91To James Madison from Sylvanus Bourne (Abstract), 17 May 1805 (Madison Papers)
17 May 1805, Amsterdam . “We had yesterday a report that late letters from London advised the conclusion of a treaty Offensive & defensive between G Britain & Russia in which it is said other Northern Powers would join —we however wait the Confirmation thereof. “The ravages made by the french fleets in the West Indies seems to have excited much alarm in England— which is still enhanced by...
92To James Madison from Sylvanus Bourne (Abstract), 8 June 1805 (Madison Papers)
8 June 1805, Amsterdam . “Having esteemed it to be my duty to take official notice of the late change which has been effected in the Govt of this Country in conformity to custom in like cases & as affording an opportunity to renew the assurances of the friendly disposition of our Country towards the Batavian Republick, I have the honor to inclose you copies of the communications which have...
93To James Madison from Sylvanus Bourne (Abstract), 13 June 1805 (Madison Papers)
13 June 1805, Amsterdam . “I apprehend to have made a little error in regard to the Leyden Gazettes for 1804 . sent you lately by duplicates, & which I mentioned as being already bound. I received them sealed up in a packett & thus forwarded them on under the impression that they were bound at Leyden—but on reflection I am led to think that those forwarded to you for 1803 were bound in this...
94To James Madison from Sylvanus Bourne (Abstract), 16 June 1805 (Madison Papers)
16 June 1805, “Amn Consulate Amsterdam.” “I yesterday had the honor to receive your letter of March 25h on the subject of the Consulate at Rottm. and I shall make arrangments to meet as far as circumstances may admit the views therein expressed. “The Charge imposed on me however is peculiarly delicate . Mr A’s partners having dissolved the commercial connections between them the latter has at...
95To James Madison from Sylvanus Bourne, 6 July 1805 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
§ From Sylvanus Bourne. 6 July 1805, Amsterdam. “I have this day been honored by your favr of the 28h May & I hasten to reply thereto that although I have not copies of my letters which Mr Damon refers to in his publication I believe them generally correct. Indeed the Confidence I placed in Mr D at that time & before was more fully evidenced by having left my consular Powers on both my visits...
96To James Madison from Sylvanus Bourne, 8 July 1805 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
§ From Sylvanus Bourne. 8 July 1805, Amsterdam. “I had the honor to address you on the 6th Inst on the interesting letter from you of the 23 May & I have no doubt you will be convinced that I made no misrepresentation to you in the Case in question. Should you need a confirmation Mr. Biass of Baltimore will be ready I shou[l]d presume to give it as in a letter to me since my last arrival here...
97To James Madison from Sylvanus Bourne, 10 July 1805 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
§ From Sylvanus Bourne. 10 July 1805, Amsterdam. “This will serve to acquaint you that I have wrote you by Capt King on the 6h Inst & shall write you again more amply in a few days by Cap Allen to New york & via norfolk on the interesting Subject of your letter of May 23 —& by which I hope to explain fully & satisfactorily the apparent Solecism to which your Said Letter refers & convince you...
98To James Madison from Sylvanus Bourne, 12 July 1805 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
§ From Sylvanus Bourne. 12 July 1805, Amsterdam. “You will not I hope that on accot of the many letters I have lately addressed you in reply to yours of May 23 be disposed to apply to my Case the allusion conveyed by the french proverb which says Celui qui s’excuse s’accuse. “I have indeed Suffered infinite pain & mortification that you Should for a moment have had an unfavorable impression in...
99To James Madison from Sylvanus Bourne, 20 July 1805 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
§ From Sylvanus Bourne. 20 July 1805, Amsterdam. “I had the honor to write you fully of late by Captains, King, Allen & Davis on the Subject of the question made me in your favr of May 23 & I feel every confidence that those letters will serve to develope to you a Scene of intriguing & unfustiable practices in a certain quarter that must tend to convince you that the appellation I gave in mine...
100To James Madison from Sylvanus Bourne, 20 July 1805 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
§ From Sylvanus Bourne. 20 July 1805, Amsterdam. “In a letter I had the honor to write you not long since I mentioned that there appeared to me to be a want of regularity in the Ships documents which come from New Orleans & I have this day met with a renewed example in the case of the Ship Sampson Capt Lovise Munroe, which has only a Sea Letter & Meditterranean pass & Roll of Seamen of April...
101To James Madison from Sylvanus Bourne, 22 July 1805 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
§ From Sylvanus Bourne. 22 July 1805, Amsterdam. “Agreably to what I had the honor to write you sometime since I have been to Rotterdam & made due inquiry into the affairs of the Consulate there & finding from the information given me both by the masters of Vessells & Merchants who have buisness at the Consular Office that the actual State of Mr Alexander’s enables to attend with propriety to...
102To James Madison from Sylvanus Bourne, 22 July 1805 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
§ From Sylvanus Bourne. 22 July 1805. “Notwithstanding the Volumes I have lately addressed you on the subject of your favr of May 23 —I must beg leave to add a few more observations particularly as to the Contents of my letters to Mr D. “You will doubtless find it peculiar that I should have wished to Conciliate exclusive buisness (as you may construe those letters to express) while I condemn...
103To James Madison from Sylvanus Bourne, 23 July 1805 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
§ From Sylvanus Bourne. 23 July 1805, Amsterdam. “The inclosed Gazette contains a note of the Russian Minister (who was as far [as] Berlin on his way to Paris to Converse on the subject of peace) of a nature to exclude for the present all hopes of accommodation—the probable result will be the vigorous renewal of the War on the Continent early in the ensuing Spring—but how far even their...
104To James Madison from Sylvanus Bourne, 24 July 1805 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
§ From Sylvanus Bourne. 24 July 1805, Amsterdam. “I hasten to forward you the inclosed important State document & you will at once see into all the probable consequences thereof. “I transmit also a Copy of my letter to mr Alexander on the subject of the Consulate at Rottm referred to in my late letters to you & which I hope will meet your approbation. “Mr Clark at Emden has expressed his hopes...
105To James Madison from Sylvanus Bourne, 27 July 1805 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
§ From Sylvanus Bourne. 27 July 1805, Amsterdam. “I have now the pleasure to inclose you a Copy of an advertisement to which I referred in some of my late letters which has been circulated throughout all Germany in order to entice people to go to America or elsewhere. What a violation of truth? What a Vile prostitution of the Character & dignity of the Govt of the U States to answer private...
106To James Madison from Sylvanus Bourne, 28 July 1805 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
§ From Sylvanus Bourne. 28 July 1805, Amsterdam. “You will find on the other Side which I send by way of triplicate the head of an advertisement which has been circulated in Germany to entice emigration to America by mess Wils & Co D&O—& Casimir Kurtz—Agent for the concern who has been for many years in the habits of travelling for Mess D&O in Germany to procure emigrants. What a vile...
107To James Madison from Sylvanus Bourne, 6 August 1805 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
§ From Sylvanus Bourne. 6 August 1805, Amsterdam. “It appears that the British Govt flattered by the prospect of a new Coalition on the Continent against France begins to treat Neutrals with less delicacy than heretofore & several Amn. Vessells have lately been carried into the Ports of England tried & with their Cargoes condemned for reason of having been on voyages between the mother...
108To James Madison from Sylvanus Bourne, 10 August 1805 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
§ From Sylvanus Bourne. 10 August 1805, Amsterdam . “I embrace the opportunity by the return of Mr Rittenhouse to send for publication in the national Intelligencer at Washington & in the Phila Gazette , at Phila. a Statement relative to the subject of my late letters which I hope will prove Satisfactory to you & my fellow Citizens at large. While I sincerely regret the unpleasant...
109To James Madison from Sylvanus Bourne, 16 August 1805 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
§ From Sylvanus Bourne. 16 August 1805, Amsterdam . “The advice I had the honor to communicate to you in a late letter relative to the conduct of the British towards our navigation Seems to be confirmed, viz that their Cruisers have recd new orders to detain & convey into the Ports of G B for examination All our Vessells laden with Colonial produce of the french or Dutch Colonies—in order that...
110To James Madison from Sylvanus Bourne, 18 August 1805 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
§ From Sylvanus Bourne. 18 August 1805, Amsterdam . “We are at present quite in consternation here on account of the proceedings of the British Govt towards our flag as it appears they have ordered their Cruisers to take into their ports all Amn. vessells bound to the ports of France Spain or Holland laden with Colonial produce—& (as I was led to suppose) in order only to ascertain whether...
111To James Madison from Sylvanus Bourne, 30 August 1805 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
§ From Sylvanus Bourne. 30 August 1805, Amsterdam . “I had the honor to write you a few days since via Baltimore mentioning the renewed depredations made on our navigation bound here by the British Cruisers in virtue of late orders from that Govt. —and it appears now that it is a system become general on the Seas—our outward as well as inward bound Vessells in all the European Waters are...
112To James Madison from Sylvanus Bourne, 5 September 1805 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
§ From Sylvanus Bourne. 5 September 1805, Amsterdam . “I have just recd. a letter from our Consul in London in reply to one I wrote him on the subject of the late proceedings of the British Govt towards our flag —in which he mentions that their Commanders of the Cruizers had far exceeded their orders in many cases as their conduct had been disavowed by Govt which shewed a disposition of making...
113To James Madison from Sylvanus Bourne, 6 October 1805 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
§ From Sylvanus Bourne. 6 October 1805, Amsterdam. “It seems that the British Cruizers Still continue to capture our Vessells bound to Europe with W India produce & although many are released after examination & trial which Subjects the owners to heavy charges—others are condemned upon principles new & extraordinary & such as must operate very injuriously to our trade—among them is to be cited...
114To James Madison from Sylvanus Bourne, 15 October 1805 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
§ From Sylvanus Bourne. 15 October 1805, Amsterdam. “I have the honor to advise the due rect of your Circulars of July 1t & 12h last & shall give a strict & scrupulous attention to the instructions they contain in every respect. “The war on the continent is to all appearances about commencing under circumstances which presage a wide extended scene of horror & carnage to afflicted Europe. It...
115To James Madison from Sylvanus Bourne, 22 October 1805 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
§ From Sylvanus Bourne. 22 October 1805, Amsterdam. “Inclosed are the two last Leyden Papers by which you will find that the war on the Continent has again recommenced with vigor & as yet with success on the part of the French—whose great object is to force the Austrians to battle before the arrival of the Russians. The situation of Prussia at this moment is delicate & full of difficulty. Its...
116To James Madison from Sylvanus Bourne, 7 November 1805 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
§ From Sylvanus Bourne. 7 November 1805, Amsterdam. “I send you herewith Sundry Leyden Gazettes by which you will perceive the astonishing progress the french are making in the heart of Germany as well as in Italy & indeed unless the Prussian Cabinet decides on uniting with the allies I regard their cause as lost. What the latter powers will determine is yet problematical though by some a...
117To James Madison from Sylvanus Bourne, 3 December 1805 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
§ From Sylvanus Bourne. 3 December 1805, Amsterdam. “The inclosed Gazette of to day will be found peculiarly interesting as it contains a detailed relation of the great & extraordinary events which have lately taken place in Germany, Viz the Capture of Vienna by the Armies of France —the desire manifested by the Austrians to retreat from the Coalition & that of the Russians to return home the...
118To James Madison from Sylvanus Bourne, 7 December 1805 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
§ From Sylvanus Bourne. 7 December 1805, Amsterdam. “I had the honor to address you a few days past since which no thing specially new or important has occurred in the scene of the war. Prussia’s conduct still remains Enigmatical, & undiceded [ sic ]—very much will depend on the resolution of that Cabinete touching the affairs of the Continent, which causes us to Expect its definitive...
119To James Madison from Sylvanus Bourne, 24 December 1805 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
§ From Sylvanus Bourne. 24 December 1805, Amsterdam. “The inclosed Gazettes will give you a relation of the very surprising & splendid events which have lately taken place on the Theatre of the War in Germany & which have led to an Armistice that will in all probability be followed by a peace on the continent, leaving Great Britain once more to combat alone with the colossal power of France...
120To James Madison from Sylvanus Bourne, 10 January 1806 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
§ From Sylvanus Bourne. 10 January 1806, Amsterdam. “In transmitting the inclosed Gazettes I take the occasion to repeat that my friends Mesr Geo Salmon & Wm Taylor Esqs of Baltimore I presume will have no objection to execute in my behalf the customary bond for the faithfull execution of the duties of my office & I beg leave to refer you to those Gentlemen on this point.” RC ( DNA : RG 59, CD...