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 cer. tificate 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. Do mingo, 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, captain 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, captain 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 authen. ticated.

162. Schooner Polly, captain Matthew Price, captured by the French privateer Narbonnaire, and carried into Port-auPrince, 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, delivered at the Cape, and on account of property left at the Cape at the time of its destruction; but no pieces of evidence or vouchers to support any part of the claim.

164. John Mayben, of Philadelphia: several copies of ordonnances from the French West India islands; but no original paper to support a demand of payment.

165. Sloop Mary Anne, of New Haven, captain William Brentnall. Nothing but the copy of a declaration on oath, of the mate and one of the hands, that the said vessel was plundered by the French, and then captured by the British.

166. Schooner Polly, of Washington, in North Carolina, cap

tain Nathaniel Willis.-Freight and cargo plundered by a French privateer. No other paper to ground a demand upon the pro

test.

167. Schooner Lucy, captain Loudon Bailey.-The captain's account of what the administration of Port-au-Paix, island of St. Domingo, allowed him for his cargo, and what it would have fetched at the current price.-No evidence to support the fact.

168. Schooner Betsey, captain John Murphy.-Mr. William Patterson, of Baltimore, has transmitted an account of the cargo belonging to him, taken by the municipality of Point-a-Petre; but no evidence to support the demand of payment.

169. James Saddler-Claimed his part of the cargo-not determined.

170. Messrs. Talbot, Allum and Lee-Claimed their part of the cargo.-Property released by arreté of 26th April, 1795Invoices wanted to recover the value.

In witness of the foregoing being a true statement of the one hundred and seventy American claims, as therein respectively described, and as will appear to be supported upon the various documents deposited in the chancery of my office, I have hereunto affixed my name and seal of office, at Paris, this 20th day of November, one thousand seven hundred and ninety-five, and of American independence the twentieth. FULWAR SKIPWITH, Consul general of the United States of America, near the Republick of France.

[L.S.]

List of American vessels detained by embargo, at Bordeaux, and of the sums claimed for each, by the Consul at Bordeaux.

In witness of the foregoing being a true and exact copy of the original deposited in the chancery of my office, I have [L.S.] hereunto affixed my name and seal of office, at Paris, this 20th day of November, 1795, and of American Indepen. dence, the twentieth. FULWAR SKIPWITH.

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I JOSIAH HEMPSTED, late master of the brigantine Patty, which with her cargo, were the property of Justus Riley, merchant of Wethersfield in the state of Connecticut, testify and declare, that I sailed in the said Brigantine from New London, in the same state, on the 31st day of July last, bound to the Island of St. Bartholomews: that on the second day of September following, being in the latitude of seventeen degrees and twenty-four minutes north of the Equator, according to my observations, I was captured by a French cruiser called the Iris, Lemot captain, and carried into Guadaloupe, arriving on the fifth of said September at Basseterre: that on the same day I was taken before Victor Hugues, whose first words addressed to me were these" I have confiscated your vessel and cargo, you damned rascal," doubling his fist and running it close to my face; and he continued talking for some time, reviling the government and people of the United States; that on the 8th of September I applied to Victor Hugues to be informed, when my vessel and cargo were to be tried; and he answered, that they had been already tried, and I might go about my business. I then requested a paper to produce to my owner as evidence of the capture and condemnation of his vessel and cargo, which was granted; that I twice applied to Victor Hugues to allow me something to enable myself and people to leave the Island; but could obtain nothing.

I further certify, that the sloop Lucy, George Gilbert master, belonging to Norwich in Connecticut, was carried into Basseterre on the same day with the brigantine Patty, and with her cargo was condemned without the examination of a single paper, which remained in the hands of captain Gilbert till after sentence of condemnation had been pronounced: nay when I took into my hands captain Gilbert's orders from his owners and attempted to read them in the hearing of Victor Hugues, he would not hear them. The next day the same orders were carried to the Linguister, to present to Victor Hugues; but in the afternoon the Linguister brought them back to captain Gilbert, saying that Victor Hugues would not receive them. The orders showed that captain Gilbert was to perform a voyage to St. Croix, with liberty to touch at St. Bartholomews; but was not to deviate from those orders, because the sloop was chartered for those two ports only; and that insurance was made accordingly. JOSIAH HEMPSTED.

City of Philadelphia, ss.

On the ninth day of November, Anno Domini 1796, before me Hilary Baker, Mayor of the City of Philadelphia, personally appeared the within named Josiah Hempsted, who being duly