121From James Madison to the Speaker of the House of Representatives, 6 April 1802 (Madison Papers)
I have the Honor to send herewith a Report on the Memorial of Fulwar Skipwith, agreeably to a Resolution of the House of Representatives, of the 19th Januy last, and to be, with very high respect, Your Obedt Servant, The Secretary of State to whom was referred by the House of Representatives the Memorial of Fulwar Skipwith, stating certain claims against the United States, respectfully submits...
122To James Madison from Thomas Doughty, 6 April 1802 (Madison Papers)
As in the letter You did me the honor to address me last fall, You mentioned that You would, in conformity to my request, take the necessary Steps, to have the monies, received in Holland for the Wilmington Packett claim, drawn to this Country— You will oblige me by informing me, if You have been enabled to do so, and if it has been effected, what amount in dollars, the same has render’d. I am...
123To James Madison from Charles Pinckney, 6 April 1802 (Madison Papers)
I have the honour to inclose you several letters for your inspection—the first respecting Captain Mullowney of the United States Ship Ganges. I replied to it by saying that agreeably to the request of his Majesty I would transmit it to our Government—that I knew nothing of the circumstances & had no doubt our Government would do What was proper. To the second respecting Commodore Dale I made...
124To James Madison from John Strode, 6 April 1802 (Madison Papers)
Should You, Your Lady and family make a Visit this Spring to Your Seat in Orange; pray confer on me the honor of taking my House in Your route, for One Night at least; Capt. Winston I must grant has the highest Claim to the favour of both You and Your Lady; but it cannot be consistant with the principles of equity & Justice that He Should engross Your whole time, while in the County; pray...
125To James Madison from John Langdon, 6 April 1802 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
6 April 1802, Portsmouth. Recommends Gen. Michael McClary to be marshal of the district of New Hampshire in place of [Bradbury] Cilley, whose term has expired and who “has been and still is a high Federalist.” Believes it important that the marshal be a Republican. RC ( DNA : RG 59, LAR , 1801–9, filed under “McClary”). 1 p.; docketed by Jefferson. Michael McClary (1753–1824), of Epsom, New...
126From James Madison to Rufus King, 7 April 1802 (Madison Papers)
My last was of the 25th of February, since which yours to No 53 inclusive have been received. That of January 9 was accompanied by the Convention entered into with the British Minister on the subject of the VIth article of the Treaty of 1794. It was laid before the Senate as soon as the documents proper to be communicated along with it could be prepared; and was taken up there as soon as some...
127To James Madison from William Croghan, 7 April 1802 (Madison Papers)
In Consequence of the Death of Your Brother Ambrose, Colonel Richard Taylor & myself were under the Necessity of bringing Suits in Chancary against You & Nelly Madison for Lands we bought from Your Brother belonging to you & he, when he was in this Country in March 1792 he Sold us those lands. I gave him my Bond for the payment of 104½ Acres of the land I bought from him, which Bond he lost on...
128From James Madison to Rufus King, 7 April 1802 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
7 April 1802, Washington. “I have to acknowledge several of your late private letters, which I cannot at this moment refer to by dates. It is probable that all written by you have been received; duplicates and triplicates being so, of all the originals that have come to hand. I write this particularly to acknowledge that of Jany. 12th in which you incline towards a trip into France and the...
129From James Madison to John Morton, 7 April 1802 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
7 April 1802, Department of State. “The bearer Robert Reed Esqr. of Charleston South Carolina, has business of importance which calls him to the Havanna. Your successor Mr. Young, not being likely to be there so soon as Mr. Reed, I recommend him to your patronage. He is represented to me as a very respectable citizen, and as such, I wish him to be placed in the view of those in authority, to...
130To James Madison from Rufus King, 7 April 1802 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
7 April 1802, London. No. 61. Text of definitive treaty was published in the Moniteur of 26 Mar. In general it “seems to adhere pretty closely to the Preliminaries: in such Articles as have undergone a modification, it is not obvious that the alteration is favourable to the views of this Country. Malta … will be liable to the influence of France.” Unless there is a separate article explaining...
131To James Madison from Philippe-André-Joseph de Létombe, 7 April 1802 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
7 April 1802, Paris. Notes that the letter JM wrote him from Virginia on 25 Aug. 1801 could not have been more favorable to him. His passage from New York to Lorient and his arrival in Paris made him aware of his good fortune in having merited JM’s commendation. The Americans and the French are very pleased with these evidences of JM’s kindness and esteem; moreover, they value the one who is...
132From James Madison to Charles Pinckney, 8 April 1802 (Madison Papers)
The inclosed memorial presents and explains a case resting on the same grounds with some already committed to you. The interest of the memorialists John Townsend and James Shuter of New York, as well as that of the United States require that your own discretion assisted by indications on the spot should regulate the degree as well as form of your interposition with the Spanish Government. We...
133To James Madison from William Jarvis, 8 April 1802 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
8 April 1802, Boston. Encloses his bond [as U.S. consul at Lisbon]; his sureties are two respectable Boston merchants. Has seen letters that arrived on a vessel from Lisbon 6 Apr. reporting that the prince regent of Portugal had ordered a quarantine of up to forty days on vessels from the U.S. “A measure so distressing to our Mariners, so injurious to our Merchants & so unnecessary at such a...
134To James Madison from Tobias Lear, 8 April 1802 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
8 April 1802, Cap Français. No. 24. Quotes the 2 Apr. postscript he added to the duplicate of his dispatch no. 23; reports that a severe indisposition kept him from going to Port-au-Prince as he intended then but he has since learned that General Leclerc will arrive at the cape in ten or twelve days. Notes that he had informed the prefect and General Boyer of his intention. “As the Admiral was...
135To James Madison from Tobias Lear, 8 April 1802 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
8 April 1802, Cap Français. Has drawn on JM in favor of Clement Biddle of Philadelphia for $100, to be charged to his account with the U.S. for money advanced for distressed seamen. “My advances on this account exceeds this sum; but I should not have drawn had it been permitted to send money out of the Colony; or could a bill be had on Philada.… Till lately the expenses on this account have...
136From James Madison to Robert R. Livingston, 9 April 1802 (Madison Papers)
Mr. Latil a Frenchman by birth, but a Citizen of the U. States for near 20 years past, being about making a visit to his native Country, is desirous of being known to you. I have reason to believe that he possesses sufficient respectability and merit to entitle him to your civilities, and I therefore readily ask the favor of them in his behalf. I do it the more so as he has generally resided...
137To James Madison from Samuel Cabot, 9 April 1802 (Madison Papers)
I have this day reced from the Board of Commrs. acting in London under the 7th article of the British treaty an order, dated 15 Feb: 1802, directing me to hold myself in readiness as soon as possible to resume the duty of Estimating losses & assessing damages, as heretofore. This notice was accompanied by a letter from the american Commrs. expressing their desire that I shou’d speedily return...
138To James Madison from Edward Thornton, 9 April 1802 (Madison Papers)
In obedience to instructions which I have received from His Majesty’s Principal Secretary of State for foreign affairs, I take the liberty of bringing back to your recollection the case of the British Transport Ship Windsor (the subject of my letter of the 23rd of July of last year) which was taken forcible possession of by the French prisoners on board, and carried into the harbour of Boston....
139To James Madison from Noah Webster, 9 April 1802 (Madison Papers)
I have directed a Copy of a work I have just published on Miscellaneous subjects, to be sent from New York to your Care, to be deposited in the Office of State, in pursuance of the Act for securing to authors the right to their productions; and I shall be much obliged to you for a certificate of the deposit. You will see by that work how much I differ in opinion, from the leading men of the...
140From James Madison to William C. C. Claiborne, 9 April 1802 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
9 April 1802, Department of State. Encloses Claiborne’s commission as governor of the Mississippi Territory. Tr and Tr of enclosure ( Ms-Ar : Claiborne Executive Journal). 2 pp. Printed in Rowland, Claiborne Letter Books Dunbar Rowland, ed., Official Letter Books of W. C. C. Claiborne, 1801–1816 (6 vols.; Jackson, Miss., 1917). , 1:115–16. Enclosure is a copy of a 26 Jan. 1802 commission by...
141To James Madison from Daniel Clark, 9 April 1802 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
9 April 1802, Philadelphia. “Business of a private Nature requiring my presence in New Orleans I am induced to freight a small Vessel for the sake of dispatch and will leave this City on Sunday the Seventeenth inst. to proceed there direct. I think it incumbent on me to give you information of my resolution as soon as taken, that you may have an opportunity of forwarding any instructions you...
142To James Madison from Israel Whelen, 9 April 1802 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
9 April 1802, Philadelphia. Acknowledges JM’s letter of 2 Apr. [not found] “and the remittance you directed to be made to me, and agreeably to your directions I have paid Mr. Kingston $5775. on a draft from Genl. Stevens’s Agent for that sum, previously taking sufficient security that the charter party on Mr. Kingston’s part had or would be completely & entirely fulfilled.” Reports that “there...
143To James Madison from Rufus King, 10 April 1802 (Madison Papers)
Some months ago I informed you that Mr. Jackson would probably be sent to the U. States as Mr. Liston’s successor. Mr. Merry had been previously thought of and indeed named for this mission . As I have had the opportunity of knowing both these gentlemen during my residence here it was not without some regret that I heard of the intention to appoint Mr. Jackson in lieu of Mr. Merry . From this...
144To James Madison from Robert W. Fox, 10 April 1802 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
10 April 1802, Falmouth. Reports the arrival of several American ships with cargoes of flour and wheat. “Some of their Cargoes have been sold @ 45/ or 46/ ⅌ Barrel and the Vessels have gone forward with the Cargoes, on being paid an additional freight by the buyers; others I beleive will take their Cargoes forward to Barcelona for account of the concerned.” Flour and wheat are in demand at...
145To James Madison from Benjamin Fry, 10 April 1802 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
10 April 1802, Newport. Refers to his letter to JM of 2 Feb. enclosing accounts and papers relating to his claim against France for the capture of the brig Favorite by a French privateer after the Convention of 1800 was signed. Has not received a reply from JM “but was informd. by a line from my good friend Christr. Ellery Esqr. that he Conversd. with you Sir on the Subject, and that you...
146To James Madison from James Maury, 10 April 1802 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
10 April 1802, Liverpool. States that he has never been reimbursed for sums he paid in support of American seamen before the arrival of David Lenox and asks JM to direct Lenox’s successor or the American minister to pay him £101 2 s . 5 d . or “such part thereof as shall appear reasonable.” Observes that little or no change in the market for imports from the U.S. has resulted from the signing...
147To James Madison from Tobias Lear, 11 April 1802 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
11 April 1802, Cap Français. No. 25. “On the ninth the Genl. in Chief arrived here from Port au Prince, in a Frigate. In the forenoon of the tenth I waited upon him, when he informed me, in the first moment of our meeting, that he could not receive me as a public Character from the U. States, and desired I would no longer exercise the functions of Commercial Agent in the Island. I demanded the...
148To James Madison from Peder Blicherolsen, 12 April 1802 (Madison Papers)
In a letter I had the honor to write You on the 16th. of January last, I took the liberty to lay before You an official note, stating the particulars concerning the claims of one of the Kings my masters subjects against Capt: Maley, commander of the United States armed schooner Experiment , for having unlawfully captured, and afterwards allowed to be recaptured by an armed British Vessel from...
149To James Madison from James Monroe, 12 April 1802 (Madison Papers)
I took the liberty lately to forward to yr. care by Major Coleman who went to Alexa. a box containing the three pieces of tapestry, which are intended for Mr. Fenwick, he having promised to take charge of and sell them for me. Can you possibly convey them to his possession. He is I believe some where ⟨in th⟩e neighbourhood of the federal city. Will you also be so good as put the enclosed...
150To James Madison from David Gelston, 12 April 1802 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
12 April 1802, Collector’s Office, New York. “Your letter for Mr. King, was this morning recd., and handed to the Post-Master, half an hour before closing the mail by the British Packet.” RC ( DLC ). 1 p.