the F Vessells \'Magicienne & Diana\'\". In the late 1790s, U.S. relations with France were strained, resulting in an undeclared war between the two countries and a cessation of diplomatic relations. The conflict continued until the September 30, 1800 Treaty of Morfontaine (Convention of 1800), which restored normal diplomatic relations between the two countries. It went into effect on December 21, 1801. This letter was written five and a half months after diplomatic relations with France were restored. It concerned prize court decisions in Pennsylvania and Massachusetts. The operation of U.S. prize courts during the conflict further demonstrated that America and France were really in a state of war. A prize court is an admiralty court that adjudicates wartime captures made at sea and \"condemns\" lawfully captured enemy vessels, awarding them as prizes to their captors. Gallatin (1761-1849, born Abraham Alfonse Albert Gallatin in Geneva, Switzerland) served as Secretary of the Treasury under Presidents Jefferson and Madison (1801-1814). When he assumed the position, the national debt was $87 million. In ten years, it had been reduced to $45 million because of his mastery of the details in public finances, lowering the debt and taxes. With the onset of the War of 1812, the debt again skyrocketed. In 1814, Gallatin was appointed as one of the commissioners to negotiate the Treaty of Ghent, ending the War of 1812. He later served as U.S. Minister to France (1815-1823) and England (1826-1827). Very fragile. Lightly toned and creased. Chipped, nicked and worn edges. Folded seven times. Separated and torn along folds. Letter is almost completely separated and center fold. Otherwise in fine condition.

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