James Madison Papers

From James Madison to William C. C. Claiborne, 23 October 1804 (Abstract)

§ To William C. C. Claiborne

23 October 1804, Department of State. “I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your several letters of the 1st. 4th. two of the 30th. Augt.1 and 1st. Septr. last; and in order that you may perceive the sentiments of the Executive respecting the case of the British prize Brig Active, enclosed are transmitted to you copies of a letter from Mr. Merry, the Minister of Great Britain, on that subject, and of my answer.”2

Letterbook copy (DNA: RG 59, DL, vol. 14). 1 p.

1. PJM-SS description begins Robert J. Brugger et al., eds., The Papers of James Madison: Secretary of State Series (7 vols. to date; Charlottesville, Va., 1986–). description ends , 7:547–48, 558–59, 560, 657, 658.

2. The enclosures presumably were copies of Anthony Merry to JM, 12 Oct. 1804, and JM’s 19 Oct. 1804 reply, which has not been found (see Merry to JM, 12 Oct. 1804, n. 2).

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    From James Madison to William C. C. Claiborne, 23 October 1804 (Abstract)
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    Madison, James
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    Claiborne, William C. C.
    Date
    23 October 1804

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    “From James Madison to William C. C. Claiborne, 23 October 1804 (Abstract),” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Madison/02-08-02-0210. [Original source: The Papers of James Madison, Secretary of State Series, vol. 8, 1 September 1804 – 31 January 1805 and supplement 1776 – 23 June 1804, ed. Mary A. Hackett, J. C. A. Stagg, Mary Parke Johnson, Anne Mandeville Colony, Angela Kreider, Jeanne Kerr Cross, and Wendy Ellen Perry. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 2007, p. 207.]

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