To James Madison from Peter Stirling, 3 April 1802 (Abstract)
§ From Peter Stirling
3 April 1802, Barcelona. Notes that his last letter of 19 Dec. 1801,1 sent by way of Lisbon, enclosed an abstract of the arrivals of American ships at Barcelona from 2 Apr. 1800 to 7 Dec. 1801. Encloses an abstract of the arrivals from 10 Jan. 1802 to 26 Mar. 1802. “The American merchantmen that come this way … come to bad markett. Wheat and Flower is an article that is not plentifull here, but we are now near the Crop.”
RC (DNA: RG 59, CD, Barcelona, vol. 1). 1 p.; docketed by Brent. Enclosure not found.
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