Thomas Mathews to the Governor June 26, 1807

The commanding officer of the British Squadron off our Capes has added insult to the injury they have committed against our nation. The town was greatly irritated at the appearance of a British Lieutenant belonging to the Squadron said to be charged with dispatches for the British Consul. Such was the spirit manifested by the people, that their zeal was with difficulty restrained from closely confining the officer and his party, or (what was probable) proceeding to greater lengths. The exertions of the Mayor, Recorder, and Aldermen induced the people to permit him to depart unmolested. I congratulate your Excellency on the spirit displayed on the occasion, and the happy termination of it. The experiment will not be made by any of them in haste.
Permit me to remind your Excellency that the arms for the Militia in this part of the State has become more necessary than was, and that we are without ammunition.
I am, &c.

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CALENDAR of VIRGINIA STATE PAPERS and OTHER MANUSCRIPTS, FROM JANUARY 1, 1799, TO DECEMBER 31, 1807, PRESERVED IN THE CAPITOL AT RICHMOND. ARRANGED AND EDITED, UNDER THE AUTHORITY AND DIRECTION OF Hon. H. W. FLOUENOY, SECRETARY Of THE COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA, AND STATE LIBRARIAN. VOLUME IX. RICHMOND: J. H. O.BANNON, SUPERINTENDENT PUBLIC PRINTING. 1890