jurisdiction. It was denied that there had been any such act by Mr.
Barclay, and disavowed, if there was one, as without authority from the
United States, the property on which the arrest was made having been
purchased by Dr. Franklin, and remaining in his possession till taken
out of it by the arrest. On this disavowal, it was agreed that there
could be no further contest, and I received assurance that the property
should be withdrawn from the possession of the court by an evocation
of the cause before the King's Council, on which, without other
proceedings, it should be delivered to the United States. Applications
were repeated as often as dignity, or even decency, would permit; but
it was never done. Thus the matter rests, and thus it is meant it should
rest. No answer of any kind is to be given to Schweighaeuser and Dobree.
If they think proper to apply to their sovereign, I presume there will
be a communication either through you or their representative here, and
we shall have no difficulty to show the character of the treatment we
have experienced.

I will observe for your information, that the sustenance of our captives
at Algiers is committed to Colonel Humphreys.

You will be so kind as to remember, that your public account from the
1st day of July, 1790, to the last of June, 1791, inclusive, is desired
before the meeting of congress, that I may be able to lay before them
the general account of the foreign fund for that year.

General Scott has returned from a successful expedition against the
northern Indians, having killed thirty-two warriors, taken fifty-eight
women and children prisoners, and destroyed three towns and villages,
with a great deal of corn in grain and growth. A similar expedition was
to follow immediately, while preparation is making for measures of more