1To Thomas Jefferson from James Madison, [on or before 9 September 1802] (Jefferson Papers)
Yours of the 6th. instant was duly brought by the last mail. I inclose under cover to Mr. Brent, the answers to the Merchts. of Boston & Philada; which if approved you will be so good as to seal & send on to him. I inclose also a letter from Mr. Brent to me, for the sake of the explanation it gives relative to the consulate at Nante. If Mr. Grant should not go, it is to be recollected that the...
2From James Madison to Thomas FitzSimons, 6 September 1802 (Madison Papers)
I duly received and laid before the President your [ sic ] of the 6th. . His sentiments on the subject of it, are explained in an answer to two letters from a Committee of Merchants at Boston, of which as it will serve as an answer to yours, I enclose a copy: and am very respectfully &ca. Letterbook copy ( DNA : RG 59, DL , vol. 14). Left blank in letterbook. FitzSimons’s letter has not been...
3From James Madison to Stephen Higginson and Others, 6 September 1802 (Madison Papers)
I have received your two letters of July 23 & Aug. 11; the former requesting the interposition of the Executive with the Government of Spain for redressing injuries suffered by American Merchants in Spanish Colonies; the latter suggesting that in the mean time, a public vessel be dispatched thither with an Agent authorized to demand a more prompt justice from the local authorities. The...