1To James Madison from Peter Stirling, 19 December 1801 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
19 December 1801, Barcelona. Encloses list of vessels in port since he began acting as consul. Acknowledges receipt of JM’s 1 Aug. circular letter . Believes Spanish market for West Indian produce will decline with peace. RC ( DNA : RG 59, CD , Barcelona, vol. 1). 1 p. Enclosure not found. A full transcription of this document has been added to the digital edition.
2To James Madison from Peter Stirling, 19 December 1801 (Madison Papers)
Since my Residence in Barcelona, to this day, in Capacity of Consul, the annexed Description is the whole of the Vessells that have arrived in this Port, which is the exactest I could procure. I have received your Circular Letter datted 1t. of August and Shall follow Strictly the orders therein Contained. Peace having taken Place Spain will not in future be Such a good markett for W. I....
3To James Madison from Peter Stirling, 3 April 1802 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
3 April 1802, Barcelona. Notes that his last letter of 19 Dec. 1801 , 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,...
4To James Madison from Peter Stirling, 3 April 1802 (Madison Papers)
My last to your Exy. bor date of 19th: Decr: 1801: Sent Via Lisbon to the Care of the Consul there, which I hope ere this has come to Hand and under Same cover contained an Abstract of the arrival of American Vesells to this Port from the 2d. of April 1800: to the 7: Decr: 1801. For the information of the Goverment, I inclose to your Exy. the Abstract of the arrivals from the 10: January 1802:...
5To James Madison from Peter Stirling, 29 April 1802 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
29 April 1802, Barcelona. “It is Publickly Said here, and I observe the Board of Health begin to take measures, for avoyding an introduction in this Country, of a Pestilential, Epidemical, Disorder, that has of late broke out, and rages in Oran , on the Barbary Shore. Said Board of Health is officially informed, of that reigning malady there, that it dayly Sweeps, great numbers of People off....
6To James Madison from Peter Stirling, 29 April 1802 (Madison Papers)
I have thought it an incumbent Duty on me, to lay before you, for the Publick good. It is Publickly Said here, and I observe the Board of Health begin to take measures, for avoyding an introduction in this Country, of a Pestilential, Epidemical, Disorder, that has of late broke out, and rages in Oran , on the Barbary Shore. Said Board of Health is officially informed, of that reigning malady...
7To James Madison from Peter Stirling, 28 May 1802 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
28 May 1802, Barcelona. Transmits a copy of his last letter, dated 29 Apr. , “being moved for general good and have to add that Scrupolous precautions are taken here to avoyd an introduction [of disease]. It is Said … that the infection is So pestiferous in Oran that great numbers are Swept off Dayly.… I likewise understand that the French Nation are going to be So Cautious as not to admitt...
8To James Madison from Peter Stirling, 28 May 1802 (Madison Papers)
I had the honour of directing my last to you Sir, bearing date of the 29 April and a duplicate of Same Sent Via Bordeaux, Some of which I hope you have received but lest all should have miscarried I inclose a Coppy: being moved for general good and have to add that Scrupolous precautions are taken here to avoyd an introduction. It is Said that advices are Circulating from French Comissaries of...