1To 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.
2To 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.
3To 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.
4To James Madison from Anthony Merry, 14 July 1804 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
14 July 1804, Baltimore. “Mr Merry presents his best Respects to Mr Madison, and loses no Time to have the Honor of acquainting him that he received this Day, by the Post from Philadelphia, the Letter of the 7th. of this Month which Mr Madison had addressed to him at that Place.” RC ( DNA : RG 59, NFL , Great Britain, vol. 3). 1 p.; docketed by Wagner as received 17 July.
5To 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...
6To 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...
7To 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...
8To 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...
9To 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...
10To 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...
11To 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...
12To 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...
13To 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...
14To 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...
15To 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...
16To 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...
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, 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...
19To 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...
20To 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...
21To 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...
22To 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...
23To 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...
24To 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,...
25To 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...
26To 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...
27To 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...
28To 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...
29To 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....
30To 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,...
31To 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...
32To 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...
33To 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...
34To 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...
35To 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...
36To 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...
37To 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...
38To James Madison from Anthony Merry, 9 July 1806 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
§ From Anthony Merry. 9 July 1806, Washington. “I have the Honor to acquaint You that I have just received Answers, dated 5th. May, to the Letters which I addressed to the Commander in Chief of His Majesty’s Ships on the Halifax Station transmitting to him Copies of the Documents inclosed in your Letters to me of the 10th. And 25th. February last, respecting the Impressment of Frederick Porter...
39To James Madison from Anthony Merry, 17 January 1806 (Madison Papers)
I have received the Honor of your Letter of Yesterday’s Date, with the Documents it inclosed, respecting the Disbursements incurred by governor Claiborne in having extended his Humanity to some British Subjects Invalids who were brought to New Orleans in the Month of October 1804 in the Manner described, by causing them to be supplied with sundry Necessaries, and the Charge made by Doctor...
40To James Madison from Anthony Merry, 26 November 1803 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
26 November 1803, Georgetown. “I lose no Time in acquainting you with my Arrival at this Place this Afternoon, and to request that you will be pleased to inform me when it will be agreeable to you to allow me the Honor to pay to you my personal Respects, and to deliver to you a Copy of my Letters of Credence. I have at the same Time to beg of you to take the Orders of the President of the...
41To James Madison from Anthony Merry, 3 January 1805 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
3 January 1805, Washington. “I have the Honor to transmit to you enclosed a list of the Persons composing at present His Majesty’s Mission to the United States, and of the Domestics in their Service.” RC and enclosure ( DNA : RG 59, NFL , Great Britain, vol. 3). RC 1 p.; in a clerk’s hand, except for Merry’s complimentary close and signature; docketed by Wagner. For enclosure, see n. 1. The...
42To James Madison from Anthony Merry, 21 February 1804 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
21 February 1804, Washington. “On the day when I had the Honour to receive your Letter of the 18th Instant respecting a young Man of the Name of Alexander McEllo⟨ee⟩, stated to have been pressed out of an American Vessel into His Majesty’s Sloop Pelican, which Ship was said to be at present in Hampton Roads, a Letter had reached me from His Majesty’s Consul at Norfolk without any Advice of the...
43To James Madison from Anthony Merry, 13 July 1804 (Madison Papers)
Mr Merry presents his best Respects to Mr Madison. Being informed by the Note which he has had the Honor to receive from Mr Madison of the 10th. Instant that Two Letters from the Department of State had been addressed to him at Philadelphia since his Departure from Washington, he thinks it right to acquaint Mr Madison that only One of those Letters (being a very long one, dated 3d. July, with...
44To James Madison from Anthony Merry, 2 November 1806 (Madison Papers)
I have the Honor to acquaint you with the Arrival here Yesterday Evening of the Honorable David M. Erskine, whom His Majesty has been pleased to appoint to be His Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the United States, and from whom I transmit to you a Letter inclosed. I have also the Honor to inform you that, in Consequence of the Leave of Absence which His Majesty has been...
45To James Madison from Anthony Merry, 17 August 1805 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
§ From Anthony Merry. 17 August 1805, Philadelphia . “I received to-day the Honor of your Letter of the 7th. of this Month, and have the Honor to transmit to you inclosed the Passport you have desired for an American Vessel bound from the River Kennebec to Algiers, with a Cargo of military and naval Stores, in Fulfilment of the Stipulations between the United States and the Regency of Algiers,...
46To James Madison from Anthony Merry, 18 August 1806 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
§ From Anthony Merry. 18 August 1806, Lancaster. “Vice Admiral Berkeley, who arrived lately at Halifax to succeed the late Sir Andrew Mitchel in the Command of His Majesty’s Ships and Vessels on that Station, has transmitted to me Five original Protections granted to Richard Man, Dennis Wheeler, James Vincent, John Smith and George Johnstone, as Citizens of the United States, who have been...
47To James Madison from Anthony Merry, 8 October 1804 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
8 October 1804, Philadelphia. “In Consequence of the Death, which has recently occurred, of Mr. Wallace, late His Majesty’s Vice-Consul for the State of Georgia, residing at Savannah, and of the Delay which must necessarily happen before the Information of this Event can reach His Majesty’s Government, and a Successor be named and arrive at his Destination, I have the Honor, Sir, to request of...
48To James Madison from Anthony Merry, 9 May 1806 (Madison Papers)
I have received the Honor of your Letter of the 6th. Instant respecting the Misconduct of several of His Majesty’s Ships, particularly the Leander, near the Harbour of New York, with the Copies inclosed in it of a Letter addressed to the Mayor of New York⟨,⟩ by Captain Whitby, commanding the Leander, and of the latter’s orders to Lieutenant Cowen, the Bearer of it, and expressing to me that...
49To James Madison from Anthony Merry, 2 July 1806 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
§ From Anthony Merry. 2 July 1806, Washington. “I have received the Honor of your Letter of Yesterday’s Date, inclosing Copies of Documents which prove Smith Musgrove, who is stated to be detained on board His Majesty’s Ship Cambrian, to be a Citizen of the united States. “I shall not fail, Sir, to transmit Copies of the Documents in question by the earliest Conveyance to the Commander in...
50To James Madison from Anthony Merry, 9 October 1805 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
§ From Anthony Merry. 9 October 1805, “Near Philadelphia.” “I have received the Honor of your Letter of the 3rd. Instant, with the Documents inclosed respecting the Impressment of Nathaniel Bartlett, a Citizen of the United States, by the British Schooner Whiting, said to be on the Halifax Station. “I have lost no Time, Sir, in transmitting Copies of those Documents to the Commander in Chief...