Mr. Monroe, Secretary of State, to Mr. Glenn, district attorney.
January 3, 1817.
Sir: There being good reason to suppose that the schooner Mangore, alleged to be a South American cruiser, which arrived at Baltimore on the 28th of last month, was originally fitted out at that port, probably under some other name, with a view to exercise belligerent acts upon the ocean, against nations with which we are at peace, you are hereby particularly requested to institute prosecutions against all parties now to be found, who may have had any concern in such object so manifestly in contravention of the laws of the United States. The collector of Baltimore will be instructed to furnish you with all the evidence of which he is in possession, or which he can obtain, bearing upon this [Page 466] charge, and it is not doubted but that every proper step will be taken on your part, necessary to vindicate, as far as may be practicable, the authority of the laws. [51]