To James Madison from John Graham, 26 August 1816
From John Graham
Dept of State 26th. Augt 1816.
Dear Sir
As the Post Rider will go on from your House to Mr Monroes I take the Liberty of putting the enclosed Packet for him under Cover to you: and leave it open that you may see Mr Daschkoffs Official Letter.1
May I ask the favor of you to send to Mr Monroe the Copies which were sent to you, of the communications from Mr Crowninshield & Judge Story relative to the Fisheries and which you retained.2 He may want them when he writes to Mr Adams on that subject, as he proposes to do whilst he is in Albermarle. I would not make the request was it not that the Originals have been mislaid either by Mr Monroe or myself.
We had a fine Rain here last Night and never was it more wanted for every thing was suffering. Our Crop of Corn is I fear past recovery. With Affectionate Respect I am Dear Sir your Mo Obt Sert
John Graham
RC (DLC). Docketed by JM.
1. Graham forwarded a letter to James Monroe from Russian minister Andrei Dashkov, dated 23 Aug. 1816 (DNA: RG 59, NFL, Russia; 5 pp.; in French, with a three-page English translation), expressing the official displeasure of Alexander I at the arrest and imprisonment of consul general Nikolai Kozlov in Philadelphia, in consequence of which the emperor had refused to receive American consul Levett Harris at court. Dashkov complained of the “offensive silence” of the American government during the matter and demanded “a reparation equivalent to the Outrage against the Empire of Russia; a publick reparation to the Consul General Kosloff, for the offense Committed Against him, proportionate to his rank and quality. The satisfaction must be public, since the outrage was s⟨o⟩.” Dashkov declared that the emperor assumed that the United States would “hasten to pay this homage to the principles of immutable justice and of the independence of nations.” He also mentioned that he had been directed to bring this protest to the attention of JM and that he would forward the response of the American government by “an extraordinary Courier.”
2. Graham referred to the 25 July 1816 letter from Benjamin W. Crowninshield to Monroe, a copy of which had been sent to JM.