1To James Madison from John Morton, 9 August 1802 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
9 August 1802, Newport, Rhode Island. Reports his arrival in the U.S., having departed from Havana on 15 July. As he informed JM in his letter of 24 May , he left Vincent Gray provisionally charged with U.S. affairs in Cuba; encloses a copy of his letter of instructions. States his opinion that “the residence of a public Agent (if it should continue to be desired by my Government) would in...
2To James Madison from John Morton, 9 August 1802 (Madison Papers)
I have now the honor to inform you of my arrival in the United States from the Havana; which place I left on the 15th. of the last month; a circumstance which I should have communicated before, had I not been attacked, immediately on my arrival, by a severe bilious fever, from which I am but just, & slowly recovering. Agreable to intimations contained in my letter, addressed to you, Sir, on...