uch measures as may appear to him the best adapted
for the purpose of obtaining for the said Thomas Pagan, such speedy and
effectual redress as his case may seem to require.

George Hammond,

Philadelphia, November 26,1791.

LETTER LXXXVI.--TO MR. HAMMOND, December 5, 1791

TO MR. HAMMOND, _Minister Plenipotentiary of Great Britain_,

Philadelphia, December 5, 1791.

Sir,

Your favor of November the 30th remains still unanswered, because the
clerks are employed in copying some documents on the subject of the
treaty of peace, which I wish to exhibit to you with the answer.

In the mean time, as to that part of your letter which respects matters
of commerce, the fear of misunderstanding it induces me to mention my
sense of it, and to ask if it be right. Where you are pleased to say,
that 'you are authorized to communicate to this government his Majesty's
readiness to enter into a negotiation for establishing that intercourse
(of commerce) upon principles of reciprocal benefit,' I understand that
you are not furnished with any commission or express powers to arrange
a treaty with us, or to make any specific propositions on the subject of
commerce; but only to assure us that his Britannic Majesty is ready to
concur with us, in appointing persons, times, and places for commencing
such a negotiation. Be so good as to inform me if there be any
misapprehension in this, as some steps on our part may be necessary in
consequence of it.

1 have the honor to be, with the most perfect esteem, Sir, your most
obedient and most humble servant,

Th: Jefferson,

LETTER LXXXVII.--TO MR. HAMMOND, December 12, 1791

TO MR. HAMMOND.

Philadelphia, December 12, 1791.

Sir,

I take the liberty of enclosing you an extract of a letter from a
respectable character, giving information of a Mr. Bowles, lately come
from England into the Creek country, endeavoring to excite that nation
of Indians to war against the United States, and pretending to be
employed by the government of England. We have other testimony of these
his pretensions, and that he carries them much farther than is here
stated. We have too much confidence in the justice and wisdom of the
British government, to believe they can approve of the proceedings of
this incendiary and impostor, or countenance for a moment a person who
takes the liberty of using their name for such a purpose; and I make the
communication, merely that you may take that notice o