1From James Madison to William C. C. Claiborne, 7 January 1805 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
7 January 1805, Department of State. “I have the honor to acknowledge your letters of the 18th. 23 , 24 , & 26 Novr. Though as a matter of courtesy the permission to Govr. Folch and his officers to pass through New Orleans, could not be declined, yet it never could be understood that as to them it was intended or even possible for you to dispense with the operation of the laws or the...
2From James Madison to William Eaton, 7 January 1805 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
7 January 1805, Department of State. “I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 18th. Septr. last , and to inform you that no Act of this Government, has been passed to release the Chevalier Antonio Parcile [Porcile] from the demand you have against him for payments made as his surety on loans obtained by him at Tunis in 1798,9 for the purposes of ransoming from Slavery...