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GALLATIN TO BARING BROTHERS & CO. - Albert Gallatin, The Writings of Albert Gallatin, vol. 1 [1879]

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The Writings of Albert Gallatin, ed. Henry Adams (Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott, 1879). 3 vols.

Part of: The Writings of Albert Gallatin, 3 vols.

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GALLATIN TO BARING BROTHERS & CO.

Amsterdam, 7th March, 1814.

Gentlemen,—

. . . It was on the 25th January that Mr. Bayard and myself left St. Petersburg, and after a very tedious journey we arrived here without accident on the evening of the 4th instant. I had hoped to find here a letter from you or from Mr. Alexander Baring, but apprehend that you have not yet received mine of 14th January, nor he another of prior date. In these I requested that you would have the goodness to ascertain whether there will be any objection on the part of your government to my touching in England on my return to the United States, and if there was not, to send me here, under cover of Messrs. Willink, the necessary passport for myself, son, and servants. In repeating these requests I will also ask that you would ascertain whether we could obtain a passage for America, with your government’s consent, in any cartel sailing about April 1. Although I wish to ascertain this, I hope not to be obliged to resort to this mode of returning home, and that I will be able to go in the Neptune, which brought us here from America. Unfortunately, she has not yet arrived in a port of Holland, as we had directed Captain Jones to do before we left Russia. And I hear that although he wintered in the outer harbor, which is generally free of ice almost all the year, the severity of this winter may detain him longer than I would wish to wait. It is only in case he should be so detained that I will wish to sail in a cartel from England, and on that account I will thank you to give me any information you may have respecting the said ship Neptune. . . . Will you also have the goodness to let Mr. Dallas, if in London, know of my arrival, and request him to write to me? Mr. Bayard will, of course, proceed to Gottenburg to meet the other commissioners of the United States. I do not know in what manner or by what route he intends to go; but I feel much interested that he should not be obliged to make use of the Neptune for that purpose, as it would disappoint and detain me. It is therefore my wish that he may have it in his power, if he shall think it consistent with propriety, to go hence to England and thence to Gottenburg in a British packet, and I request that a passport, for which he would not probably apply himself, may be sent to him immediately for that purpose. . . .