21From James Madison to Louis-André Pichon, 9 December 1802 (Madison Papers)
In answer to your letter, intimating that the Corvette Cassius ought to be considered as that sort of property belonging to the French Republic, which ought to be restored, I have the honor to state, that after her abandonment in 1795 by Mr. Adet to the Government of the United States and after her acquittal by the Federal Court she was sold at public Auction by order of the Secretary of State...
22From James Madison to Louis-André Pichon, 30 April 1804 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
30 April 1804, Department of State. Acknowledges Pichon’s note of 27 Apr. and informs him that the War Department will inquire into the circumstances that gave rise to the complaint. The harmony and trust that exist between the two governments should not allow Pichon to doubt that any proven intentional act disrespectful of the French flag will incur a censure corresponding to the nature of the...
23From James Madison to Louis-André Pichon, 10 October 1802 (Madison Papers)
The Secretary of State having laid before the President the communication made by Mr. Pichon of the establishment of a definitive Peace between the french Republic and its allies on one, and Great Britain on the other, is charged to repeat those sentiments of friendship and congratulation which were expressed on the conclusion of the preliminary treaty which led to this happy event. The United...
24From James Madison to Louis-André Pichon, 23 July 1801 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
23 July 1801, Department of State. Acknowledges Pichon’s two notes of 21 July. Notice of the peace established between the contending European powers is pleasing to the U.S. government, since it diminishes the scourge of war and is further proof of the return of friendly relations between France and the U.S. In the hope of avoiding the useless embarrassments for trade occasioned by the...
25From James Madison to Louis-André Pichon, 14 May 1804 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
14 May 1804, Department of State. Acknowledges Pichon’s letter of 9 May . Not having access at that moment to the circumstances and proceedings of the legal action in Charleston against Mr. Sachs, limits his remarks to the information Pichon has received that the judge’s decision turned on the nature of the captured ship and not on the commission under which Sachs was authorized by the French...
26From James Madison to Louis-André Pichon, 25 March 1802 (Madison Papers)
The Secretary of State has laid before the President the note of Mr. Pichon of the 17th. inst. and has the honor to assure him that his communications on the subject of St. Domingo, and the arrival there of an armament from France, have been received with all the interest which the ties of sincere friendship between the United States and the French Republic ought to inspire. The note of the...
27From James Madison to Louis-André Pichon, 15 May 1804 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
15 May 1804, Department of State. Transmits to Pichon an extract of a letter recently received by the collector at Charleston. If the illegal armament of which this letter speaks is not stopped by the agent of the French republic at Charleston, wishes Pichon to give the necessary orders to have it discontinued forthwith. Tr ( AAE : Political Correspondence, U.S., 57:113). 1 p.; in French....
28From James Madison to Louis-André Pichon, 20 July 1801 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
20 July 1801, Department of State. Acknowledges Pichon’s two notes, the first requesting JM to authorize payment of $11,000 credited to the French Republic on the books of the Treasury Department, the second containing Pichon’s opinion on the propriety of an arrest carried out on a foreign warship in a U.S. port. By a letter to the secretary of treasury, Pichon’s request on the first object...
29From James Madison to Louis-André Pichon, 17 November 1801 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
17 November 1801, Department of State. In reply to Pichon’s note of 2 Nov. , states that the misunderstanding by which he issued passports for Saint-Domingue to French citizens having been rectified, the practice will cease. Adds, in reply to Pichon’s 29 Oct. note, that the Treasury Department has ordered the restitution to Mr. Barney of the duties paid at Baltimore on Pichon’s account. Tr (...
30From James Madison to Louis-André Pichon, 16 June 1802 (Madison Papers)
Mr. Madison has the honor to inform Mr. Pichon that the case of the Portuguese Brig la Gloria dal mar, recaptured by an American Ship of War from a french armed Schooner, and which is a subject of his note of the 14. day of April 1802. has been taken into consideration, and that in several views the claims of the captors against the United States do not appear to be in any respect warranted by...