1To James Madison from John and Isaac Laurence and Others, 14 January 1803 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
14 January 1803, New York. “On the 20th Jany. last we stated to you the circumstances respecting the capture of the schooner Nymph … by a Spanish Privateer & enclosed you copy of T. Pickering Esqrs. letter of the 24th Jany. 1800 & J. Marshall Esqrs. of the 8th. Feby 1801, on the subject, since which we were favored with your letter of the 26th Jany last informing us that the Subject of Spanish...
2To James Madison from John and Isaac Laurence and Others, 20 January 1802 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
20 January 1802, New York. Recounts history of schooner Nymph , Naphthali Raymond, master, captured by Spanish privateer and carried into Nuevitas in Cuba in April 1797 while sailing from New York to Anse-à-Veau, a French port in Hispaniola. Vessel was detained for four months, during which time it suffered “very considerable damage” from neglect and much of its cargo “was either plundered or...