1To James Madison from David Montague Erskine, 13 June 1807 (Madison Papers)
I have the Honor to acknowledge the Receipt of your letter of the 1st. & 9th. of June, requesting my Interposition to procure the Discharge of certain Seamen, stated to be Citizens of the United States, & to have been impressed on board His Majestys Ships, John Covel, & Phineas Le fevre on board His Majesty’s Ships, Cambrian, & Melampus Joseph West on board the Osprey, supposed to be on the...
2To James Madison from Levett Harris, 13 June 1807 (Madison Papers)
I was honored on the 20 March, 1 April by receipt of Your letter of the 20 Nov. inclosing triplicate of your dispatches of the 15 Apl. & Copy of your letter to Genl. Armstrong of the 14 Novr. Those are the only copies of those communications that have reached me. The former, I persceive, were conveyed by the same channel through England, & have I apprehend remained in that Country. The Emperor...