1To James Madison from Alexander McRae, 22 July 1809 (Madison Papers)
I have the honor of forwarding to you a letter which my friend Mr. Wirt was so obliging as to hand me, at the time of his departure from the City. It is probable that Major Clarke & I in pursuit of the object referred to by Mr. Wirt, may be prepared to leave Richmond about the 3rd. or 4th. of August on our way to Philadelphia or New-York, from one of which places we propose to embark for...
2To James Madison from Alexander McRae, 11 August 1809 (Madison Papers)
On the 22nd. Ult. I enclosed to Mr. Jefferson a letter from Mr. Wirt, communicating in substance the information contained in Mr. Wirt’s letter to you, (which I had the honor of forwarding about the same period) concerning the object which carries Majr. Clarke & myself to Europe. I have received from Mr. Jefferson a very friendly answer, containing letters of introduction which place Majr....
3To James Madison from Alexander McRae, 8 December 1809 (Madison Papers)
Major Clarke and I had the honor some time ago to receive thro’ our friend Mr. Wirt, letters from you, addressed to the American Ministers at London and at Paris. These letters (which I now have with me) were delivered to me sealed, and I am consequently ignorant of their contents; but recollecting as I do the purport of Mr. Wirt’s letter addressed to you in our behalf, I presume we were both...
4To James Madison from Alexander McRae, 8 December 1809 (Madison Papers)
Al: McRae returns his respects to Mr. Madison. As it will be known on Al: McRae’s arrival in Europe, that he passed thro’ Washington about this period, he cannot help thinking that letters bearing this date, will be more to his advantage, than letters in the very same words but bearing a much earlier date could be. He therefore avails himself of the permission granted by Mr. Madison, to return...
5To James Madison from Alexander McRae, 26 December 1809 (Madison Papers)
As an American citizen I think it my duty to inform you of the extraordinary and (as I thought) most unwarrantable treatment, which I this day received from his Britannic Majesty’s Consul Phineas Bond esqr., at his residence in this place. Before I left Washington, (on my way to Europe) desiring such a protection as the Government of my Country might be pleased to afford me while abroad; I...
6To James Madison from Alexander McRae, 7 January 1810 (Madison Papers)
I fear that the frequency of my communications, on topics principally interesting to myself, may have some tendency to render them irksome to you; but it was my impression, that the Public had, and would properly feel, some concern (’tho I am a private citizen) in the treatment I received at Philadelphia, from Phineas Bond esqr. and I therefore performed what I beleived to be a duty, when I...
7To James Madison from Alexander McRae, 26 January 1811 (Madison Papers)
The change which it was General Armstrong’s pleasure before he left France to make in the American Consulate at Paris, gave me the honor to receive your communication of Judge Cooper’s patriotic wishes, to obtain the publications &c. indicated by the copy of his Letter which was enclosed to Mr. Warden. A Stranger, & almost entirely ignorant of the language even of the Country, I have been...