Hanover Street, Hanover Square, March 24, 1815.
My Lord—We have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your lordship's official note of the 22d inst.
Having, as we have already informed your lordship, no powers on the subject to which it refers, we will lose no time in transmitting it to our government.—We will also place in the possession of the American minister, near his Britannic majesty's government, whose arrival here we daily expect, a copy of your lordship's note, together with a statement of what had previously passed respecting the unfortunate event at Dartmoor.
We embrace the opportunity of tendering, &c.
| (Signed) | H. CLAY, |
| ALBERT GALLATIN. |
The Right Honorable Viscount Castlereagh, Secretary of State for the Foreign Department, &c. &c.
The Secretary of State to Anthony St. John Baker, Esq. his Britannic majesty's charge d'affairs.
Washington, Department of State, December 11, 1815.
Sir—I have the honor to receive your letter of the 3d of August, communicating a proposition of your government to make provision for the widows and families of the sufferers in the much to be lamented occurrence at Dartmoor.
It is painful to touch on this unfortunate event, from the deep distress it has caused to the whole American people. This repugnance is increased by the consideration that our governments, though penetrated with regret, do not agree in sentiment, respecting the conduct of the parties engaged in it.