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To James Madison from James Leander Cathcart, 6 June 1806 (Abstract)

From James Leander Cathcart, 6 June 1806 (Abstract)

§ From James Leander Cathcart. 6 June 1806, Baltimore. “I was hond. with yr favor of the 2nd. inst in course of post & would have replied to it had I had any thing to inform you worthy your attention: The presents are compleated, the Cattle, plate, & Mocca Coffee excepted: I have made purchases for the Ambassador to the amount of 20,000, the whole of which is lodged in the public stores: he seems perfectly satisfied with the arrangements made for his departure & intends compleating his speculations at Boston to the utmost extent of his funds; & he has given distant hints that if he had the present which he expects to receive from govt. that he would vest it in Coffee & Indigo; while he was under the apprehension that he must return to Washington he seem’d very uneasy as the measure would have interfered with his mercantile arrangements & he likewise dreaded the fatigue of the Journey.

“As I recd. no funds to supply the Ambassador from, I request that a credit may be forwarded to Boston to the amount of about 3000 dollars.

“We propose departing for Philadelphia in the morning & intend to put up at Francisses Hotel 4th. Street where I shall be happy to receive your commands.”1

RC (DNA: RG 59, CD, Tunis, vol. 3). 1 p.; docketed by Wagner.

1For Francis’s Hotel, see PJM description begins William T. Hutchinson et al., eds., The Papers of James Madison (1st ser., vols. 1–10, Chicago, 1962–77; vols. 11–17, Charlottesville, Va., 1977–91). description ends 16:373 n. 1.

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