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To James Madison from John Martin Baker, 16 July 1806 (Abstract)

From John Martin Baker, 16 July 1806 (Abstract)

§ From John Martin Baker. 16 July 1806, Palma, Majorca. “I had this honor on the 12th: 18th: May1 and on the 27th: June, ultimo, (by triplicate, transmitted per different vias) contents of which letters, I beg leave to confirm.

“I have now herewith the honor, to transmit enclosed my last Demi-annual Consular report, closing on the thirtieth day of June 1806 [not found].”

Adds in a postscript: “I beg leave Sir, to express to you, my anxiety concerning the fate of the views I had the honor to make mention of in my letter of the 28th. of August 18052 sent per the American Galliot Fortune Captn. Thomas Saville: to the particular care of General Benjamin Lincoln—collector of the port of Boston &c. With the hope soon to hear, that the same has been received by you in good condition.”

RC (DNA: RG 59, CD, Port Mahon, vol. 1). 2 pp.; marked “Triplicate.”

1. PJM-SS description begins Robert J. Brugger et al., eds., The Papers of James Madison: Secretary of State Series (12 vols. to date; Charlottesville, Va., 1986–). description ends 11:558–59, 596–97.

2. Ibid., 10:252.

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    To James Madison from John Martin Baker, 16 July 1806 (Abstract)
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    16 July 1806

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    “To James Madison from John Martin Baker, 16 July 1806 (Abstract),” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Madison/02-12-02-0194. [Original source: The Papers of James Madison, Secretary of State Series, vol. 12, 1 June 1806–31 October 1806, ed. Angela Kreider, J. C. A. Stagg, Mary Parke Johnson, Anne Mandeville Colony, and Katherine E. Harbury. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 2021, pp. 119–120.]

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