31From James Madison to Charles Pinckney, 21 April 1804 (Madison Papers)
I have the honor to inclose the report of the Committee of claims to the House of Representatives and an act of Congress respecting David Valenzin, a principal owner of the cargo of the Polacre Paulina, Capn Radich, captured in January 1803 by Capn Sterritt of the United States schooner Enterprize which has been a subject of complaint by the Imperial Minister at Madrid. They are transmitted to...
32From James Madison to Charles Pinckney, 8 March 1803 (Madison Papers)
My last letter was of January 18. Yours since received are of the 6th and 28th of November. Our latest authentic information from New Orleans is of January 20. At that date, the Edict of the Intendant against our right of deposit had not been revoked, altho’ the letters to him and the Governor from the Spanish Minister here had been previously received. And it appears that the first outrage...
33From James Madison to Charles Pinckney, 26 October 1804 (Madison Papers)
I have received since my last of July 16th your several letters of 2d of May 4th & 11th of June and 30th of July. In conformity with your wish for the President’s permission to return to the United States, a letter for that purpose is now inclosed. The President could not oppose a wish naturally resulting from a situati⟨on⟩ which must be rendered by the actual temper of the Spanish Government,...
34From James Madison to Charles Pinckney, 25 October 1801 (Madison Papers)
In the instructions, accompanying your Commission, it was not forgotten, that the trespasses of Spain on our commerce, had laid the foundation for strong complaints and reclamations on the part of the United States; and it was accordingly made your duty to press them in a proper manner on the Spanish Government. As this violation of our neutral rights prevailed most during the misunderstanding...
35From James Madison to Charles Pinckney, 26 July 1802 (Madison Papers)
Your several letters now to be acknowledged are of March 20th. April 6 and April 20. The President has learnt with much satisfaction the readiness manifested by the Spanish Government to concur in establishing a Board for deciding on the indemnifications claimed by our citizens. My letter of Feby. 5th suggested an improvement in the definition of the powers of the Board, of which I hope you...
36From James Madison to Charles Pinckney, 10 April 1804 (Madison Papers)
My last to you was of the 6th of February, since which I have received your several letters dated on the 24th of October the 10. 20 22. 24 November 12th Decr. 10 & 24 of January. The complaint made to you by the French ambassador respecting desertions to our public ships from the French, has been communicated to the Secretary of the Navy, who will cause the proper enquiries to be made and will...
37From James Madison to Charles Pinckney, 27 November 1802 (Madison Papers)
Your dispatches by Mr Codman were delivered by him two days ago; but being voluminous, and the documents in the Spanish language, not yet fully translated, I am not able at present to convey to you the sentiments of the President on the subject. My letter of October 25th will have explained to you the scope of our claims on the Spanish Government; and I now only repeat the confidence...
38From James Madison to Charles Pinckney, 9 June 1801 (Madison Papers)
Herewith you will receive your commission as Minister Plenipotentiary to His Catholic Majesty, and the customary letter of credence. In presenting the latter, the President wishes you to enforce the friendly assurances it gives, by a repetition of them in terms that will best convey the sincere and earnest desire of the United States to cultivate harmony and confidence between the two...
39From James Madison to Charles Pinckney, 22 March 1803 (Madison Papers)
In your letter of the 10th of October which is only now come to hand, you inclose the accounts of Mr. Young and Yznardi, observing that you had admitted them. It is hardly necessary to intimate to you, that vouchers are necessary in all possible cases to support such accounts, and it is hoped that you have exacted them accordingly: but it is clear that most of the items charged in Mr Youngs...