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Having been absent from Phila. for these 18 days past & travelled far into a part of Virginia, where I had no opportunity to see the late newspapers from the Northward, it is but to day on my return to Washington, I have been apprised of a publication highly injurious to my character, which under the garb of sworn evidence, has been made by a certain W. Jackson of Philada. in the paper of...
14 June 1805, Philadelphia . Says if the Huntress, carrying supplies for the U.S. squadron in the Mediterranean, has been seized by a Spanish privateer under the circumstances communicated in JM’s letter of 11 June , that he received on 13 June, he can only disapprove highly an act so contrary to the friendly disposition of the king toward the United States. Can only, however, note at the same...
20 July 1802, Mount Pleasant, near Philadelphia. Informs JM of the exchange of ratifications of the treaty of peace between Spain and Russia. RC ( DNA : RG 59, NFL , Spain, vol. 2). 1 p.; in Spanish; in a clerk’s hand, except for Yrujo’s complimentary close and signature.
23 March 1805, Philadelphia . Encloses a Madrid gazette containing the manifesto of Charles IV, which reveals the powerful motives the king had for declaring war on England. It is impossible to review them without lamenting that a nation whose rank and scale among the powers of Europe and whose political customs ought to be examples of moderation and justice, has so far forgotten in its...
22 June 1801, Philadelphia. Encloses the passports JM requested on 18 June [letter not found] for Charles Pinckney and his secretary John Graham. RC ( DNA : RG 59, NFL , Spain, vol. 2). 1 p.; written in Spanish; in a clerk’s hand; docketed by Wagner as received 26 June.
5 November 1804, Philadelphia. In view of the good feelings toward the U.S. government that prompted his letter of 22 Oct. asking for the punishment of Kemper and his associates for the causes therein described, he can only be surprised to find by JM’s response, which he has just this moment received, that JM was able to imagine his letter was “ tinctured by the insinuations resulting from the...
21 October 1804, Philadelphia. States that he read with the attention it merited JM’s letter of 15 Oct. , which he received the day before and which was in reply to his own of 13 Oct. , and although he deems it useless to enter into discussion on the various points it contains, he cannot refrain from making some observations on those that to him seem important. Believes the president ought not...
28 November 1801, Philadelphia. Requests JM to inform the president that he has received official notification of Spain’s peace treaty with Portugal, the terms of which reveal the moderation and reasonableness of the Spanish king. RC ( DNA : RG 59, NFL , Spain, vol. 2). 1 p.; written in Spanish; in a clerk’s hand, except for Yrujo’s complimentary close and signature. Spain and Portugal had...
22 January 1802, Philadelphia. Announces Valentín de Foronda’s appointment as Spanish consul general for the U.S. and his arrival in Philadelphia. Requests JM to relay news to the president and solicits exequatur for him. RC ( DNA : RG 59, NFL , Spain, vol. 2). 1 p.; written in Spanish; in a clerk’s hand, except for Yrujo’s complimentary close and signature. The text of Jefferson’s 29 Jan....
22 October 1804, Philadelphia. Although he has known for several weeks from the newspapers about the efforts of Nathaniel Kemper and other American citizens to attack the fort at Baton Rouge and to incite the inhabitants of West Florida to revolt, he deferred making the appropriate representations to the U.S. government on the subject until he received the news in a more authentic mode. Since...