1To Thomas Jefferson from Robert Montgomery, 22 May 1787 (Jefferson Papers)
The inclosed for Your Excellency was deliverd me by John Lamb Esqr. who calling in here on his way from Mahon to N. York, was obliged to remain in Quarantine on Account of Some appearance of Contagion among the Spanish Slaves from Algeirs now on the Island of Minorca, and as he Could not come on shore desired I would be Very perticular in forwarding his letter, of which you will please do me...
2To Thomas Jefferson from Robert Montgomery, 26 May 1787 (Jefferson Papers)
Alicante, 26 May 1787 . Wrote by the last post and enclosed a letter from Lamb, “who is Yet in Quarantine.” A vessel arrived at Carthagena from Algiers last week brought news of the Dey’s death and the continuance of the plague. Has no other news except that he has been told that “the Cecession of hostillities with Napoles has not been Very Strictly attended to on the Side of the Pirates.” RC...
3To Thomas Jefferson from Robert Montgomery, 24 July 1787 (Jefferson Papers)
Alicante, 24 July 1787. Thanks TJ for his letter of 6 July; hopes that under the protection of TJ and John Jay the consulate of Alicante will not slip from him to another; has spent eleven years in “Close application to know the Language and Laws of this Country, the Commerce it is Capable of and disposition of the People”; asks TJ to write to Congress on his behalf; seeks no emolument at...
4To Thomas Jefferson from Robert Montgomery, 25 August 1787 (Jefferson Papers)
Alicante, 25 Aug. 1787 . Last wrote TJ on 24 July and has had no reply. Has letters from Algiers of 17 Aug. “which mention that the fury of the Plague was much Mitigated … Scarce two Persons were daily carried off by it whereas Some months ago the deaths frequently ascended to two hundred and twenty.” Deaths since 1 Jan. are estimated at 16,000 Mohammedans, 1,800 Jews, and 640 Christian...
5To Thomas Jefferson from Robert Montgomery, 15 October 1787 (Jefferson Papers)
Alicante, 15 Oct. 1787 . Acknowledges TJ’s letter of 10 Sep. and will follow his advice concerning the consulate. Has just received a letter from Algiers, dated 29 Sep., which states that the plague has subsided and that the people go about their ordinary business; has also been informed that the crew of a Russian ship, captured by the Algerines, has been ransomed through the mediation of the...
6To Thomas Jefferson from Robert Montgomery, 13 June 1788 (Jefferson Papers)
We arrived here 9th. Inst. and the Vessel for Virginia had sail’d the day before. Which we regret exceedingly, as the Character of the Vessel and Captain was good. We shall remain here Until the last of next week, to be inform’d of the determination of the French Packet. Mr. Limousin was so kind as to call upon us yesterday, his Opinion is that there will Sail a Packet, in three or four weeks....
7To Thomas Jefferson from John Jay, 25 November 1788 (Jefferson Papers)
My last to you was dated the 23d. September last. It mentioned my having received your Letters of 4th. 23d. and 30th. May. I have since been favored with four others, vizt. 29th. July and 3d. 10th. and 11th. August with the Papers mentioned to be enclosed. They have not been laid before Congress, although I transmitted them to the President for that Purpose; for a sufficient Number of Members...
8To Thomas Jefferson from Robert Montgomery, 21 August 1790 (Jefferson Papers)
Alicante, 21 Aug. 1790. He has corresponded constantly with Mr. Carmichael and given him all the useful information possible about “Our Commercial and political affairs on this coast of the Mediteranean,” and did not trouble TJ since his letter of 15 Oct. 1787. Duty and inclination prompt him to congratulate TJ and the country on his appointment. “The Algerians continue to cruise on this...
9To Thomas Jefferson from Robert Montgomery, 13 March 1791 (Jefferson Papers)
Alicante, 13 Mch. 1791 . Refers to his of 21 Aug. 1790 and encloses letter from Algiers received yesterday. All is quiet in this quarter. Situation of Turks becomes daily more critical, according to best accounts from Constantinople. A very large Turkish vessel bound from Algiers to Constantinople captured lately by Russian cruiser. She was loaded with military stores and very large sum of...
10To Thomas Jefferson from Robert Montgomery, 17 July 1791 (Jefferson Papers)
Alicante, 17 July 1791 . He has been deprived of TJ’s favors since his of 13 Mch.—He encloses two letters “from one of our slaves at Algiers.” The pirates continue to cruise. A 20-gun “Xebeque” touched at Carthagena for water and provisions last Sunday after having been, he reported, 40 days in the Atlantic. Also, a 2-gun rowboat off Malaga spoke of several vessels now in quarantine here. But...