John Hamilton Letter to Henry Dundas

Résumé du livre

Letter of John Hamilton, British Consul at Norfolk, Virginia to Henry Dundas concerning efforts to recover "British Debts contracted previous to the War." Hamilton informs Dundas of the recent establishment of the Circuit Courts of the United States for the Southern district and the small successes made in recovering debts owed the British by American citizens. He notes that the U.S. Senate is "deliberating on the lately concluded Treaty of Amity &c. between Great Britain, and America ..." Hamilton doubts much will come of efforts to collect on the debts due to what he views as "the present System of Procrastination."