1To James Madison from Peder Blicherolsen, 31 July 1801 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
31 July 1801, Washington. Expresses regret that he arrived in Washington the same day the president left; he had been assured that Jefferson would not leave before the beginning of August. The secretary of the treasury has arranged to enclose these lines in his packet. Asks JM to express to the president his disappointment in having missed by only a few hours an opportunity to present letters...
2To James Madison from Peder Blicherolsen, 9 August 1801 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
9 August 1801, Philadelphia. Summarizes 31 July letter to JM sent under Gallatin’s cover and encloses copy. Also forwards two letters for the president that were confided to him on his departure from Europe, since delay may be prejudicial to their object. Has learned that there are Danes in American ports who will be pleased to know of his arrival; therefore requests permission to announce...
3To James Madison from Peder Blicherolsen, 14 September 1801 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
14 September 1801, Philadelphia. Acknowledges receipt of JM’s letters of 15 Aug. and 1 Sept. , for which he extends his thanks. Expresses gratitude for the limited permission to perform his official duties that the president has granted him, but since the president is returning to Washington so soon, Blicherolsen may not need to use this authorization. Should he do so, it will be with the...
4To James Madison from Peder Blicherolsen, 16 January 1802 (Madison Papers)
In recommending the contents of the inclosed letter to Your impartial examination and protection, and after having yielded to the imperious claims of official duty, i beg leave Sir, to attend also to those of a nature more dear to me, and to avail myself of this opportunity to offer to You and to Your highly amiable Lady my warm and respectfull thanks for the hospitable and friendly treatment...
5To James Madison from Peder Blicherolsen, 12 April 1802 (Madison Papers)
In a letter I had the honor to write You on the 16th. of January last, I took the liberty to lay before You an official note, stating the particulars concerning the claims of one of the Kings my masters subjects against Capt: Maley, commander of the United States armed schooner Experiment , for having unlawfully captured, and afterwards allowed to be recaptured by an armed British Vessel from...
6To James Madison from Peder Blicherolsen, 21 April 1802 (Madison Papers)
Without allowing myself to make reflexions upon any one law of the United States, howsoever prejudicial and hurtfull its effects might appear to me, with respect to generally acknowledged principles—and far from any intention of even troubling this government with complaints in cases where Danish subjects are found guilty of having acted in opposition to such laws, I think it my duty in the...
7To James Madison from Peder Blicherolsen, 6 June 1802 (Madison Papers)
In your letter of the 22d of April, you have been pleased to observe Sir in answer to mine of the 12th same month concerning the capture of the Danish ship Mercator by Captain Maley of the United States, that proper instructions should be given to an attorney as soon as I had signified the District in which I wished the judicial proceeding to be instituted. As for the present moment I reside...
8To James Madison from Peder Blicherolsen, 29 July 1802 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
29 July 1802, Philadelphia. “I take herewith the liberty to lay before You the enclosed seven powers , directed to an equal number of Danish Vice Consuls for the States of New-York, Pensylvania, Mary-Land, District of Columbia, North & South Carolina, and Georgia—to which I respectfully beg, You will have the goodness to cause the necessary Exequatur’s to be respectively annexed [and] … order...
9To James Madison from Peder Blicherolsen, 16 September 1802 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
16 September 1802, Philadelphia. “The undersigned having received from his Court the enclosed ordinance, with an order to cause the same to be translated and made publicly known throughout the United States, he thinks it his duty respectfully to offer a copy of the translation to the Department of State previous to the publication.” RC ( DNA : RG 59, NFL , Denmark, vol. 1). 1 p.; addressed “To...
10To James Madison from Peder Blicherolsen, 20 December 1802 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
20 December 1802, Washington. Presents his respects and encloses a power [not found] as Danish vice-consul for Virginia for Francis Taylor, for which he requests an exequatur. RC ( DNA : RG 59, NFL , Denmark, vol. 1). 1 p. The appointee was probably JM’s relative Francis Stubbs Taylor ( CVSP William P. Palmer et al., eds., Calendar of Virginia State Papers and Other Manuscripts (11 vols.;...
11To James Madison from Peder Blicherolsen, 9 February 1803 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
9 February 1803, Washington. Presents the claim of several Danish subjects and citizens of Hamburg, owners of the brig Hendrick of Altona, which was captured by a French cruiser, recaptured by a U.S. warship, carried into the British island of St. Kitts, “and there adjudged to pay an astonishing salvage,” as detailed in the enclosed letter from Richard Söderström, attorney for the claimants,...
12To James Madison from Peder Blicherolsen, 17 February 1803 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
17 February 1803, Washington. “In presenting the inclosed to You, I feel ashamed and sorry lest You should suspect me to have been unmindfull of what You observed to me the other evening. Duty has in this case been my despot, and under such control—be it that of either duty or despot —whose indulgence can I sooner expect than Yours.… I wish You Sir uninterrupted health and happiness—wanting...
13To James Madison from Peder Blicherolsen, 11 April 1803 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
11 April 1803, Philadelphia. Has just received two royal ordinances from Copenhagen, one detailing quarantine regulations for Americans and the other stipulating laws and rules prescribed for Danish and all other ships. Has had the former translated in full and seven articles connected with and explanatory of it extracted from the latter. Encloses translations. Believes a knowledge of them...
14To James Madison from Peder Blicherolsen, 2 June 1803 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
2 June 1803, Washington . Requests exequaturs for [T. F.] Eckard, Green, and [George] Hammeken as Danish vice-consuls for Pennsylvania, Massachusetts, and New York, respectively. RC ( DNA : RG 59, NFL , Denmark, vol. 1). 1 p.; docketed by Wagner as received “s[ame]. d[ate].”
15To James Madison from Peder Blicherolsen, 3 June 1803 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
3 June 1803, Washington . Has been granted a leave of absence by the Danish king to return home and will leave in July. Will be honored by any command JM or the president “may chuse to trust him with on that occassion.” Observes that Mr. Pedersen has been appointed Danish consul for the U.S. “with a view of separating the diplomatical agency from commercial concerns.” In Blicherolsen’s absence...
16To James Madison from Peder Blicherolsen, 21 June 1803 (Madison Papers)
I take the earliest opportunity to inform You, that I this morning have engaged my passage to Europe in a Vessel for Bordeaux, belonging to this City, and which will infallibly sail on the 1st or 2d. of July next. The circumstance of the British Packets having no surgeon on board, added to the still encreasing reports of renewed troubles on the old continent, have at last prevailed on me to...
17To James Madison from Peder Blicherolsen, 6 July 1803 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
6 July 1803, New Castle . Has received from the collector of Philadelphia “1 Letter and 4 pairs of papers and gazetts” for Monroe and Livingston in Paris, which “shall be duely and carefully delivered.” Repeats his thanks for JM’s support in the decision on the Danish brig Hendrick . Wishes “to recommend this cause to a continuation of the same support and protection for the next sitting of...
18To James Madison from Peder Blicherolsen, 4 December 1804 (Madison Papers)
It is now a considerable time since I left The United States, and although the unfortunate state of my health has prevented me from directing to You Sir, before now the expressions of my feelings and of my acknowledgment for all Your former proofs of goodness, Yet be assured, that these ever have been, and ever shall be faithfully engraved in my memory. I shall never forget Mr. & Mrs. Madison,...