1To James Madison from Timothy Wiggin, 27 February 1808 (Madison Papers)
I have heard from undoubted authority that Some British Merchants trading to Canada, have Shiped, & are preparing to ship, large quantities of Such goods as are prohibited by the American nonimportation act, with the avowed intention of passing them from that quarter, into the United States. How far this plan may be practicable, and whether any additional precautionary measures may be...