officers
commissioned by the United States
Government, and the assertion
of
the
Government on the point should for such
a purpose as this be treated as conclusive.
2.
If the "Tartar should have
been treated as a public vessel of
the
United States as we think the should-
she was not bound to comply with the local
law
on A
matter
of this kind affecting
merely the internal economy of the vessel.
3.
We think she should have
been cleared, if any representative of
the United States Government asserted.
her to be a public vessel.
4.
We have nothing.
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to add.
We have the honour to be.
Sir.
Your most obedient,
humble servants,
Thichard Ewehtin
Resent Po
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