James Madison Papers

To James Madison from Thomas Bulkeley, 27 June 1801 (Abstract)

§ From Thomas Bulkeley

27 June 1801, Lisbon. Reports peace has been announced in Madrid, and hostilities have ceased despite private reports of Lucien Bonaparte’s protests. Discusses purported terms of settlement and indications of its unraveling. A British fleet arrived the day before to blockade Cádiz; Alexandria reportedly is besieged. Encloses newspaper announcing the death of prince of Beira.

RC (DNA: RG 59, CD, Lisbon, vol. 1). 3 pp.; cover marked private and “per the Schooner Friends … via Norfolk”; docketed by Wagner as received 12 Sept.

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    To James Madison from Thomas Bulkeley, 27 June 1801 (Abstract)
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    Bulkeley, Thomas
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    Madison, James
    Date
    27 June 1801

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    “To James Madison from Thomas Bulkeley, 27 June 1801 (Abstract),” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Madison/02-01-02-0458. [Original source: The Papers of James Madison, Secretary of State Series, vol. 1, 4 March–31 July 1801, ed. Robert J. Brugger, Robert A. Rutland, Robert Rhodes Crout, Jeanne K. Sisson, and Dru Dowdy. Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia, 1986, p. 354.]

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