1From James Madison to William Stewart, 4 May 1802 (Madison Papers)
Letter not found. 4 May 1802, Department of State. Offered for sale in Stan. V. Henkels Catalogue No. 1454 (15 May 1931), item 45, which notes that it is a one-page letter “regarding the enclosure of William Stewart’s commission as Consul of the U.S. at Smyrna.”
2To James Madison from William Stewart, 28 October 1802 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
28 October 1802, London. Acknowledges the recent receipt of JM’s letter of 4 May enclosing his commission as consul at Smyrna, Gallatin’s circular to collectors, and the instructions of 1 Aug. “The other instructions referred to in above letter were not inclosed.” This will be no inconvenience as Erving has allowed Stewart to copy his, which presumably are the same. Requests that JM forward...
3To James Madison from William Stewart, 28 October 1802 (Madison Papers)
I had the honor to receive a few days since, your much respected letter of 4th. May, inclosing my commission as Consul for the United States at Smyrna, as also the circular of the Secretary of the Treasury to the different Collectors, and instructions of the 1st. August. The other instructions referred to in the above letter were not inclosed. This circumstance will not subject me to the least...
4To James Madison from William Stewart, 25 April 1803 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
25 April 1803, Smyrna. Last wrote from London on 28 Oct. 1802 . Now informs JM of his safe arrival and promises to omit no exertions to fulfill his duties to the satisfaction of the government and of “those navigators, who may frequent these seas.” On arrival he found a duplicate commission and his instructions, which will serve as a rule for his future conduct. Before coming to Smyrna he...
5To James Madison from William Stewart, 25 April 1803 (Madison Papers)
I had the honor to write to you from London on the 28th. October last, to acknowledge the reciept of the letter with which you honored me, from the Department of State, dated the 4th. of May 1802, and to beg you to express to his excellency the president my sincere thanks for the confidence he had shown, in nominating me consul for the United States at this port. Having safely arrived here, my...