Hambourg, 1797-1798 689 
111 (1797. Jan. -Aug.) [An V] 
Reinhard to Talleyrand 
[July 24], 6 Therm. News from U.S.; appoint- 
ment of Pinckney, Dana, and Marshall; attitude of U.S. 
towards France (f . 345) . 
[Aug. 7], 20 Therm. News from U.S.; reported 
from Philadelphia that Due de Chartres is to marry a Miss 
Willing; appointment of John Quincy Adams to Berlin (f. 363) 
112 ( 1797-1798) [Ans V. VI] 
Talleyrand 
From Reinhard 
[1797, Sept. 10], 24 Fruct. V. Complaint of Hamburg 
merchants because commercial letters on board captured 
American vessels taken into French ports are not forwarded 
to destinations; frequent capture of American vessels does 
much harm to trade of Bremen and Hamburg with U.S. (f . 14) ; 
enclosing copy of note from senate of Hamburg embodying 
above complaint (f . 22) . 
To Reinhard 
[1797, Oct. 10], 19 Vend. VI. Orders given to forward 
commercial letters carried by captured vessels (f. 62). 
To Plevilie-le-Pelley 
[n.d., c. Dec. 20, 1797]. Long opinion concerning 
petition of Keidel in name of Hanse towns, concluding that 
cargoes of captured American vessels should be restored 
to Hanseatic owners (f . 192) . [This letter may be out of 
place; see vol. 113, ff. 128, 163, 315.] 
Miscellaneous Documents 
[1797, Nov. 12], 22 Brum. VI. Extract from register 
of French consulate general in lower Saxony, declaration 
by wife of Lafayette showing that she had embarked on an 
American vessel for Hamburg, intending to go to U.S. with 
Lafayette whom they, had heard was to be freed from prison 
at Olmutz; that they had taken a home in Holstein (f . 106) . 
[1797, Nov. -Dec], Frim. VI. Bureau de Consultation, 
French ministry of marine, report concerning capture of 
American vessels under orders of [Mar. 2, 1797] 12 Vent. 
V, and cargoes aboard them belonging to Hanseatic merchants 
(f . 181) . 
113 (1798. Apr. -Dec.) [Ans VT . VII] 
[July 17], 19 Mess. VI. Keidel, petition to 
Directory on behalf of merchants and underwriters of cap- 
tured vessels, complaining of confiscation of cargoes of 
captured American vessels (f. 128). [See also f. 163.] 
[Nov. 27], 7 Frim. VII. Pleville-le-Pelley to 
Talleyrand, replying to latter' s letter of 25 Fruct. VI 
[Sept. 11, 1798] concerning complaint of Hanse towns upon 
confiscation of cargoes of captured vessels (f . 315) . 
