98 . APPENDIX TO BRITISH CASE. 



nized by treaties between some of the Powers with whom we are 

 connected in commerce and navigation, and is as little or less than is 

 claimed by any of them on their own coasts. 



For the jurisdiction of the rivers and bays of the United States the 

 laws of the several States are understood to have made provision, and 

 they are moreover as being land locked, within the body of the United 

 States. 



Examining by this rule the case of the British brig Fanny, taken 

 on the 8th of May last, it appears from the evidence that the cap- 

 ture was made four or five miles from the land, and consequently 

 without the line provisionally adopted by the President as before 

 mentioned. 



I have the honor to be with sentiments of respect and esteem, Sir, 

 your most obedient and most humble servant 



(Signed) TH. JEFFERSON. 



Mr. HAMMOND. 



No. 7. 1802, November 10: Letter from Mr. Leonard (Superintend- 

 ent of Trade and Fisheries at Canso, N. .), to Mr. Sullivan 

 (Under Secretary of State). 



SAINT JOHN NEW BRUNSWICK November 10th 1802 

 SIR. I beg leave to request you will inform the Eight Honorable 

 Lord Hobart that on the 19th of May last, I received an Official Let- 

 ter from His Excellency Sir John Wentworth, Governor of Nova 

 Scotia, recommending the cruizing of the " Union " in the Bay of 

 Fundy and the shores near the entrance, where the principal part of 

 the contraband trade has been carried on within the District, and 

 where the American vessels who have hitherto refused to comply with 

 the regulations of the Ports in that quarter, generally resort, and as 

 the " Lilly " Sloop of War was at the request of Sir John Went- 

 worth stationed for the season on the eastern part of Nova Scotia 

 for the same purposes, and the " Pheasant " Sloop of War guarded 

 the Coast from Halifax to the Bay of Passamaquady, I immediately 

 complied with his Excellency's direction, and I have the satisfaction 

 to inform his Lordship that our endeavours to prevent illicit trade, 

 and to enforce a submission to the regulations of the Acts of As- 

 sembly of Nova Scotia, have in a great measure been successful, as 

 an American vessel is seldom seen near the shores, and those that do 

 appear come merely for the purpose of fishing agreeably to the treaty 

 of 1783, whereas previous to the establishment of the Union frequent 

 disputes took place between His Majesty's subjects and those of the 

 United States of America respecting the right of Fishery in the Bays 

 and Harbours to the great injury of the former and benefit of the 

 latter; that such has been the benefit of the establishment, I have 

 reason to think from the present disposition of the people of these 

 provinces that the House of Assembly will by a grant enable me to 

 make her usefulness more extensive than can be done by the sum 

 allotted by parliament. 



I further beg lea.ve to suggest to you for his Lordship's considera- 

 tion, that it would be beneficial to the interests of His Majesty's 

 58 subjects in the provinces of Nova Scotia and New Brunswick 



