1To James Madison from Stephen Kingston, 5 September 1802 (Madison Papers)
Letter not found. 5 September 1802, Philadelphia. Mentioned in Kingston to John Quincy Adams, 24 June 1822 (DNA: RG 76, Spain, Misc. Records, ca. 1801–24), as his first letter of complaint against the Spanish government on the subject of the detention of his ship Three Sisters in the Río de la Plata, which began, “I beg leave to lay before the government a statement of the following facts & to...
2To James Madison from Stephen Kingston, 12 February 1803 (Madison Papers)
Letter not found. 12 February 1803. Mentioned, with the following extract, in Kingston to John Quincy Adams, 24 June 1822 (DNA: RG 76, Spain, Treaty of 1819, Misc. Records, ca. 1801–24). “I took this liberty the 5th. of Septr. last [ PJM-SS Robert J. Brugger et al., eds., The Papers of James Madison: Secretary of State Series (4 vols. to date; Charlottesville, Va., 1986—). , 3:548 ], allow me...
3To James Madison from Stephen Kingston, 5 June 1803 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
5 June 1803 . “I beg leave to transmit you the inclosed (original) letter from Mr. Sarratea dated Madrid 25 feby. last, for the purpose of being noticed in the Instructions of State to the Minister of the United States there, and to entreat such attention to the subject of those agressions as may obtain from the government of Spain, fair, reasonable, and speedy compensation, without which our...
4To James Madison from Stephen Kingston, 9 November 1804 (Madison Papers)
In renewing the subject of my sufferings by the Spaniards I beg leave to refer to the letters I had the honor of addressing you the 5 Septr. 1802, 12 feby. & 5 June 1803, allow me now to hand copies of Capt. Ansleys protests in England and in this city, by which it clearly appears the Ship three sisters was regularly admitted to enter the river plate as ⅌ Charter on the terms of the...
5To James Madison from Stephen Kingston (Abstract), 11 February 1805 (Madison Papers)
11 February 1805, Philadelphia . “The papers relative to my Claim for Ship Ann & Susan Condemnd at Curacoa, haveing been transmitted by Mr. Fitzsimons Chairman of the Chamber of Commerce to the Department of State, Duplicates were sent to Mr. Skipwith, in hopes of redress under the French Convention, but which haveing intirely fail’d, I beg leave to hand Copy of his Letter, also of a Letter...
6From James Madison to Stephen Kingston (Abstract), 25 March 1805 (Madison Papers)
25 March 1805, Department of State . “In answer to your letter respecting the case of the capture of the Ship Ann & Susan at Curaçoa, I have to inform you that instructions will be transmitted to the Minister of the United States at Paris directing him to apply to the Batavian Government to adopt such an arrangement as will ensure to the Citizens of the United States adequate compensation for...
7To James Madison from Stephen Kingston (Abstract), 9 April 1805 (Madison Papers)
9 April 1805, Philadelphia . “I have to acknowlege receipt of the Letter you did me the Honor to write on the 25th. Ulto. the Instructions which will be transmitted to the Minister of the US at Paris are presumed to be accompanied by the Documents in the Office of the Department of State, which if correct will supercede the expence & necessity of duplicates? “Shoud the derangd State of the...
8To James Madison from Stephen Kingston, 28 September 1805 (Madison Papers)
¶ From Stephen Kingston. Letter not found. 28 September 1805 . Described in Wagner’s 3 Oct. 1805 reply as dealing with the capture of the Ann & Susan . Wagner informed Kingston that copies of his documents had been sent to John Armstrong together with general instructions on vessels captured at Curaçao ( DNA : RG 59, DL , vol. 15). For the case of the Ann & Susan , and the captures at Curaçao,...
9From James Madison to Stephen Kingston, 31 October 1805 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
§ To Stephen Kingston. 31 October 1805, Department of State. “Your letter of the 20th. instant, respecting the Ship Robert [not found] has been duly received. Altho’ the accommodation you entered into with the captors should not be considered as barring the responsibility of Great Britain, yet as no redress was applied for under the Treaty within the time limited the recourse to the British...
10To James Madison from Stephen Kingston, 19 December 1811 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
19 December 1811, Philadelphia. “At the present eventful moment I beg leave to offer my services as Consul & Commercial Agent at Vera Cruz, to which I am recommended by the general voice of my fellow Citizens, expressed in the most flattering manner. Above 28 years this has been my home; at intervals wherever Commercial pursuits have found me, the prosperity of the United States & the freedom...