1From James Madison to Rufus King, 27 October 1801 (Madison Papers)
I beg leave to call your attention to the enclosed letter from the Collector of New York and the protest to which it refers. The American protection, with which the unhappy seaman therein mentioned was provided, raises a presum[p]tion at least that he was one of our citizens, as his shipment at Amsterdam, a place hostile to Great Britain, discountenances the idea of his being her subject. But...
2From James Madison to Richard Söderström, [27 October] 1801 (Madison Papers)
In relation to the complaints you have preferred in several instances of capture and recapture of property alledged to be Danish, against the commanders of American public ships of War, it is my duty to inform you, that with the sincerest desire to avoid any thing which may procrastinate a decision, and under a just impression of the candor and liberality which your manner of acting would...