1From James Madison to George Davis, 8 June 1804 (Madison Papers)
I have received your letters of the 29th. Octr. 17th. Novr., 28th. Decr. & 18th. Feby. last. On receiving information of the loss of the Philada. an act was passed by Congress, whereby a Million of Dollars was appropriated to enable the President to impart such vigor to the war as might at once change the exultation of the enemy in his casual fortune into a more proper sentiment of fear, and...
2To James Madison from Richard Cutts, 8 June 1804 (Madison Papers)
I am happy to learn by yr. Postscript that all our Foreign affairs remain in Statu quo. You request some information with respect to the arming of private Vessels for St. Domingo —the subject is scarcely mentioned here— None having attempted to arm from this port. Many unarmed Vessels have endeavoured to pursue that trade but they have been mostly taken—no great alarm is excited on that...
3To James Madison from George W. Erving, 8 June 1804 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
8 June 1804, London. No. 35. “The Vessel Resolution, built at Norwich Register No. 5 Richard Shipley late Master owned by Alphons Dunham & Jonathan Clark of Boston Samuel Ham of Portsmouth and Benjamin Connor of Exeter in New Hampshire arrived here on the 10th. of February from the River La Plata. One of the owners (Ham) now here, has endeavoured to sell this Vessel but on account of the late...
4Louis-André Pichon to Charles-Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord, 8 June 1804 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
8 June 1804, Washington. Believes his last dispatch should have convinced Talleyrand of the weakness of the arguments JM produced to justify the armament that the federal government is allowing for the defense of U.S. commerce with the rebellious blacks of Saint-Domingue. In fairness, Pichon must say that the secretary of state himself appeared to sense the weakness of his own reasoning and...
5To James Madison from Charles Pinckney, 8 June 1804 (Madison Papers)
Letter not found. 8 June 1804. Mentioned in Wagner’s dockets of undated copies of two letters sent by Pinckney to Pierre de Riel, marquis de Beurnonville, the French ambassador to Spain (DNA: RG 59, DD, Spain, vol. 6A). The enclosed letters (referred to in Pinckney to JM, 4 June 1804 , and filed among its enclosures) requested French aid in persuading Cevallos to ratify the Spanish-American...
6To Thomas Jefferson from Henry Dearborn, 8 June 1804 (Jefferson Papers)
I have the honor to propose Doctor Abraham Edwards for your approbation as Surgeon’s Mate in the Army of the United States Accept Sir the assurances of my high respect &cc— FC ( Lb in DNA : RG 107, LSP ). abraham edwards wrote to TJ from Baltimore on 7 May (not found, but recorded in SJL as received 14 May with notation “to be Surgeon’s mate”). That letter was forwarded to the War Department,...
7To Thomas Jefferson from Anthony Fothergill, 8 June 1804 (Jefferson Papers)
Dr. Fothergill cannot leave the City of Washington without offering his grateful acknowledgments to the President of the U:S: for his repeated civilities, & kind hospitality. Wishing him uninterrupted health & prosperity, begs leave to request his acceptance of these little tracts as a slender token of remembrance. RC ( DLC ); partially dated; addressed: “To His Excellency The President of the...
8From Thomas Jefferson to Albert Gallatin, 8 June 1804 (Jefferson Papers)
Being in the habit of filing in the proper offices all papers I recieve which are merely official, so as never to retain among my own any which ought to remain with the public, I send that of Govr Page & my answer to be filed in your office. applications for office, informations, &c. I suppose the writer would not wish to have recorded, and therefore I keep them as confidential. altho’...
9From Thomas Jefferson to John Page, 8 June 1804 (Jefferson Papers)
It being incumbent on the marshall for the state to keep his prisoners in effectual safe custody, and, where extra expence is necessary, to take the directions of the Secretary of the Treasury, I immediately communicated your letter of the 1st. inst. to mr Gallatin. he has instructed the marshall to reimburse the state the expence of the guard already incurred, and to provide for the future....