11To James Madison from DeWitt Clinton, 7 November 1806 (Madison Papers)
Having understood that Capt. Whitby has stated in a letter to the British Consul of this City that he had in his possession an affidavit of a Pilot which proves that he had not violated the jurisdiction of the United States in his killing of Pierce, I thought it expedient to procure the enclosed affidavits, which will establish beyond doubt the illegality of his conduct and that no authorized...
12To James Madison from DeWitt Clinton, 7 June 1806 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
§ From DeWitt Clinton. 7 June 1806, New York. “I received your letter yesterday and having full confidence in the integrity & prudence of Mr. Mark I delivered the dispatches to him with particular directions & without apprising him of their nature. I have taken his receipt for them. He sails to morrow.” Letterbook copy ( NNC : DeWitt Clinton Papers). 1 p. JM to Clinton, 3 June 1806 .
13To James Madison from DeWitt Clinton, 14 August 1805 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
§ From DeWitt Clinton. 14 August 1805, New York . “I enclose certain documents to prove the impressment &. detention of an American Citizen. “I also enclose a memorandum of the place &c. where he obtained his protection which may throw further light on the subject of his Citizenship.” Letterbook copy ( NNC : DeWitt Clinton Papers). 1 p.
14To James Madison from DeWitt Clinton, 8 May 1808 (Madison Papers)
I take the liberty of introducing to your notice Mr Astor a respectable Citizen of this place: He will explain to you the objects of his visit to Washington more particularly than is requisite in this letter. At the last session our Legislature at the instance of Mr Astor incorporated a Fur Company, and as this measure has an important bearing upon our relations with the Indian Nations, he...
15To James Madison from DeWitt Clinton, 25 April 1806 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
§ From DeWitt Clinton. 25 April 1806, New York. “I enclose you certain documents in favor of an American Citizen now in confinement at Guadaloupe. The Captn states that he will probably be condemned to death (unless interference takes place in his favor) owing to false testimony and violent prejudices against him and that the chief criminal Judge assured him that the prisoner would be...
16To James Madison from DeWitt Clinton (Abstract), 10 April 1805 (Madison Papers)
10 April 1805, New York . “I enclose you a recommendation in favor of Peter Totten for Consul at St Croix. In addition to this I may mention that he is strongly recommended for that office by Counceller Bentzon of that Island in a letter to the Swedish Consul of this City—who informs me that Bentzon is one of the most respectable and influential members of the Govt. of the Danish West Indies....
17To James Madison from DeWitt Clinton, 31 May 1805 (Madison Papers)
I enclose you some documents to prove the impressment of Philip Milligan a Citizen of the U. S. on board of a British Vessel of War. His Mother is a Widow & in great distress upon account of the situation of her son. If his release is obtained or you shall receive favorable intelligence respecting it, I will thank you to inform me of it in order to communicate it to her. Letterbook copy ( NNC...
18To James Madison from DeWitt Clinton, 28 June 1806 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
§ From DeWitt Clinton. 28 June 1806, New York. “Knowing personally the gentlemen who have subscribed the within representation & being fully persuaded not only of its correctness but of its importance to our commerce I beg leave to recommend it to the particular attention of the President. Capt. Jones of Philadelphia (formerly a representative to Congress) is well known to you. “A good...
19To James Madison from DeWitt Clinton, 7 August 1806 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
§ From DeWitt Clinton. 7 August 1806, New York. “In defiance of every persuasion, the Tunisians here have peremptorily refused to proceed to Boston and to join their Embassador: They wish to be furnished with a passage to France or England with a view of soliciting the protection of the Ottoman Minister there and they say that they are confident if they proceed to Tunis they will suffer death....
20To James Madison from DeWitt Clinton, 23 June 1804 (Madison Papers)
I now inclose you a copy of Dr Rodgers letter as sworn to by him. Also a copy of Dr Bayleys affidavit not heretofore transmitted and the original letter of Capt Bradley (of which I have heretofore sent you a copy) which amounts to a confession of some of the principal charges against him. If you should want any of the originals of the documents I have forwarded, they shall be immediately sent,...
21To James Madison from DeWitt Clinton, 1 May 1805 (Madison Papers)
I thank you for your friendly communication of the 10th. April. The views it affords of the important subjects of which it treats are highly satisfactory and will be useful to me. I had not time to review the correspondence between Messrs. Fairlie & Barclay when it was transmitted to you—but upon the receipt of your letter I immediately recurred to it and to a recent letter of Mr Barclay’s to...
22To James Madison from DeWitt Clinton, 13 November 1804 (Madison Papers)
I do myself the honor of enclosing to You some documents together with a correspondence which has recently taken place between the Commissary of Commercial Relations of the French Government and myself respecting a violation of our laws by some of the Officers of the French Frigates recently in this port. It may be proper to mention That the french Officers unquestionably supposed that they...
23To James Madison from DeWitt Clinton, 30 July 1804 (Madison Papers)
Absence from the City prevented an earlier answer to your favor of the 9th. I now enclose with great pleasure the documents requested. From a paper of this morning it appears that an American Brig from Bourdeaux was taken by the Cambrian on Thursday last off the hook and ordered into Halifax and that six passengers were recently impressed in another Vessel by the same Frigate. I enclose you...
24To James Madison from DeWitt Clinton, 25 November 1804 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
25 November 1804, New York. “I beg leave to introduce to your acquaintance Thomas Emmet Esquire formerly an eminent Lawyer in Dublin. He has come into this Country (with a view to a permanent residence) with the most respectable recommendations and his conduct has made a very favorable impression on the minds of the Citizens of this place. “You have seen the list of our Electors. There is not...
25To James Madison from DeWitt Clinton, 3 September 1801 (Madison Papers)
You will pardon the liberty I take when you know that it proceeds from a Sincere desire to promote the popularity and stability of Mr. Jefferson’s administration. I do not hesitate to say that I consider its success as intimately connected with the destiny of republican governm’t and that heretofore it has received the unqualified approbation of the real republican party of this State. The...
26To James Madison from DeWitt Clinton, 10 May 1803 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
10 May 1803, Newtown, Long Island. Introduces John M. Goetschius, a citizen of New York, who “is a man of fair character and good political principles.” RC ( DLC ). 1 p. Signature clipped.
27To James Madison from DeWitt Clinton, 23 August 1804 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
23 August 1804, New York. “I esteem it my duty to transmit to you the enclosed documents which go to establish a continuance of misconduct on the part of British Vessels of War in relation to the commerce and navigation of this City.” Letterbook copy ( NNC ). 1 p. Written below the letterbook copy is a note: “9 Affidavits numbered from one upwards and all taken before me.” The enclosures have...
28To James Madison from DeWitt Clinton, 20 May 1806 (Madison Papers)
I enclose you a copy of a letter I received from Captain Whitby, on the 7th. instant, the day after the publication of the President’s Proclamation. The letter of the Commandant of Fort Jay will sufficiently refute the falsehood to which it refers. I also transmit copies of certain affidavits taken before me. Shortly after the receipt of Captain Whitbys letter I called on the British Consul...
29To James Madison from DeWitt Clinton (Abstract), 4 May 1805 (Madison Papers)
4 May 1805, New York . “I hope it will not be considered obtrusive in me to ask whether there is any foundation in the reports which prevail here, that Mr Lee our Consul at Bourdeaux is to be removed or transferred to some other place. I ask this with a view to the accomodation of a friend in case a vacancy shall occur. “Our elections terminated on Thursday last and have no doubt been as...
30To James Madison from DeWitt Clinton, 30 September 1805 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
§ From DeWitt Clinton. 30 September 1805, New York. “Capt. Alexr. Coffin of the Ship Penman of this Port has some business with your department of great importance to himself & connexions. I beg leave to recommend him to your patronage as highly worthy of it.” RC ( DNA : RG 76, Preliminary Inventory 177, entry 180, Great Britain, Treaty of 1794 [Art. VII], British Spoliations, ca. 1794–1824,...
31To James Madison from DeWitt Clinton, 3 May 1806 (Madison Papers)
The enclosed papers will inform you of ⟨cer⟩tain events which have taken place here relativ⟨e⟩ to the British Vessels of war off this port. There is reason to believe that supplies of provision intended for them were intercepted and brought back to this City after the murder of Pierce— and that a Pilot Boat went out of the port to recapture a Ship said to have been taken in our waters, and...
32To James Madison from DeWitt Clinton, 9 September 1806 (Madison Papers)
The principal secretary of the Tunisian Minister is now in this City & will depart this day for Boston with the definitive refusal of his refractory Countrymen. At his request I have given him a certificate of this fact & of their minister’s offer to pay their expences & to bury in oblivion all past differences. The Secretary assures me that this will be satisfactory to his principal & that he...
33To James Madison from DeWitt Clinton, 13 December 1803 (Madison Papers)
During the war between Great Britain & France, ships of war belonging to the belligerent nations will frequently visit our ports and their seamen availing themselves of the favorable opportunity will desert. In this case the magistracy will be requested to cause them to be delivered up, as in cases of deserters from the Merchant service. A question of great delicacy & of difficult solution...
34To James Madison from DeWitt Clinton, 26 April 1806 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
§ From DeWitt Clinton. 26 April 1806, New York. “There are three British Ships of War cruising off the Hook, the Leander Cambrian & Driver. I enclose you copies of Affidavits which shew various outrages committed by them. “In addition to this, it is proper to mention that several Merchant Vessels belonging to American Citizens are said to have been captured. “These outrages have excited great...
35To James Madison from DeWitt Clinton, 22 June 1804 (Madison Papers)
Since my letter to you, having received a notification from Genl Rey that the french frigates intended to remain in this port until a more favorable opportunity as they were now prevented from sailing with the first fair wind by a superior force, I permitted the Pilots to rejoin the British vessels of war at the Hook; altho’ I should have conceived myself perfectly justified in withholding...
36To James Madison from DeWitt Clinton, 17 June 1803 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
17 June 1803, Newtown, Long Island . Recommends Frederick Jenkins “as meritorious and well-qualified” for the consulate at Le Havre. [Nicholas N.] Quackenbush of Albany has resigned as commissioner of bankruptcy; recommends Abraham Ten Eyck of that city “as a very proper successor.” RC ( DNA : RG 59, LAR , 1801–9, filed under “Jenkins”). 1 p.; docketed by Jefferson with the notation: “Ten wyck...
37To James Madison from DeWitt Clinton, 1 July 1804 (Madison Papers)
I have the honor of acknowledging the receipt of your letter of the 25th. of June and its enclosures. I should have answered it immediately but I was anxious to obtain some documents which would throw further light on the subject of it; and these I could not procure until yesterday. The Attorney of the District will in a few days inform you of the proceedings, which have taken place on account...
38To James Madison from DeWitt Clinton, 5 May 1806 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
§ From DeWitt Clinton. 5 May 1806, New York. “I enclose you affidavits to establish the unjust detention of Frederick Moser a Citizen of this State on board of the British Ship of War Diadem. As the Witnesses are known to me to be of good reputation, I think there can be no doubt of the truth of their representations.” Letterbook copy and letterbook copy of enclosures ( NNC : DeWitt Clinton...
39To James Madison from DeWitt Clinton, 6 May 1806 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
§ From DeWitt Clinton. 6 May 1806, New York. “I have the honor of receiving your letter enclosing a proclamation of the President which will be published immediately. The name of the Captain of the Cambrian is John Nairne & of the Driver Simpson. “The provisions seized were principally deposited in the Alms House. The Common Council yesterday paid for them as an act of justice due on their...
40To James Madison from DeWitt Clinton (Abstract), 1 May 1805 (Madison Papers)
1 May 1805, New York . “I have the honor to enclose you certain papers [not found] relative to the impressment and release of Seth Marvine an American Citizen.” Letterbook copy ( NNC : DeWitt Clinton Papers). 1 p.; unsigned. In Clinton’s hand.