1From James Madison to Carlos Martínez de Yrujo, 22 April 1803 (Madison Papers)
Your letters of the 19, & 20 inst. the first communicating the orders of His Catholic Majesty for restoring the operation of the Treaty with the United States interrupted by the Intendant at New Orleans, the other communicating the clause inserted in the retrocession of Louissiana to France expressly saving all rights stipulated to other nations by the said Treaty; have been laid before the...
2From James Madison to Carlos Martínez de Yrujo, 1 June 1803 (Madison Papers)
I have had the honor to receive your letter of the 18th. ult. in which you represent, that American vessels have interfered in the fishery of seadogs and other amphibious animals, upon points occupied by Spanish subjects on the coast of South America; such interference having in many instances been supported by force: and you therefore signify by order of His Catholic Majesty, that he has...
3From James Madison to Carlos Martínez de Yrujo, 25 November 1802 (Madison Papers)
Information has just been received that the Port of New Orleans has been shut against the Commerce of the U. States from the Ocean into the Mississippi; and that the right of American Citizens to deposit their Merchandizes and effects in that port has also been prohibited, without the substitution of any equivalent establishment on the Banks of the Mississippi. An extract from the...
4From James Madison to Carlos Martínez de Yrujo, 4 April 1805 (Madison Papers)
Letter not found. 4 April 1805 . Calendared in the index to the State Department notes to foreign legations as “on the subject of the declaration of war by Spain agt. England” ( DNA : RG 59, Notes to Foreign Ministers and Consuls, vol. 1).
5From James Madison to Carlos Martínez de Yrujo, 16 February 1802 (Madison Papers)
Letter not found. 16 February 1802. Acknowledged in Yrujo to JM, 18 Feb. 1802 . Inquires about eight American citizens arrested in Havana and requests that Yrujo send Clement Biddle a copy of his reply.
6From James Madison to Carlos Martínez de Yrujo, 12 May 1802 (Madison Papers)
Mr. Madison has the Honor to inform the Chevalier d’Yrujo that no time has been lost in taking into Consideration the subject of his Note of the 3d. instant; and that the Governor of Pennsylvania has been requested to cause to be instituted the proper proceedings for ascertaining legally the offences which have been committed against the subjects of his Catholic Majesty, and for bringing the...
7From James Madison to Carlos Martínez de Yrujo, 10 March 1803 (Madison Papers)
The latest information from New Orleans makes it certain that altho’ your letters to the Governor & the Intendant of Louisiana had been received, the Edict of the latter against our right of deposit had not been rescinded. It is even found that this obnoxious measure had been followed by a rigorous prohibition of the ordinary hospitalities between the Citizens of the United States and the...
8From James Madison to Carlos Martínez de Yrujo, 4 October 1803 (Madison Papers)
I have duly received your two letters of the 4th. & 27th. Ult. and have laid them before the President. The repugnance manifested in these communications on the part of his Catholic Majesty to the cession of Louisiana lately made by the French Republic to the United States, was as little expected, as the objections to the transaction can avail against its solidity. The United States have given...
9From James Madison to Carlos Martínez de Yrujo, 8 February 1802 (Madison Papers)
Letter not found. 8 February 1802. Mentioned in Yrujo to JM, 18 Feb. 1802 . Requests passports for two Americans.
10From James Madison to Carlos Martínez de Yrujo, 29 November 1802 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
29 November 1802, Department of State. Asks for the letter Yrujo intended to transmit to New Orleans through the State Department “if it can be expedited before 3 OClock this day; as at that time [the] Secretary’s Dispatches for the Mississippi will be closed.” Letterbook copy ( DNA : RG 59, DL , vol. 14). 1 p.