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BAYARD AND GALLATIN TO MONROE. - 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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BAYARD AND GALLATIN TO MONROE.

London, 23d May, 1814.

We have the honor to inform you, that understanding that it was the intention of the British government to postpone the appointment of commissioners to treat of peace till they had received an official notification of the appointment of commissioners on the part of the United States, and of their arrival in Europe, we wrote immediately to Messrs. Clay and Russell, upon hearing of their arrival at Gottenburg, requesting them to make the communication. Upon the return of the messenger, we received from Mr. Clay, Mr. Russell being absent at Stockholm, copies of our commissions, which we transmitted to the British Department of State for Foreign Affairs, with a note, dated the 13th day of May, addressed to Lord Castlereagh. On the 16th of May we received an answer, signed by Lord Bathurst, containing an assurance that commissioners would be forthwith appointed on the part of his Majesty’s government, and proposing that Ghent in the Low Countries should be substituted in place of Gottenburg as the seat of the negotiation. Considering this change as promising some advantages and in no degree repugnant to the principle upon which Gottenburg was agreed upon, and thinking it advisable to give the earliest proof of a disposition to accommodate, we did not hesitate in acceding to the proposition, and we signified our assent in a note dated 17th inst., addressed to Lord Bathurst. Copies of these several notes accompany this despatch. We have written to Messrs. Adams, Clay, and Russell apprising them of this new arrangement, and requesting them to repair to Ghent, to which place we are about to proceed.