Again...great find!
Wonder if the letter remains posted on the State department website..its been more than several days since I saw it.
I have been trying to find the source for something I read a few weeks (or so) ago regarding an act passed by Congress prior to the War of 1812 regarding officers and a percentage of the sailors being required to be “natural born citizens.”
I thought this was posted by Bushpilot1, but I couldn’t find it. Do you have any idea about it?