To James Madison from John Baptiste Sartori, 1 June 1801 (Abstract)
§ From John Baptiste Sartori
1 June 1801, Philadelphia. Explains that private business has required his return to the U.S. Before his departure, he appointed his father vice-consul in Rome and Stefano Desplas vice-consul at Civitavecchia, “the principal Port in the Roman Territory.” Requests that his absence be excused. Has today received a letter from Desplas of 10 Mar. reporting Tripoli’s threat of a declaration of war if “Customary Tribute” had not arrived by 15 Apr. Encloses a list of American vessels entering Civitavecchia in 1800.
RC (DNA: RG 59, CD, Rome, vol. 1). 2 pp. Enclosure not found. The Senate had approved Adams’s nomination of Sartori as consul at Rome on 26 June 1797 (, 1:247).
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