1From James Madison to Caesar A. Rodney, 22 October 1809 (Madison Papers)
Jackson & Mr. S. have been breaking a lance. When shall we have the pleasure of your aid in our deliberations? Accept my affectionate respects.of Ferdinand VII, Onís sought aid from Francis James Jackson, whose younger brother, George Jackson, was secretary of the British legation to the Junta. On 24 Oct. Onís and Jackson chanced upon the president at the Georgetown races, where the British...