[9] *Mr. Monroe, Secretary of State, to Governor Claiborne.
February 17, 1814.
Sir: I duly received the letter which you wrote to me on the 29th of November, 1813, giving information that General Toledo, late commander of the revolutionists in the Spanish province of Texas, and General Humbert, a Frenchman, were organizing and equipping a force in Louisiana and elsewhere within the United States, for the express purpose of entering that province and aiding in the overthrow of its government; and I observe with pleasure that you were taking measures to defeat their project. There is reason to believe that these foreigners act in concert and are engaged with Dr. Robinson, and it is my wish that the instructions in relation to him, communicated in my letter to you of the 14th instant, may be extended to them.