1To Thomas Jefferson from James Simpson, 25 August 1793 (Jefferson Papers)
Gibraltar, 25 Aug. 1793 . Having already written by this opportunity, he only mentions that the Portuguese consul was advised from Málaga that some days ago an American schooner, name and destination unknown, was captured off Vélez-Málaga by three Algerine cruisers, but that the crew had escaped and arrived at that port. Two of the cruisers were the small galleys he mentioned from Oran and the...
2To Thomas Jefferson from James Simpson, 12 February 1793 (Jefferson Papers)
Gibraltar, 12 Feb. 1793 . He encloses two dispatches from Humphreys and a duplicate of one he had forwarded from the late Thomas Barclay some weeks ago by the English ship Norfolk , Wilson master, bound for Baltimore. By the death of his “much esteemed Friend” Barclay he has been placed in “a very particular situation,” since Barclay after arriving from Lisbon did not take a receipt for the...
3To Thomas Jefferson from James Simpson, 22 May 1793 (Jefferson Papers)
Gibraltar, 22 May 1793 . He wrote on 30 Apr. by the American brig Holebrooke bound for Philadelphia upon learning that Muley Suliman had arrived at Alcázar from Mequinez, where deputies from the midland provinces invited him to accompany them in force to Morocco. Since then, instead of coming to Tetán and Tangier, Muley Suliman yielded to these deputies to the extent that on 28 Apr. he left...
4To Thomas Jefferson from James Simpson, 29 June 1793 (Jefferson Papers)
Gibraltar, 29 June 1793 . Having last written on 1 June, he now has just enough time to advise by way of the American brig Bacchus , recently released from detention by a Spanish privateer in Algeciras, that the army Muley Suliman sent from Rabat to the province of Shauia has been totally routed by a superior force opposed to its proceeding southward, in consequence of which Suliman returned...
5To Thomas Jefferson from James Simpson, 19 February 1793 (Jefferson Papers)
Gibraltar, 19 Feb. 1793 . He encloses a duplicate of his letter of 12 Feb. that went by the ship Perseverance of Philadelphia. He opened a box of velvets, silks, and broadcloth left with him by Barclay. The velvets are undamaged, the cloth received only trifling injury from moths, and three pieces of the satin are a little mildewed, but a good airing stopped this deterioration. After one box...
6To Thomas Jefferson from James Simpson, 9 August 1793 (Jefferson Papers)
Gibraltar, 9 Aug. 1793. He encloses a copy of the letter he wrote on 4 July by way of Charleston. Since then Muley Suliman has remained at Fez, where he is rumored to be gathering another army to make another attempt on Morocco. The two consuls mentioned in his last as having been sent by Spain to Safi and Tangier have not in fact assumed the consular character or brought presents to the...
7To Thomas Jefferson from James Simpson, 1 June 1793 (Jefferson Papers)
Gibraltar, 1 June 1793 . Having been detained by contrary winds, the vessel this letter goes by also brings his letter of 22 May, to which he adds intelligence of the capture off Cape Gata by an Algerine row boat of an American schooner from Cartagena, the Lark , Captain Pulling, and the escape of her master and crew to Spain. Muley Suliman, to whom most provinces have sent deputies, remains...
8To Thomas Jefferson from James Simpson, 4 July 1793 (Jefferson Papers)
Gibraltar, 4 July 1793 . He encloses a copy of his 29 June dispatch to TJ sent by the brig Bacchus of Philadelphia, since which there has been no interesting news from Barbary. Seeing no likelihood of a speedy accommodation between the pretenders to the Moroccan throne, Spain has sought to demonstrate her neutrality by lately sending one consul to reside in Safi under Muley Ischem’s dominion...
9To Thomas Jefferson from James Simpson, 23 August 1793 (Jefferson Papers)
Gibraltar, 23 Aug. 1793 . He encloses a copy of the dispatch he addressed to TJ on 9 Aug. by the Sophia for Philadelphia. Last week he opened cases no. 7–10 and 12 that Barclay left in his charge in order to air the contents, which conformed exactly to the inventory he and Humphreys found among Barclay’s papers. Most of the goods are in good condition, though some have been damaged by water or...
10To Thomas Jefferson from James Simpson, 26 September 1793 (Jefferson Papers)
Gibraltar, 26 Sep. 1793 . Inclosing a copy of his letter of 25 Aug. sent to New York by the brig Ann , he acknowledges TJ’s 22 Mch. letter, received a few days ago from Humphreys, and will comply with the directions about the public money and effects left in his charge by Thomas Barclay. What he has done with those articles will be explained by the enclosed letter from Humphreys. He is pleased...