The enclosed is Copy of the Original forwarded to your Excellency by way of Dazelbeida and Cadiz, I am now to acquaint you of the arrival of the concerned Captain in this Place, he came here the 17th. day of December ulto. whose name is James Ervin of Philadelphia Commander of the Brigantine Betsey with ten Persons of the Ships Company in the Whole, dispatched from Cadiz by Mr. Richard Harrinson with Salt for said Philadelphia consigned to Mr. Thomas Fitzsimmons his owner, and not with a Cargo of Salt petre and Clothing as was reported at this Court And instead of conducting hither the Captain with only two mariners as mentioned in the enclosed, the whole ten were conducted, and immediately on their arrival his Imperial Majesty sent them to me recommen[d]ed that I should give them Lodging and Provision. I was afterwards called by his Said Majesty who told me to acquaint the Captain that they were not Slaves and that in the mean time he ordered them to Mogador, for which place his Majesty was likewise to set out, wherefore they have departed from hence the 28th. day of said december with all the provision for said Journey, supplied by me. And as I am obliged to follow the Court, I shall not fail when at Mogador, of all the expence for effecting the release of the above mentioned Brigantine as soon as may be possible, and its Cargo—A Prince from Mecca, by Name Mulai Ali, with this Monarch has commanded me in his I. M. name to write to the Honorable Congress, that after the Treaties with his Majesty shall be signed, that his said Majesty will instantly by an Act of his good Friendship, obtain for them a Peace with the Grand Signior the Which Affair, in my opinion must be of not small advantage to the united states, Wherefore I write to the Honorable Congress according to His Favour, finding them also a Copy of Whatsoever I have had the Honor of hitherto writing to your Excellency. As Captain Ervin has inform’d me that Mr. R. Harrinson acts as their Consul in Cadiz, I therefore always avail myself of him as the most safe means of forwarding my Letters, and begin with the present. His Majesty besides the Title of his Secretary for foreign Affairs, has been pleasd to give me the Title of Intrusted, and Mediator in the Affairs of Ambassadors, of the Consuls, of the Merchants &ca. I am with the most profound Respect Your Excellencys Most Humble Most devoted, and Most Obedient Servant