[341] American State Papers, Foreign Relations, vol. iii. p. 393.
[342] Annals of Congress, 1810-11, p. 990.
[343] Pinkney to the Secretary of State, Jan. 17, 1811. American State Papers, Foreign Relations, vol. iii. p. 408.
[344] Foster had succeeded as chargé d'affaires in May, 1809, by the departure of Merry, formerly minister to the United States. He was afterwards appointed minister; but in June, 1810, under pressure from Bonaparte, Sweden requested him to leave the country.
[345] Pearce, Life and Correspondence of the Marquis Wellesley, vol. iii. p. 193.
[346] Author's italics.
[347] American State Papers, Foreign Relations, vol. iii. p. 514. Author's italics.
[348] Ibid., p. 435.
[349] Rodgers to Secretary of the Navy, Aug. 4, 1810. Captains' Letters.
[350] Bainbridge to the Secretary of the Navy, May 3, 1810. Captains' Letters. The case was not singular.