James Madison Papers

To James Madison from Sylvanus Bourne, 10 April 1801 (Abstract)

§ From Sylvanus Bourne

10 April 1801, Amsterdam. Transmits continuation of Leiden Gazette. Reports local belief that relations between Great Britain and northern powers will be adjusted in a short time, though expectations of general peace are not as strong. In postscript, announces news of death of Czar Paul of Russia; succeeded by Alexander I. Reports rumor that British fleet was repulsed in attack on Copenhagen with much loss.

RC (DNA: RG 59, CD, Amsterdam, vol. 1). 2 pp.

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    To James Madison from Sylvanus Bourne, 10 April 1801 (Abstract)
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    Bourne, Sylvanus
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    Madison, James
    Date
    10 April 1801

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    “To James Madison from Sylvanus Bourne, 10 April 1801 (Abstract),” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Madison/02-01-02-0110. [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, pp. 85–86.]

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