1To James Madison from Anthony Merry, 11 May 1804 (Madison Papers)
I have the Honour to transmit to you inclosed the Copy of a Letter which, though dated yesterday, has just been sent to my House by Mr Henry Suttle, the Person named in the Representation which I had the Honour to make to you on the 4th of this Month. In Consequence, Sir, of this Letter, it is now necessary that I should trouble you farther by stating that on the Day (the 2nd Inst. now Nine...
2To James Madison from Anthony Merry, 28 August 1804 (Madison Papers)
Towards the End of last Month I received an Application from Mr. Wagner requesting me to grant a Passport to General Armstrong going to Paris as Minister from the United States to the French Republic. I received Yesterday another Application from the same Gentleman, of a more important Nature, requesting a Passport for an American Ship which he has stated to be loaded with a Cargo of military...
3To James Madison from Anthony Merry, 16 June 1804 (Madison Papers)
Mr Merry has the Honor to present his Respects to Mr Madison. The bad Weather having prevented him from carrying into Execution his intended Journey to Philadelphia, he deems it proper to apprize Mr Madison of his Detention at Washington in case any Thing should occur on which he might wish to communicate with Mr Merry, who will have the Honor to take Mr Madison’s Orders afresh when he shall...
4To James Madison from Anthony Merry, 16 August 1806 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
§ From Anthony Merry. 16 August 1806, Lancaster. “I have the Honor to acquaint you that I have just received an Answer, dated 1st. July, from the President of the Council of His Majesty’s Province of New Brunswick, on whom the Adminstration of the Government had devolved in the Absence of the Lieutenant Governor, to the Letter which was inclosed in my Answer to that which I had the Honor to...
5To James Madison from Anthony Merry, 25 November 1804 (Madison Papers)
I have had the Honor to receive your Letter of the 22nd. Instant, inclosing a Copy of the Deposition of William Brown, Master of the Brigantine Argus of New Haven in Connecticut, stating that his Mate Joseph Trowbridge has been impressed by the Captain of His Majesty’s Sloop Busy, to which Deposition is annexed a Certificate of the Collector of New Haven, shewing that Joseph Trowbridge is a...
6To James Madison from Anthony Merry, 24 February 1806 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
§ From Anthony Merry. 24 February 1806, Washington. “I have the Honor to acquaint you that I have just received an Answer (dated the 19th: December last) from the Commander in Chief of His Majesty’s Ships on the Jamaica Station, to whom I had transmitted Copies of the Papers inclosed in the Letter you were pleased to honor me with on the 17th: October respecting the Detention of the American...
7To James Madison from Anthony Merry, 26 December 1804 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
26 December 1804, Washington. “Having, as I had the Honor to inform you in my Letter of the 2d. of October , transmitted to the Commander in Chief of His Majesty’s Ships on the Halifax Station, a Copy of the Document which accompanied your Letter to me of the 25th. September respecting James Mathews, an American Citizen, who was supposed to have been pressed into his Majesty’s Service, and, to...
8To James Madison from Anthony Merry, 4 September 1806 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
§ From Anthony Merry. 4 September 1806, Lancaster. “I have received the Honor of your Letter of the 28th. of last Month, inclosing Copy of a Protection granted on the 19th. July 1797, by the Collector of the Customs at Philadelphia, to Robert Smith, who is stated to be an American Citizen and to have been recently impressed by His Majesty’s Ship Cleopatra. “Although I doubt, Sir, after what I...
9To James Madison from Anthony Merry (Abstract), 24 June 1805 (Madison Papers)
24 June 1805, Washington. “I have the Honor to transmit to you enclosed the Passport which you have requested of me by your Letter of the 22d. Instant for the American Brig Washington, James Croudhill Master, loaded with naval and military Stores and Provisions for the Supply of the Squadron of the United States in the Mediterranean.” RC ( DNA : RG 59, NFL , Great Britain, vol. 3). 1 p.; in a...
10To James Madison from Anthony Merry, 17 May 1806 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
§ From Anthony Merry. 17 May 1806, Washington. “Mr Merry presents his Respects to Mr Madison. The Note, of this Date [not found], with which Mr Madison has been pleased to honor Mr Merry did not reach him till after Four oClock this Afternoon, when there was no longer Time for him to prepare any Communications, for the Conveyance of which he might otherwise have been glad to have availed...
11To James Madison from Anthony Merry (Abstract), 28 May 1805 (Madison Papers)
28 May 1805, Washington . “When I had the Honor to reply on the 12th: of April to your Letter of the 9th: of that Month which, among other Things, related to the Impressment, by His Majesty’s Sloop Busy, of Martin George from the American Schooner Henrietta; I mentioned that I should not fail to write immediately respecting that object to the Commander of that Sloop’s Superior officer. “I have...
12To James Madison from Anthony Merry, 27 December 1803 (Madison Papers)
I have received the Honour of your Letter of the 24th of this Month, respecting an Endorsement put on an American Ship’s Register by the Captain of His Majesty’s Ship Bellerophon, and touching the Blockade, declared by that Endorsement to have taken Place, of the Island of St. Domingo by His Majesty’s Squadron on that Station. I shall not fail, Sir, to give an Account to my Government by the...
13To James Madison from Anthony Merry, 20 October 1804 (Madison Papers)
I have received the Honor of your Letter of the 17th. Instant informing me that heretofore British Vice-Consuls have derived their Appointments from the Consuls General, and that it had been thought proper to wait for an Intimation from me that this Course has been intentionally varied in the Case which I had the Honor to submit to your Consideration by my Letter of the 8th. of this Month...
14To James Madison from Anthony Merry, 22 April 1806 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
§ From Anthony Merry. 22 April 1806, Washington. “Mr Merry presents his Respects to Mr Madison. He will not fail to have the Pleasure of waiting on Mr Madison at the Office of State to-morrow at Twelve OClock.” RC ( DNA : RG 59, NFL , Great Britain, vol. 3). 1 p.
15To James Madison from Anthony Merry, 6 January 1806 (Madison Papers)
The British Ship Esther, George Irving Master, having sailed from Charleston, South Carolina, with a valuable Cargo of Merchandize, bound to London, and having, from Damage which she received at Sea, been obliged to return to that Port, was, when she was off the Bar, and had a Pilot on board, captured by the French Privateer the Creole, on the 4th: November last, and carried on the 11th: of...
16To James Madison from Anthony Merry, 23 February 1805 (Madison Papers)
The British Ship British Queen arrived at Charleston, South Carolina, in the Month of August last with Two Hundred and Fifty French Soldiers and Passengers on board. It appears that this Vessel had been captured by a French Privateer on her Voyage from Jamaica to Liverpool and had been carried to the Havana, where the Cargo was landed and sold, and that she was sent straight from thence to...
17To James Madison from Anthony Merry (Abstract), 27 April 1805 (Madison Papers)
27 April 1805, Washington. “War having been declared on the Part of His Catholic Majesty against Great-Britain on the 12th. December last, I have the Honor, Sir, to transmit to you enclosed a printed Copy of the Declaration made by the King my Master in Consequence of that Event.” RC ( DNA : RG 59, NFL , Great Britain, vol. 3). 1 p.; in a clerk’s hand, signed by Merry; docketed by Wagner, with...
18To James Madison from Anthony Merry, 28 June 1804 (Madison Papers)
In the Answer which I have had the Honor to receive from you under Date of the 25th. Instant, to the Representation which I had addressed to you on the preceding Day on the Subject of the Detention of His Majesty’s Ships Cambrian and Driver in the Port of New York by the prohibitory Order issued by the Mayor to the Wardens of the Port, and by the latter to the Pilots, to carry those Ships to...
19To James Madison from Anthony Merry, 8 September 1805 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
§ From Anthony Merry. 8 September 1805, Philadelphia . “I received to-day the Honor of your Letter of the 5th. Instant, and have that to send you inclosed the Passport you have requested for Mr Gray, and for the Vessel in which he is about to embark.” RC ( DNA : RG 59, NFL , Great Britain, vol. 3). 1 p.; in a clerk’s hand, signed by Merry. The letter has not been found, but for the probable...
20To James Madison from Anthony Merry, 30 March 1805 (Madison Papers)
I had the Honor to receive yesterday Evening your Letter of the 28th: of this Month, together with the Documents referred to in it, respecting the injurious Treatment which the Master of the American Brig Cynthia has declared to have experienced from an armed Vessel, said to be His Majesty’s Sloop Curieux, and in Regard to the Impressment of Four Seamen from the Brig Betsey by another armed...
21To James Madison from Anthony Merry, 9 July 1805 (Madison Papers)
I have the Honor to transmit to You enclosed the Copy of a Correspondence which has taken Place between His Majesty’s Consul General at New York and the Mayor of that City on the Subject of a Breach of Neutrality which the latter Officer has allowed to take Place on the Part of a French Privateer by encreasing her Force in Guns, Ammunition and Men, in the Port of New York, where she entered...
22To James Madison from Anthony Merry, 25 July 1805 (Madison Papers)
I have the Honor to transmit to you enclosed the Copy of a Protest made by Francis Blair, late Master of the British Ship Golden Grove, stating the particulars of the Capture of that Ship on the 9th. of May last by a Spanish Privateer Schooner called the Atrevido commanded by a Person of the Name of Hooper, said to be an American, that is declared to have sailed from Hampton Road, together...
23To James Madison from Anthony Merry, 6 September 1804 (Madison Papers)
In the Letter which I had the Honor to receive from you of the 7th. July you transmitted to me Two Documents which were said to testify Irregularities committed by His Majesty’s Ship Driver in the Impressment of Three Passengers and a black Mariner, believed to be a Citizen of the United States, out of the American Ship Young Factor, and of the further Impressment of Three Passengers, and Two...
24To James Madison from Anthony Merry, 24 October 1805 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
§ From Anthony Merry. 24 October 1805, Washington. “I have received the Honor of your Letter of the 14th. Instant, with its Inclosure, respecting the Impressment of Daniel Talmage, a Citizen of the United States, by His Majesty’s Ship Cleopatra; and I have the Honor, Sir, to acquaint you that I have lost no Time in transmitting a Copy of the Document with which you have furnished me on this...
25To James Madison from Anthony Merry, 1 May 1806 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
§ From Anthony Merry. 1 May 1806, Washington. “Mr Merry presents his Respects to Mr Madison, and will, if his Health will permit, have the Pleasure of waiting on Mr Madison at the office of State to-morrow (Friday) at Eleven oClock.” RC ( DNA : RG 59, NFL , Great Britain, vol. 3). 1 p.
26To James Madison from Anthony Merry, 28 September 1806 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
§ From Anthony Merry. 28 September 1806, Lancaster. “I have received the Honor of your Letter of the 22nd. Instant, with the Documents it enclosed respecting Samuel Mark, William Fursman and Peter Frank, American Seamen, who are stated to have been impressed by His Majesty’s Ship Tartar, which Documents I shall not fail to transmit to the Commander in Chief on the Halifax Station in order that...
27To James Madison from Anthony Merry, 24 August 1804 (Madison Papers)
On the 4th. of this Month His Majesty’s Ship Leander commanded by Captain Skene fell in with at Sea the American Ship Eugenia, John Mansfield Master, from Bordeaux bound to New York. Upon the Examination of the Ship and her Cargo, Captain Skene having had strong Reason to suspect that a Part of the latter was the Property of the Kings Enemies, caused her to be detained until a judicial...
28To James Madison from Anthony Merry, 5 August 1806 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
§ From Anthony Merry. 5 August 1806, Washington. “I have received the Honor of your Letter of this Date [not found], and transmit to you inclosed a Passport for the Vessel which you mention to have given orders to be chartered for the Purpose of Conveying to Tunis Sidi Soliman Mellimelli the Ambassador from that State, with his Suite and Property, having, agreeably to your Desire, left Blanks...
29To James Madison from Anthony Merry, 4 November 1803 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
4 November 1803, Norfolk, Virginia. “Having arrived here this Evening from England I lose no Time in having the Honor to transmit to you inclosed Two Packets with which I was charged by Mr Munroe, the Minister from the United States to His Majesty. “Anxious to fulfil the Commands of the King my Master, who has been graciously pleased to appoint me His Minister to the United States of America,...
30To James Madison from Anthony Merry, 12 October 1804 (Madison Papers)
I have the Honor to transmit to you herewith the Copy of a Letter, and of its Inclosure, which have just reached me, containing a Detail of the Circumstances attending the British Brig Active, George Razor late Master, which had been captured, with a very valuable Cargo on board, on her Passage from Jamaica to London by a French Cruizer, and sent for Sale to New Orleans, where it is to be...
31To James Madison from Anthony Merry, 8 July 1804 (Madison Papers)
The sudden Death of my Coachman this Morning, and the serious Indisposition of Two more of my Servants, rendering it impossible for me to proceed on immediately to Philadelphia, I have the Honor to acquaint you with my Detention at this Place, and that I shall certainly remain here Six Days at least. I have the Honor to be, with high Respect and Consideration, Sir, Your most obedient humble...
32To James Madison from Anthony Merry, 5 August 1805 (Madison Papers)
I have received the Honor of your Letter of the 30th. of last Month requesting me to use my good offices to procure the Release of Benjamin Moore, an American Citizen, who is said to have been impressed, and to be on board His Majesty’s Ship Liander. I shall not fail, Sir, to transmit without Loss of Time the Document which your Letter inclosed, proving the Citizenship of the abovementioned...
33To James Madison from Anthony Merry, 15 August 1804 (Madison Papers)
I have had the Honor to receive your Letters of the 3rd, 7th, and 23rd. of last Month, with their several Inclosures. In order to reply to them, it was necessary, Sir, for me to apply for Information on the different Subjects of their Contents to His Majesty’s Consul General at New York, and to the Captains of His Majesty’s Ships against whom the Complaints which you have stated to me are...
34To James Madison from Anthony Merry, 9 December 1804 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
9 December 1804, Philadelphia. “Although my Health is not as yet perfectly restored, I trust that I shall be able to undertake the Journey to Washington on Wednesday next, of which I have the Honor to inform you in order that you may cause your Commands to be addressed to me accordingly.” RC ( DNA : RG 59, NFL , Great Britain, vol. 3). 1 p.; in a clerk’s hand, signed by Merry; docketed by...
35To James Madison from Anthony Merry, 7 January 1806 (Madison Papers)
In Addition to the Circumstances which I have had the Honor to lay before you in my other Letter of this Date respecting the Trade of His Majesty’s Subjects in Canada with the Indians within the Territories of the United States, I have the painful Task of troubling you further on this Subject by stating to you some others which have been represented to me as improper Hardships upon that Trade...
36To James Madison from Anthony Merry, 13 May 1806 (Madison Papers)
I have the Honor to acquaint You that His Majesty has been graciously pleased to grant me a Leave of Absence to return to England, and that I have just received His Royal Orders to notify to the Government of the United States that His Majesty has at the same Time been pleased to nominate the Right Honorable the Earl of Selkirk as His Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the...
37To James Madison from Anthony Merry, 30 June 1805 (Madison Papers)
Mr Merry has the Honor to present his Respects to Mr Madison, and to transmit to him inclosed Extracts of Two Letters which he received by the Mail of this Evening from the Governor of Nova Scotia, and by which he has had the Satisfaction to learn that the Effects belonging to the President and to Mr Madison have been liberated, and, if not already arrived, may be expected shortly at New York....
38To James Madison from Anthony Merry, 12 November 1805 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
§ From Anthony Merry. 12 November 1805, Washington. “I have received the Honor of your Letters of the 9th. and 11th. Instant, the former on the Subject of the Impressment of John Harlan [ sic ], an American Citizen, by His Majesty’s Sloop Peterell, the latter respecting that of James Gunnell [ sic ], also a Citizen of the United States, by His Majesty’s Ship Cambrian; and I have the Honor,...
39To James Madison from Anthony Merry, 9 February 1804 (Madison Papers)
Mr Merry has the Honor to present his Respects to Mr Madison. He has just had that of receiving a Note from the President of the United States of which the following is a Copy— “Thomas Jefferson asks the Favor of Mr Merry to dinner with a small Party of Friends on Monday the 13th. at Half past Three. Feby. 9. 04.” (superscribed to Mr Merry). It so happens that Mr Merry has engaged some Company...
40To James Madison from Anthony Merry, 22 August 1806 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
§ From Anthony Merry. 22 August 1806, Lancaster. “I have the Honor to acquaint you that I have just received an Answer from the Commander in Chief of His Majesty’s Ships on the Jamaica Station, to whom I transmitted the Document inclosed in your Letter to me of the 23 d. May respecting the Detention of Edward Frethy, an American Citizen, on board either of Le Renard or Wolf Sloops of War, in...
41To James Madison from Anthony Merry, 12 April 1804 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
12 April 1804, Washington. “Mr Thornton not having failed to transmit to His Majesty’s Government an Account of the Representation which you were pleased to address to him under Date of the 27th of October last Year respecting the Blockade of the Islands of Martinique and Guadeloupe, it is with great Satisfaction, Sir, that I have just received His Majesty’s Commands, signified to me by His...
42To James Madison from Anthony Merry, 8 January 1806 (Madison Papers)
His Majesty’s Subjects trading in Canada, under the Title of the North-West Company, have informed me of the Seizure by the Collector of the Customs at Michilimakinac, in the Month of June in last Year, of Two Batteaux, loaded partly with Naval Stores for the Use of the Company’s Vessels navigating Lake Superior, and partly with Indian Goods and private Baggage, the whole Value of which is...
43To James Madison from Anthony Merry, 29 November 1806 (Madison Papers)
Mr. Merry requests of Mr. Madison to accept, with his best Respects, his Acknowledgments for the Passport which he had the Honor to receive this Morning, and particularly for the obliging Expressions with which Mr. Madison has had the Goodness to accompany it. He thinks it right to mention that, in Consequence of the unfavorable Weather, the Ship in which he is to proceed to England cannot now...
44To James Madison from Anthony Merry, 19 July 1804 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
19 July 1804, Baltimore. “Mr Merry presents his respectful Compliments to Mr Madison, and has the Honor to acquaint him that he purposes setting out from hence for Philadelphia on Saturday the 21st. Instant.” RC ( DNA : RG 59, NFL , Great Britain, vol. 3). 1 p.; docketed by Wagner.
45To James Madison from Anthony Merry, 3 March 1806 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
§ From Anthony Merry. 3 March 1806, Washington. “I have received the Honor of your Letter of the 25th. of last Month, with the Documents it inclosed proving Oliver Child and Ellery King, who are stated to have been impressed by His Majesty’s Ship Vengeance, to be Citizens of the United States. “I shall not fail, Sir, to transmit Copies of the Documents in Question by the earliest Opportunity...
46To James Madison from Anthony Merry, 4 May 1804 (Madison Papers)
It is very painful to me to have Occasion to trouble you on the Subject of a Violation, which has taken Place within my Dwelling by an Officer of Justice, of those Immunities which are attached to my Situation. The Privileges granted to a Foreign Minister by the Law of Nations have at all Times been held so sacred, that the smallest Infringement of them has ever been considered a Matter that...
47To James Madison from Anthony Merry, 26 August 1805 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
§ From Anthony Merry. 26 August 1805, Philadelphia . “I have received the Honor of your Letter of the 20th. Instant inclosing a Copy of one from the Deputy Collector of Passamaquoddy respecting the Seizure of the American Schooner John in the Waters of that Bay, and the Impressment of Two Citizens of the United States from the American Revenue Boat, by His Majesty’s Sloop Busy. “I shall not...
48To James Madison from Anthony Merry, 17 May 1805 (Madison Papers)
Notice having been published and circulated about Four Months since throughout the United States of a Resolution, bearing Date the 21st: of November last, which had been passed by the Lieutt: Governor and Council of the Island of Jamaica, prohibiting after the Expiration of six Months from that Date the Importation of Provisions and Lumber in American or other neutral Vessels; and it having...
49To James Madison from Anthony Merry, 23 October 1804 (Madison Papers)
As on the Occasion when I had the Honor to address myself to you last Year respecting the Payment of the First Installment due to His Majesty, in Consequence of the Convention concluded at London on the 8th. January 1802 between His Majesty and the United States, you were pleased to refer me, for the necessary Arrangements on this Subject to Mr. Gallatin, from its being a Matter more...
50To James Madison from Anthony Merry, 12 September 1806 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
§ From Anthony Merry. 12 September 1806, Lancaster. “His Majesty’s Consul General at New York has transmitted to me the Papers of which the inclosed are Copies respecting John Thomas, Master of the British Letter of Marque Brig Fox, which arrived at that Port from Jamaica about the 12th. August. “Mr. Barclay states to me, that on the 18th. of that Month Four of the Seamen belonging to the...