DEPARTMENT OF STATE November 8. 1816.
The Right Honble CHAR BAGOT
SIR, I hasten to inform you in reply to your letter of this date, that the naval force of the United States upon the Upper Lakes is comprehended in the return of that, upon Lake Erie, which I gave to you yesterday.
I have the honor to be &¢.
JAMES MONROE.
Source: Treaties and Other International Acts of the United States of America. Edited by Hunter Miller Volume 2 Documents 1-40 : 1776-1818 Washington : Government Printing Office, 1931. |