1To James Madison from Albert Gallatin, 6 October 1802 (Madison Papers)
I had the honor to receive your letter of the 20th. ultimo, in answer to mine of the 8th. preceding. As legal questions of some nicety may result from the right of priority secured by law, to the United States, from the interest of Jeremiah Condy in the co-partnership of Jeremiah Condy & Co., and from the nature of the trust vested in the Secretary of State, permit me to request you, not to...
2To James Madison from Christopher Gore, 6 October 1802 (Madison Papers)
I have the honour to acknowledge the receipt of your several Letters to Mr. King, under the following dates viz. 8 June. 20. 23. 23. & 26. of July, and 23. of August, the latter by Mr. Brent; all of which came to hand since his absence from this place: that of June 8. covering Commission and Instructions to this Gentleman to adjust whatever remains to be decided in relation to the boundaries...
3To James Madison from John Lamson, 6 October 1802 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
6 October 1802, Trieste. “Since my last of the 24th August, I have been informed by Mr Riggins that he has received a commission as consul for this port. The reasons for my long abscence were explained to you in my letter of the 29th Decr. 1801 which however I conclude had not reached you, when this appointment was made.… I have been induced by this commission, to leave my Native country and...
4To James Madison from William Lee, 6 October 1802 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
6 October 1802, Bordeaux. Since his dispatch of 26 Sept., has received an arrêté of the consuls, which is enclosed. “I took the liberty to mention to you in my letter of July 22d. that notwithstanding the circular which the Secretary of the Treasury addressed in July 1801 to the Collectors and Naval Officers respecting bills of health many vessels left the United States without them and in...
5To James Madison from Samuel Nutting, 6 October 1802 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
6 October 1802, Portsmouth. “Enclosed you will receive my bill for publishing the Laws of the Union, in the Republican Ledger.” RC ( DNA : RG 59, ML ). 1 p. Enclosure not found. For Nutting, see Woodbury Langdon to JM, 6 Feb. 1802 ( PJM-SS Robert J. Brugger et al., eds., The Papers of James Madison: Secretary of State Series (3 vols. to date; Charlottesville, Va., 1986—). , 2:449 and n. 2
6To James Madison from William Riggin, 6 October 1802 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
6 October 1802, Trieste. Acknowledges JM’s letter of 18 Mar. [not found], enclosing his commission as U.S. consul at Trieste. “I accept with sentiments of real gratitude, this important trust.… I have exhibited my credentials to the Government of this place to be forwarded to the Court of Vienna and ratified accordingly. When I have notice of this being effected, I shall again do myself this...
7To James Madison from John M. Forbes, 5 October 1802 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
5 October 1802, Hamburg. Notes that he last wrote on 28 Aug. Reports that “another and, it is to be hoped, the last Revolution has taken place in Switzerland, 24,000 Men having entered Bonne, annulled all the existing authorities and reestablished the order of things as it existed prior to the dissolution of the Confederacy by the French invasion in 1798.” Whether Napoleon will support this...
8To James Madison from Josef Yznardy, 5 October 1802 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
5 October 1802, Cadiz. Encloses a copy of a circular received 4 Oct. from William Willis. Forwards a packet from James Simpson and the register of the American brig Glory , Capt. John Waite, sold at Cadiz, and notifies JM of his endorsement of the register of the ship Donaldson of Norfolk, Capt. Duncan McFarlane, sold in New Orleans. Lists four American ships sold at Cadiz. Encloses a copy of...
9To James Madison from Albert Gallatin, 4 October 1802 (Madison Papers)
I have the honor to enclose the copy of a letter from the Collector of Norfolk, and of a correspondence which has taken place between him and the British Consul at that Place, on the subject of a seaman stated to have been a deserter from a British Frigate. Whether it can be thought necessary to give any instruction, on that subject, to the collector, is a question which does not fall within...
10From James Madison to Albert Gallatin, 4 October 1802 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
4 October 1802, State Department. Provides a “rough estimate, for a Remittance to the Bankers of the United States at London,” listing $12,000 for diplomatic purposes, $13,000 for the British treaty, $5,000 for the relief of American seamen, including the agent’s salary, and $26,000 for the prosecution of claims in prize cases, for a total of $56,000. Letterbook copy ( DNA : RG 59, DL , vol....
11To James Madison from Charles B. Cochran, 4 October 1802 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
4 October 1802, Charleston. Resigns his commission as marshal for the district of South Carolina because of “the injury which my agricultural concerns have received from my close and constant attendance on the duties of my office.” Recommends his brother [Robert Elliott Cochran] to replace him. RC ( DNA : RG 59, LAR , 1801–9, filed under “Cochran”). 2 pp. An undated letter from Robert E....
12To James Madison from Oliver Farnsworth, 4 October 1802 (Madison Papers)
Letter not found. 4 October 1802. Mentioned in Daniel Brent to Farnsworth, 12 Oct. 1802 (DNA: RG 59, DL, vol. 14), as a request for payment for printing the laws of the last session of Congress. Brent conveyed JM’s response that payment of $94.50 would be made “when the account shall have been liquidated at the Treasury Department.” Farnsworth owned the Newport Rhode-Island Republican , 1801–5...
13To James Madison from John Gavino, 3 October 1802 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
3 October 1802, Gibraltar. No. 99. Refers JM to his last dispatch, no. 98 [not found], enclosing dispatches from Simpson and O’Brien. Captain Campbell informed him on 25 Sept. that the New York “is coming out imediately” with gun carriages for the emperor of Morocco. “As this intelligence I deemd might be usefull to Consul Simpson in his Negociation with the Emperour I dispatchd him an advice...
14To James Madison from Nathaniel Irwin, 1 October 1802 (Madison Papers)
I beg you will be the vehicle of a few sentiments to the Honble. Gideon Granger, respecting the organiza[tion] of a post road in this vicinity—Viz the old road from Philada to New-York. The objections to the projected arrangements are that two post offices would be within less than 4 Miles of each other—& no considerable Village at either place; & a Man would receive an appointment as Deputy...
15To James Madison from William Jarvis, 1 October 1802 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
1 October 1802, Lisbon. Forwards a duplicate of his last dispatch of 22 Sept. “Not haveing received a line from his Excellency in answer to my Communication of the 9th., I yesterday address’d a Note to him of which No 5 is a Copy, which I hope will produce something.” “Mr Dunbar preferred attempting to get the Papers relative to the Aurora & Four Sisters to take Copies of them before any...
16To James Madison from François de Navoni, 30 September 1802 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
30 September 1802, Cagliari. Asks to be named U.S. agent and consul general in light of his long service as acting consul. Notes that he entertained Captain Morris and his officers during their recent stay to their entire satisfaction; by a letter of 27 Sept. Morris appointed him provisional U.S. commercial agent for the kingdom of Sardinia. Refers JM to his letter to the president which...
17To James Madison from Gabriel Christie, 30 September 1802 (Madison Papers)
Letter not found. 30 September 1802. Mentioned in Daniel Brent to Christie, 1 Oct. 1802 (DNA: RG 59, DL, vol. 14), as an inquiry about the appointment of Christie’s son to consular office. Brent replied that “your son has not been appointed to the place in question, and … that place is still vacant.” Brent also acknowledged the receipt “several days ago” of dispatches from Rufus King carried...
18To James Madison from Thomas Manning, 30 September 1802 (Madison Papers)
Letter not found. 30 September 1802. Mentioned in Daniel Brent to Manning, 1 Oct. 1802 (DNA: RG 59, DL, vol. 14), as an inquiry about documents submitted in support of Manning’s claims against France. Brent replied in JM’s absence that he had made “a very full search for the papers alluded to, but … without effect.… Under this circumstance, it is probable that these original papers were sent...
19To James Madison from Robert Morris, 29 September 1802 (Madison Papers)
In consequence of a Certificate dated 6. Septr. 1802 from your office under the Signature of Stephen Pleasonton Clerk in your absence, I have issued a Commission of Bankruptcy, among others, to Josiah Shinn & in consequence of a Notification thereof Isaiah Shinn has this day come forwarded [ sic ], & produces a Commission from the president appointing him a Commissioner of Bankruptcy, and says...
20To James Madison from Louis-André Pichon, 29 September 1802 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
29 September 1802, Georgetown. The claim of French merchant Coulon, about which Pichon wrote JM on 7 Mar. 1802 , having failed in Congress, calls JM’s attention to the manifest wrong that appears to have been done to Coulon. Recounts the beginning of the affair. Two French prizes, the Betty Cathcart and the Aaron , the first of which was Coulon’s, were taken into Wilmington, North Carolina, in...
21To James Madison from William Willis, 29 September 1802 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
29 September 1802, Barcelona. Transmits a copy of his 19 Sept. dispatch, since which nothing new has occurred. “I have not yet been able to get the Papers and Plate Promised me from the Person who has told me he has them,… but I am Confident he will make no bad use of them. As Soon as I get them, I Shall enclose a Set of them to you, and Shall Send the Plate.… The Name of the person who has...
22To James Madison from James Maury, 28 September 1802 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
28 September 1802, Liverpool. Encloses a price current. “Since the peace the Application to me from distress’d American Seamen is greatly increased by the Numbers which have been discharged from the British Navy, and I have endeavoured to relieve the United States of the expences of their support by requesting the Masters of our vessels to take them, agreeably to the law of 14th April 1792,...
23To James Madison from James Simpson, 28 September 1802 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
28 September 1802, Tangier. No. 51. Sent a duplicate of his no. 49 [3 Sept. 1802] with the Boston on 9 Sept. and a triplicate to Gavino on 10 Sept. Both were accompanied by a copy of his 1 Sept. letter to Moroccan minister Selawy. Encloses a translation of the minister’s answer, the essence of which “amounts to a confession that they have not been able to offer any thing farther, in support of...
24To James Madison from Vincent Gray, 27 September 1802 (Madison Papers)
In the absence of Mr. Morton I have to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 11h. may last past on the subject of Captain Drew’s Confinement at this city, and am sorry to have it in my power to say that he was not unjustly imprisoned. The money taken from the chest of one of the late crew of the Sloop Sally of Bridgetown New-Jersey, was not taken by one of the owners as stated in his...
25To James Madison from Thomas Jefferson, 27 September 1802 (Madison Papers)
Unexpected delays in getting my carriage ready will render it impossible for me to leave this till Thursday or Friday, probably Friday: and as you will be gone or going by that time, and we shall meet so soon at Washington, I shall not have the pleasure of seeing you at your own house, but get on as far as the day will let me. Mr. Gallatin left N. York on the 21st. and expected to be at...
26To James Madison from David Lenox, 27 September 1802 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
27 September 1802, New York. Informs JM that he has “caused to be Shipped on board the Sloop Olive Branch … bound for George Town, a Trunk containing all the Applications which were made to me during my Agency, together with the Answers returned from the Admiralty, which are all Alphabetically arranged in the Books N 1 & 2 which accompany them.” Believes these books and papers should be...
27To James Madison from William Lee, 26 September 1802 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
26 September 1802, Bordeaux. Lists vessels with the number of seamen discharged from them since his 10 Aug. dispatch, “making sixty nine seamen to whom may be added forty six strollers whose names are registered in the office as coming from different ports of the Republic which together with the seventy three I had in charge at the date of my last amounts to one hundred and Eighty Eight men...
28To James Madison from Louis-André Pichon, 25 September 1802 (Madison Papers)
Je vois par une correspondance qui a eu lieu dernierement entre Son Excellence le Gouverneur de la Caroline du Sud et l’agent commercial de la République française à charleston que les bruits qui ont circulé relativement aux prisonniers de couleur qui Sont Sur les fregates françaises de relâche à New York ont acquis assez de crédit pour exciter dans l’esprit du Gouverneur de cet Etat des...
29To James Madison from Elias Vander Horst, 25 September 1802 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
25 September 1802, Bristol. “On the other side is a Copy of my last respects of the 13t. Instt.… Our Harvest is now nearly closed and as the weather for gathering it has been very fine, there remains no doubt of its being excellent in quality as well as very abundant.” Encloses newspapers and a London price current. RC ( DNA : RG 59, CD , Bristol, vol. 2). 1 p. Enclosures not found. A full...
30To James Madison from William Mumford, 25 September 1802 (Madison Papers)
Letter not found. 25 September 1802, Virginia. Mentioned in Daniel Brent to Mumford, 6 Oct. 1802 (DNA: RG 59, DL, vol. 14), as an inquiry about land patents. Brent replied in JM’s absence that “the original or a certified copy of the will of Colo. Byrd should be sent hither, in order to [ sic ] his legal Representatives obtaining Patents for the land in question, and you will of course advise...