l obtain the friendship of the new Emperor, and his
assurances that the treaty shall be faithfully observed, with as little
expense as possible. But the sum of ten thousand dollars is fixed as the
limit which all your donations together are not to exceed.

May 13, 1791.

[Letter from the President to the Emperor of Morocco, referred to in the
letter to Mr Barclay.]

Great and Magnanimous Friend,

Separated by an immense ocean from the more ancient nations of the
earth, and little connected with their politics or proceedings, we are
late in learning the events which take place among them, and later in
conveying to them our sentiments thereon.

The death of the late Emperor, your father and our friend, of glorious
memory, is one of those events which, though distant, attracts our
notice and concern. Receive, great and good friend, my sincere sympathy
with you on that loss; and permit me, at the same time, to express the
satisfaction with which I learn the accession of so worthy a successor
to the imperial throne of Morocco, and to offer you the homage of my
sincere congratulations. May the days of your Majesty's life be many
and glorious, and may they ever mark the era during which a great people
shall have been most prosperous and happy, under the best and happiest
of sovereigns.

The late Emperor, very soon after the establishment of our infant
nation, manifested his royal regard and amity to us by many friendly
and generous acts, and particularly by the protection of our citizens
in their commerce with his subjects. And as a further instance of his
desire to promote our prosperity and intercourse with his realms, he
entered into a treaty of amity and commerce with us, for himself and his
successors, to continue fifty years. The justice and magnanimity of your
Majesty, leave us full confidence that the treaty will meet your royal
patronage also; and it will give me great satisfaction to be assured,
that the citizens of the United States of America may expect from your
imperial Majesty the same protection and kindness, which the example of
your illustrious father has taught them to expect from those who occupy
the throne of Morocco, and to have your royal word, that they may count
on a due observance of the treaty which cements the two nations in
friendship.

This will be delivered to your Majesty by our faithful citizen, Thomas
Barclay, whom I name Consul for these United States in the dominions of
your Majes