1To James Madison from William C. C. Claiborne, 22 February 1809 (Madison Papers)
On the 15th. of January last I had the honor to enclose you a Letter which had been addressed to me, by Governor-General Salcedo, announcing his determination to deliver to the order of their masters certain Negro’s who had fled to the Province of Texas. Desirous to pursue on my part a like conduct as relates to slaves the property of Spanish Subjects, who might take refuge in this Territory,...
2To James Madison from William C. C. Claiborne, 13 February 1809 (Madison Papers)
A Mail from Washington, by the way of Fort Stoddart arrived on this morning, but has brought me no official Communications. Mr. Julien Poydras, (who is avowedly friendly to the General and local Administration) has been elected by the Territorial Legislature a Delegate to Congress, for the ensuing two years; Doctor Watkins, was the candidate in opposition & is understood here, to have received...
3To James Madison from William C. C. Claiborne, 27 December 1808 (Madison Papers)
Will you be good enough to convey to the President of the U. States my grateful acknowledgments for the flattering proof afforded me of his continued confidence by my reappointment as Governor of this Territory, & to assure him, that in the discharge of the duties annexed to that office, I shall never be actuated by other, than the purest motives of honest patriotism. The enclosure is a Copy...
4To James Madison from William C. C. Claiborne, 9 December 1808 (Madison Papers)
The enclosures No. 1 & 2 are Letters I lately received from Governor Folch, and that No. 3 a Copy of the Answer I have returned. Governor Folch in these Communications has discovered an irritability of temper, which the occasion did not call for, nor could I avoid taking exception to the Stile in which he thought proper to address me. The Embargo , always disagreeable to our neighbours of...
5To James Madison from William C. C. Claiborne, 23 November 1808 (Madison Papers)
Mr. John C. Carr, the Parish Judge of Nachitoches, advises me by letter, bearing date the 9th. Instant, that the fugitive Slaves had all arrived at Nacogdoches, & the Provincial Governor, had repeated to him (Mr. C) "the old Story", that "such measures would be adopted as would tend to perpetuate that harmony &c, the existence of which, is so essential to the interests of both Nations"; but...
6To James Madison from William C. C. Claiborne, 14 November 1808 (Madison Papers)
Your letter of the 12th. Ultimo (covering copies of the orders of the Secretary’s of War & of the Navy relative to the deserters which had been forcibly taken from the District of Baton Rouge) has been received; & in reply to a late letter from Governor Grand Pré, in which he expressed a Solicitude, to learn the orders of the President, relative to that transaction , I did on the 11th....
7To James Madison from William C. C. Claiborne, 8 November 1808 (Madison Papers)
At the particular request of the Lady Abbess of the Ursuline Convent, I take the liberty to ask of you the favor, to give the enclosed letters a safe conveyance, particularly the one directed to "Monsieur Pierre Walsh Agent General des Etats-Unis à Montpellier". I also enclose for your perusal, a letter to me from the Lady Abbess, stating the desire of the Nuns to add to their present number,...
8To James Madison from William C. C. Claiborne, 6 November 1808 (Madison Papers)
In a former letter, I had the honor to communicate the final determination of Mr. N. Salcedo Governor General of the Interior Provinces of New-Mexico, not to restore the fugitive Slaves, who had sought an Asylum in the Province of Texas, prior to a receipt of orders to that effect from the Government of Spain: & I now transmit for your perusal, a Copy of a letter to me, (No. 1) from the Parish...
9To James Madison from William C. C. Claiborne, 29 October 1808 (Madison Papers)
I know not in what manner I could better conform to a request made of me, in a letter from Captain Abrahams, the Military Agent at this place, than to take the liberty of transmitting the Letter itself for your perusal. Captain Abrahams seems to me, to have exercised in his Department a most prudent economy, and from the zeal and Integrity in office, which he has here manifested, I am...
10To James Madison from William C. C. Claiborne, 9 October 1808 (Madison Papers)
The Legislature of the Territory Commences its sessions, on the 9th. of January next, and in eight days thereafter my Commission as Governor, which bears date on the 17th. of January 1806 (and is to continue in force for three years from the date thereof) will expire. In case "of the death, removal, resignation or necessary absence of the Governor, the Secretary shall be, and he is authorised...