91To James Madison from William Pinkney, 24 April 1806 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
§ From William Pinkney. 24 April 1806, Baltimore. “I have just had the Honor to receive your Letter of the 23d Instant, by which I am informed that, by a Nomination of the President, with the Concurrence of the Senate, I am united with Mr. Monroe, in a Commission plenepotentiary & extraordinary, for settling all matters of Difference between the United States & the United Kingdom of Great...
92To James Madison from William Pinkney, 23 January 1809 (Madison Papers)
I dined at Mr. Canning’s, with the Corps diplomatique, on the 18th. (the Day appointed for the Celebration of the Queen’s Birthday). Before Dinner he came up to me, and, entering into Conversation, adverted to a Report, which he said had reached him, that the American Minister s (here & in France) were about to be recalled. I replied that I was not aware that such a Step had already been...
93To James Madison from William Pinkney, 5 June 1808 (Madison Papers)
I have already had the Honor to suggest, in o ne of my private Letters, that I have not thought i t necessary to trouble you with an account of the different applications, in behalf of Individuals, o r upon Matters of small Importance, which I have made to this Government. I supposed it was sufficient to say in general that they were well received. There is one of these applications, however,...
94To James Madison from William Pinkney, 2 April 1808 (Madison Papers)
I have the Honor to enclose a Triplicate of my Letter of the 23d. of Feby. & a Duplicate of my Letter of the 15th. of March. I wrote you on the 11th. of last Month a hasty Letter by Mr. Bowdoin, of which it is not necessary to trouble you with a Duplicate. The original & Duplicate of the Letter of the 23d. of Feby. were accompanied by a private Letter of some Length, of the 22d. & 25th. of...
95To James Madison from William Pinkney, 14 December 1807 (Madison Papers)
I had yesterday a short interview with Mr. Alopeus, the Russian Minister, who is about to leave this Country by order of his Court, and only waits for a proper Passport to return through France. The Interview was of his own seeking. He told me that in Consequence of a Conversation with Mr. Monroe he had informed his Court that it would be acceptable to the President that immediate diplomatic...
96To James Madison from William Pinkney, 25 January 1808 (Madison Papers)
I have the Honour to transmit Copies of two Communications lately made to me by Mr. Canning, relative to the Affairs of the Union, and a Seaman called Wm. Trisset, together with a Copy of my answer to one of them. I have the honour to be, with the highest Consideration, Sir, your most obedient, Humble Servant, DNA : RG 59--DD-Diplomatic Despatches, Great Britain.
97To James Madison from William Pinkney, 10 September 1808 (Madison Papers)
I intended to have enclosed in my private Letter of the 7th. by Mr. Bethune, who left Town on the Evening of that Day for Falmouth to embark in the B. Packet, a Triplicate of my public Letter of the 4th. of August, but in my Hurry I omitted it. I transmit it now by Mr. Young, our Consul at Madrid, who is about to sail from Gravesend for N.York; and I beg to renew my Request that the slight...
98To James Madison from William Pinkney, 26 January 1808 (Madison Papers)
I had the honor to receive this morning your letter of the 23d. of last month, enclosing a copy of a message from the President to Congress, and of their act, in pursuance of it, laying an Embargo on our vessels and exports. It appeared to be my duty to lose no time in giving such explanations to the British government, of this wise and salutary measure, as your letter suggests; and,...
99To James Madison from William Pinkney, 2 February 1808 (Madison Papers)
I had an interview this morning with Mr. Canning at his own request. One object of the interview related to the message of the President of the 27th. of October last, of which a newspaper copy had been received from Mr. Erskine. A call for a copy of this message was expected in parliament; and Mr. Canning wished to be in a situation to produce it. I could not assist him; and I suppose the...
100To James Madison from William Pinkney, 17 March 1808 (Madison Papers)
I enclose a Copy of the Bill, as it has passed the Commons, for carrying into Execution the orders in Council, together with some papers, which may perhaps be useful. The Easterly Winds pay no Respect to our Impatience to hear from the U. S. The important Events which are passing or preparing in Europe (for which I refer you to the Newspapers which will be sent at the same Time with this...
101To James Madison from William Pinkney, 3 December 1808 (Madison Papers)
I have the Honour to send enclosed a Copy of my Reply to Mr. Canning’s Letter to me of the 22d. ultimo. A Copy of the Letter, to which it is an Answer, was transmitted a few Days since by the British Packet, and a Duplicate has been sent to Liverpool. The Union is not yet arrived from France, and we have no Intelligence of her. I have the Honour to be With the highest Consideration Sir Your...
102To James Madison from William Pinkney, 9 May 1808 (Madison Papers)
I had a Conversation with Mr. Canning on Fri day last, in Consequence of the Arrival of the Osage. As it was obviously expected that I should seek an Interview with him, I went to Downing Street on the 5 th. with that Object. He had been indisposed, and wa s not at the office; but, in Answer to a Note which I sent him in the Evening, he asked to see me next Day at his House in Bruton Street....
103To James Madison from William Pinkney, 2 January 1808 (Madison Papers)
I have the Honor to enclose an English Newspaper containing the Fre nch Decree of Decr. 17. at Milan, an d this Evening’s "Political Register. The former will be found interesting. I have the Honor to be with sincere Attachment Dear Sir, Your most Obt. Humble Serv: DNA : RG 59--DD-Diplomatic Despatches, Great Britain.
104To James Madison from William Pinkney, 24 September 1808 (Madison Papers)
I am now enabled to ha nd to you a Copy of Mr. Canning’s Answer, receiv ed last night, to my Note of the 23d. of Augus t. This Answer was accompanied by a Note of which also a Copy is enclosed, recapitulati ng what Mr. Canning Supposes to be "the Substance of what has passed between us at our Several interviews previous to the presentation of my Official Letter." To the accompanying Paper I th...
105To James Madison from William Pinkney, 10 February 1808 (Madison Papers)
I send you enclosed a List of the Exportation Duties proposed in the Ho use of Commons by the Chancellor of the Exchequer, sent to me last nig ht by a Member. It will me et with much Opposition. Can any thing be imagined more ex traordinary than this wide-extended sc heme of forcing the Commerce of the World into their ports and su bjecting it as it passes to
106To James Madison from William Pinkney, 12 September 1808 (Madison Papers)
Mr. Canning has not yet replied to my Note. They tell me at Downing Street, where I called this Morning again, that he is out of Town for some Days, but that Hammond returns Tomorrow. The Hope is not yet arrived, but may be expected every Day, as I learn through a Gentleman who left Paris on the 21st. of last Month. It begins now to be understood that the present Wheat Crop in this Country...
107To James Madison from William Pinkney, 2 November 1808 (Madison Papers)
I have this Moment recd., by Lieut. Gibbon, your official Letter of Sepr. 9th. & your private Letter of the same Date. You will have discovered some Weeks ago that the Hope which I had entertained of a satisfactory Issue of my Discussions with Mr. Canning was unfounded. I trust it will be thought that the Experiment has been completely made, and that no Man can be found to maintain that every...
108To James Madison from William Pinkney, 10 July 1808 (Madison Papers)
I had the Honor to write you a short Letter by Mr. Temple Bowdoin, dated, I think, on the 29th. of last Month, of which (not having it here) I cannot now send a Duplicate. It stated, that I had received by the British Packet a Duplicate of your Dispatch by the St. Michael, that I had just had an Interview with Mr. Canning, and that there was Reason to believe that the Object mentioned in that...