131To James Madison from William Pinkney, 12 September 1808 (Madison Papers)
Mr. Canning has not yet replied to my Note. They tell me at Downing Street, where I called this Morning again, that he is out of Town for some Days, but that Hammond returns Tomorrow. The Hope is not yet arrived, but may be expected every Day, as I learn through a Gentleman who left Paris on the 21st. of last Month. It begins now to be understood that the present Wheat Crop in this Country...
132To James Madison from William Pinkney, 2 November 1808 (Madison Papers)
I have this Moment recd., by Lieut. Gibbon, your official Letter of Sepr. 9th. & your private Letter of the same Date. You will have discovered some Weeks ago that the Hope which I had entertained of a satisfactory Issue of my Discussions with Mr. Canning was unfounded. I trust it will be thought that the Experiment has been completely made, and that no Man can be found to maintain that every...
133To James Madison from William Pinkney, 22 January 1812 (Madison Papers)
I have received a Letter from Mr Dallas (of the 16th.) from which it appears that he had not been applied to by Mr. Gallatin to assist in the Cases in the supreme Court of the US. in which it was thought his Aid would be advisable, and further that he would be willing to assist if applied to. Although I shall be perfectly prepared to argue one of them (the Case of the French National Vessel)...
134To James Madison from William Pinkney, 10 July 1808 (Madison Papers)
I had the Honor to write you a short Letter by Mr. Temple Bowdoin, dated, I think, on the 29th. of last Month, of which (not having it here) I cannot now send a Duplicate. It stated, that I had received by the British Packet a Duplicate of your Dispatch by the St. Michael, that I had just had an Interview with Mr. Canning, and that there was Reason to believe that the Object mentioned in that...