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Pickering, Timothy, 1745-1829 to Frederick Jacob Wichelhausen

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC04439 Author/Creator: Pickering, Timothy, 1745-1829 Place Written: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 8 June 1798 Pagination: 2 p. : address : docket ; Height: 25.1 cm, Width: 19.9 cm Order a Copy

Letter forwarded to Wichelhausen, American Consul in Bremen, by Rufus King, American Ambassador to Britain. King's signature appears on the address. Secretary of State Pickering says he received Wichelhausen's letter of 16 January 1798 as well as several other letters and states he is providing diligent service. Comments on Wichelhausen's idea of issuing certificates to American merchant ships that state no British goods are being carried in order to counter a French decree of seizures. Says the French decrees are contrary to international law and will only be countered with force and not certificates. Foreign Office frank on address.

Pickering, Timothy, 1745-1829

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