James Madison Papers

To James Madison from Thomas Bulkeley, 22 April 1801 (Abstract)

§ From Thomas Bulkeley

22 April 1801, Lisbon. Transmits this with preceding letter by the brig Schuylkill for Norfolk. Has received news from American consul at London that Tripoli has declared war on the U.S. Stoppage of mail through Spain delays confirmation.

RC (DNA: RG 59, CD, Lisbon, vol. 1). 2 pp.; in a clerk’s hand, unsigned. Text from copy sent with Bulkeley to JM, 7 June 1801.

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    To James Madison from Thomas Bulkeley, 22 April 1801 (Abstract)
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    Bulkeley, Thomas
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    Madison, James
    Date
    22 April 1801

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    “To James Madison from Thomas Bulkeley, 22 April 1801 (Abstract),” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Madison/02-01-02-0156. [Original source: The Papers of James Madison, Secretary of State Series, vol. 1, 4 March–31 July 1801, ed. Robert J. Brugger, Robert A. Rutland, Robert Rhodes Crout, Jeanne K. Sisson, and Dru Dowdy. Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia, 1986, p. 112.]

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