11To James Madison from Carlos Martínez de Yrujo, 22 June 1801 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
22 June 1801, Philadelphia. Encloses the passports JM requested on 18 June [letter not found] for Charles Pinckney and his secretary John Graham. RC ( DNA : RG 59, NFL , Spain, vol. 2). 1 p.; written in Spanish; in a clerk’s hand; docketed by Wagner as received 26 June.
12To James Madison from Carlos Martínez de Yrujo, 21 July 1801 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
21 July 1801, Philadelphia. In response to JM’s letter of 15 July [not found], Yrujo is sending Ebenezer Stevens a passport for the Peace and Plenty , which is bound for Tunis with munitions and naval supplies according to the agreement between the U.S. and the regency. RC ( DNA : RG 59, NFL , Spain, vol. 2). 1 p.; written in Spanish; in a clerk’s hand, except for Yrujo’s complimentary close...
13To James Madison from Carlos Martínez de Yrujo, [3 August] 1801 (Madison Papers)
I have received your letter of the 24 July last in which you enclose me an extract of a letter of Josiah Blakeley, Agent of the united States at the Port of Santiago in Cuba and I shall with pleasure take the step you request in favor of the American seamen captured on board of English vessels. The repeated acts of violence, on the part of the naval commanders of that nation, towards American...
14To James Madison from Carlos Martínez de Yrujo, 4 September 1801 (Madison Papers)
Altho I have been inform’[d] this four days of the return of the Maryland, supposing you e[n]gaged on important buisseness, I have declin’d to intrude upon you about those which are only personal of mine. After the time elaps’d since you must have receiv’d the Dispatches from France I do address myself with more confidence to request from you to inform me of the answer of my Court to the...
15To James Madison from Carlos Martínez de Yrujo, 28 November 1801 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
28 November 1801, Philadelphia. Requests JM to inform the president that he has received official notification of Spain’s peace treaty with Portugal, the terms of which reveal the moderation and reasonableness of the Spanish king. RC ( DNA : RG 59, NFL , Spain, vol. 2). 1 p.; written in Spanish; in a clerk’s hand, except for Yrujo’s complimentary close and signature. Spain and Portugal had...
16To James Madison from Carlos Martínez de Yrujo, 22 January 1802 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
22 January 1802, Philadelphia. Announces Valentín de Foronda’s appointment as Spanish consul general for the U.S. and his arrival in Philadelphia. Requests JM to relay news to the president and solicits exequatur for him. RC ( DNA : RG 59, NFL , Spain, vol. 2). 1 p.; written in Spanish; in a clerk’s hand, except for Yrujo’s complimentary close and signature. The text of Jefferson’s 29 Jan....
17To James Madison from Carlos Martínez de Yrujo, 18 February 1802 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
18 February 1802, Philadelphia. Acknowledges JM’s letter of 16 Feb. on behalf of eight American citizens arrested in Havana. Promises to write to the captain-general of Havana and will enclose a copy of JM’s letter. Will see that Clement Biddle of Philadelphia receives a copy of his own letter as JM wishes. Has delivered passports for Thomas Dulton and John Francis Tombarel according to JM’s...
18To James Madison from Carlos Martínez de Yrujo, 22 March 1802 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
22 March 1802, Washington. Refers to his demand made a long time ago of the U.S. government to execute the stipulations of article 5 of the treaty between Spain and the U.S. in the pursuit of the bandit Bowles, long resident among the Indians in U.S. territory. Does not know what steps the U.S. has taken to comply with the stipulations of the article. If anything has been done, it has not been...
19To James Madison from Carlos Martínez de Yrujo, 29 March 1802 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
29 March 1802, Washington. In order to preserve the friendliest relations with the U.S. government and avoid occasions for differences between the U.S. and Spain, notifies JM that the Spanish policy prohibiting neutrals from trading with Spanish colonies will be energetically enforced, even to the point of confiscating contraband vessels. Hopes the U.S. will take steps to ensure that this...
20To James Madison from Carlos Martínez de Yrujo, 18 April 1802 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
18 April 1802, Washington. Complains of the indecorous invective aimed at the Spanish government by American newspapers for several months. Spain is only exercising its indisputable right to regulate trade with its colonial possessions. Criticism is unjust since the Spanish government, after deciding not to admit neutrals to Spanish ports in this part of the world, communicated this resolution...