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“ T w o bills of exchange drawn by D ' A r c y , Dodge, & Co., in favor of Mr. Brunei, which have been remitted to the said Von Kapff & Brune . . . . . $16,000 0 0 “Export duties at 2s. 6d. the pound on 841.000 lbs. coffee 12,742 47 130,681 83 “ Deducting as so much received from the late Mr. Grogan, from the funds of Von. Kapff & B r u n e , on account of the cargo of the Earl Bathurst, and by the said deceased paid into the T r e a s u r y of
“Interest on this sum at “Total debt
Cape
Henry
per cent -
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14,444 44
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$116,237 39 8,717 80 $ 124,955 19
“ Seeing that not only the articles occasioned the sending of those funds have been detained in the United States by the said Von Kapff & Brune and M c F a d e n , but that the said funds have been unjustly withheld to this day, notwithstanding the many fruitless steps that his Most S e r e n e Highness has taken, especially by the useless mission of Mr. Marple, merchant of this city, a citizen of the United States, empowered to act on this business; thinking it just to use the means which are in his pow er, to repossess himself of this property, especially where it is thus fraud ulently withheld in contempt of all that is sacred among men, his Most Serene Highness has decided on the following measure, repugnant alike to his feelings and policy, but which is the sole resource left him for the recovery of the property of the State. “ Wherefore, his Most Serene Highness convoked the American mer chants established in this State, for the purpose of obtaining a disclosure of the American property in their hands, and to make a just sequestration thereof, proportionate to the said debt, for the recovery and preservation of the s a m e ; whereupon, the American merchants aforesaid made r e port, the result whereof is as follows, to wit : “ T h e r e are in the hands of Mr. John Myers, proceeds of the cargoes of the schooners Concord, Hope, Sally, and sloop Alert - $32,203 89 “In the hands of Mr. William F r e n c h , proceeds of the schooner Mariner, Betsy, Leopard and Centurion 12,181 30 “ In the hands of Mr. Hamer Gaskell, proceeds of part cargo of ship John of Baltimore 768 74 “ In the hands of Mr. Vilton, proceeds of cargo of schoon er F a n n y 1,883 07 “In the hands of Mr. Matthew O'Brien, from the cargoes of the schooner Maria, of Philadelphia, the brig Venus, I of Boston, and what is due to Mr. M c F a d e n , together - 21,745 02 “Also, cash paid into the Treasury by Mr. J. C. W h i t e , be ing the property of Mr. McFaden, which Mr. Burnel paid to him 6,639 19 “Charles Saunders & Co., the cargoes of the schooner Fan ny, of Baltimore, Betsy, Sukey, N a n c y , N y m p h , the brig Joseph, and the adventures of Messrs. Stack & McKinsley, William Matchell and Oliver F a r w e l l , George Bur roughs and William J . Bedford, together 22,951 7 3