1To James Madison from Turell Tufts, 21 August 1801 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
21 August 1801, Paramaribo. States that a newspaper extract of his last letter was sent by a British merchant to the person concerned [the port collector at Paramaribo] “in expectation that it would provoke the man to cramp our Intercourse still more.” Extract “caused great irritation [and] produced many threats,” compelling him to deny authorship, but the episode has resulted in better...
2To James Madison from Turell Tufts, 21 August 1801 (Madison Papers)
A Newspaper containing an Extract from my last Letter to you having been recd. here, it was immediately Sent to the Person whom it most concerned, by an English Merchant, in expectation that it would provoke the man to cramp our Intercourse still more. It indeed caused great irritation in the Office, Produced many threats, and every means were used to discover the writer. On account of my...