To James Madison from William C. C. Claiborne, 6 February 1806 (Abstract)
From William C. C. Claiborne, 6 February 1806 (Abstract)
§ From William C. C. Claiborne. 6 February 1806, New Orleans. “Late on the Evening of the 4. instant, the Marquis of Casa Calvo arrived in this City from Nacogdoches via Nachitoches—which last place he left on the 22. ultimo—and having passed by water, he was not met by Captain Ross, to whom my Dispatch of the 10. of January was committed.1
“I have, on this morning, addressed to the Marquis a letter, of which the inclosure is a copy.2
“Mr. Morales and his Suite left this City, for Pensacola, on the 1st instant.”
RC, two copies, and enclosures, two copies (DNA: RG 59, TP, Orleans, vol. 8). Both RCs in a clerk’s hand, signed by Claiborne. First RC 1 p.; marked “Duplicate”; docketed by Wagner, with his note: “Departure of Casa Calvo.” Second RC marked “Duplicate” and docketed by Wagner. For enclosures, see n. 2.
1. See Claiborne to JM, 12 Jan. 1806, and n. 2.
2. The enclosures are copies of a 6 Feb. 1806 letter from Claiborne to Casa Calvo (3 pp.; docketed by Wagner; printed in , 3:259–60), covering an extract, dated interlinearly by Claiborne, of his 10 Jan. 1806 letter to Casa Calvo), stating that he had sent the latter by Capt. George T. Ross in hopes of saving Casa Calvo a long journey, repeating the information that he had received orders that all Spanish officials were to leave Orleans Territory, that the orders had been given to Morales and to Lt. Col. Joseph Martínez Orosa, that Morales had already left and Orosa had promised to, and expressing a wish that Casa Calvo not delay his own departure by more than a few days. For the 10 Jan. letter, see n. 1 above.