James Monroe to Hugh McCulloch, January 3, 1817

Mr. Monroe, Secretary of State, to Mr. McCulloch, collector.

[50] *Sir: There being some reason to believe that the schooner Man gore, which arrived and reported herself, on the 28th of last month, at your port as a South American cruiser, was originally fitted out for her cruise at Baltimore, in violation of our laws, you are particularly requested to put the attorney of the United States in possession of all the testimony which you may have or be able to obtain relative to such a charge. It is not doubted that you will cause every step to be taken calculated to bring to light the real transaction in this case, so that whatever breach of the laws of the United States has taken place may be forthwith punished.