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To James Madison from George W. Erving, 9 September 1802 (Abstract)

§ From George W. Erving

9 September 1802, American Consulate, London. Encloses a copy of a letter from the U.S. consul at Tangier “announcing the establishment of peace” between the U.S. and Morocco. Has forwarded “proper notice of this pleasing circumstance” to U.S. consuls in Great Britain, Holland, and Germany.

RC and enclosure (DNA: RG 59, CD, London, vol. 8). RC 1 p. Enclosure (1 p.) is a copy of a circular letter from James Simpson, 12 Aug. 1802 (a copy addressed to Josef Yznardy is printed in Knox, Naval Documents, Barbary Wars description begins Dudley W. Knox, ed., Naval Documents Related to the United States Wars with the Barbary Powers (6 vols.; Washington, 1939–44). description ends , 2:232).

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    To James Madison from George W. Erving, 9 September 1802 (Abstract)
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    Erving, George W.
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    Madison, James
    Date
    9 September 1802

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    “To James Madison from George W. Erving, 9 September 1802 (Abstract),” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Madison/02-03-02-0707. [Original source: The Papers of James Madison, Secretary of State Series, vol. 3, 1 March–6 October 1802, ed. David B. Mattern, J. C. A. Stagg, Jeanne Kerr Cross, and Susan Holbrook Perdue. Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia, 1995, p. 562.]

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