To James Madison from James Monroe, 14 April 1816
From James Monroe
April 14. [1816] 1
The enclosed from Genl. Ripley, was intended for my own inspection only; but as it is interesting in many views, and especially as his objects can be effected only by your being acquainted with them & his reason, in their favor, and your se[e]ing it, can do no harm to him or any other person, I send it to you.2
I send also Mr Bagots reply to my note respecting the British Commissrs. for the boundary.3
J.M.
RC (DLC: Rives Collection, Madison Papers). For enclosures, see nn. 2–3.
1. Year supplied by JM.
2. The enclosure may have been Eleazar Ripley’s 21 Feb. 1816 letter to Monroe recommending Joseph Loring of Boston for appointment as an Indian agent (DNA: RG 94, Letters Received, filed under “Ripley”).
3. On 12 Apr. 1816 Monroe wrote to Charles Bagot, the newly arrived British minister, requesting that he provide Monroe with the names of the British appointees to the boundary commission established under the Treaty of Ghent. He informed Bagot that the United States had named Peter B. Porter, John Holmes, and Cornelius Van Ness as its commissioners (DNA: RG 59, Notes to Foreign Ministers and Consuls). Bagot responded on 13 Apr. that the British government had not appointed its commissioners previous to his departure for the United States (DNA: RG 59, NFL, Great Britain).