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the purpose of giving the necessary passport) to any port 

 of the United States of America that you may deem most 

 proper. 



2. Yourself, the officers, petty officers, seamen, marines, 

 &;c, composing your crew, to be exchanged immediately on 

 their arrival in America, for an equal number of British 

 prisoners of similar rank — Yourself and officers to be con- 

 sidered on their parole of honour until your and their ex- 

 change shall be effected. 



In case of the foregoing articles being accepted, the 

 Essex Junior will be expected to prepare immediately for 

 the voyage, and to proceed on it before the expiration of 

 the present month ; should any of the wounded at that pe- 

 riod be found incapable of removal, from not being suffi- 

 ciently advanced in their recovery, the most humane atten- 

 tion shall be paid them ; and they shall be forwarded home 

 by the first favourable conveyance that may offer. 



I have the honour to be, &c. 

 (Signed) James Hillyar. 



^APTAiN David Porter, 

 Late Commander of the United States Frigate Essex, Valparaiso. 



Valparaiso, ^pril 5th, 1814. 



Sir, 



I have the honour to acknowledge the receipt of 

 your several favours of yesterday's date — 



The conditions offered by you for our return to the Uni- 

 ted States are perfectly satisfactory to me, and J entertain 

 no doubts of their being equally so to my country. I there- 

 fore do not hesitate to pledge my honour (the strongest 

 bond I can give) that every article of the arrangement 

 shall on our part be fully complied with. A list of the 

 Essex Junior's crew shall be furnished you as soon as it can 

 be made out, and her disarmament effected with all possible 

 despatch. 



I have the honour to be, &c. 



(Signed) David Porter. 



Commodore James Hillyar, commanding his 

 Britannic majesty's frigate Phabe, 

 Valparaiso. 



Commodore Hillyar sent me a paper certifying, that he 

 ^ad exchanged certain individuals therein named, making 



