The said Message, together with sundry documents accompanying the same,
were read, and referred to Mr. JOHN MONTGOMERY, Mr. NICHOLAS, Mr. UPHAM,
Mr. SMILIE, Mr. TAYLOR, Mr. G. W. CAMPBELL, and Mr. JEDEDIAH K. SMITH,
with instructions to report thereon by bill, or otherwise.
[The following are the documents communicated with his Message
by the President:]
WAR DEPARTMENT, Jan. 2, 1808.
In compliance with a request from Brigadier-General James
Wilkinson, the President of the United States has directed
a court of inquiry to be instituted, for the purpose of
hearing such testimony as may be produced in relation to the
said General James Wilkinson’s having been, or now being, a
pensioner to the Spanish Government, while holding a commission
under the Government of the United States.
Colonel Henry Burbeck, as President, Colonel Thomas H. Cushing
and Lieutenant-Colonel Jonathan Williams, as members, are
hereby directed to meet at the city of Washington, on Monday,
the 11th day of the present month of January, as a court of
inquiry, for the purpose above stated; and, after a full
investigation of such evidence and circumstances as may come
to their knowledge, the court will report to this Department a
correct statement of its proceedings, together with its opinion
on the amount of testimony exhibited.
Walter Jones, Esquire, District Attorney for the District
of Columbia, will be requested to act as Judge Advocate or
Recorder to the court.
H. DEARBORN, _Secretary of War_.
Col. HENRY BURBECK, _President Court of Inquiry_.
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RICHMOND, May 31, 1790.
SIR: The enclosed copy of a letter from the Spanish Governor of
New Orleans to a respectable gentleman in Kentucky, was handed
to me by Mr. Banks of this city. As the subject of this paper
appears interesting to the United States, I have taken the
liberty to forward it to you.