31To James Madison from Levett Harris, 7 February 1804 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
7 February 1804, St. Petersburg. Last wrote on 17 Nov. via Antwerp. Has instituted “the necessary inquiries” to obtain the information requested in JM’s circular of 9 Apr. 1803 but is unable to furnish it as conclusively as he deems necessary. “I … shall therefore defer transmitting any Statements until I am capable to provide them in a Satisfactory form.” Recently received news of the loss of...
32To James Madison from Levett Harris, 27 October 1803 (Madison Papers)
I beg leave to refer You to the letter I had the honor to address you under date of the 25. inst ⅌ this Conveyance, the delay whereof, enables me to acquaint You of the particulars of my last interview with the minister of foreign affairs. On presenting my commission with the translation as mentioned in my last, the Count Woronzoff observed it would have been in form for the first minister of...
33To James Madison from Levett Harris, 2 July 1807 (Madison Papers)
Your letter of recommendation in favor of Mr. Poinsett was handed me by that gentleman in Novr. last, and it was highly gratifying to me to be able to introduce him at Court and to the principal nobility. The personal worth & merit of Mr. Poinsett did not lessen the high opinion which is here entertained of our national character. He had the honor to dine with the Emperor & Empress Dowager, &...
34To James Madison from Levett Harris, 18 September 1807 (Madison Papers)
I had last the honor of addressing You the 7/ 19. Aug. inclosing copies of the Treaty concluded at Tilsit, which were communicated to me by the Russian Ministry. Since then, a British naval force, as you will have learnt, has possessed itself of the passages of this Sea leading to the Ocean, & attacked Copenhagen during a profound peace, and whilst Denmark reposed her security on amicable...
35To James Madison from Levett Harris, 1 April 1808 (Madison Papers)
Since I had the honor to write You under date of 4th March, via Sweeden, inclosing a declaration of this Court against that of Stockholm, a second declaration has been issued, which I have the honor to transmit a Copy of together with the note from the Minister of Foreign Affairs which accompanied it. Nothing of material importance seems to have taken place since the date of my last. The War...
36To James Madison from Levett Harris, 21 July 1806 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
§ From Levett Harris. 21 July 1806, St. Petersburg. “My last respects were paid You under date of 17/29. April per Hermoine via New York copy p. Liberty to Philadelphia. “It is with great pleasure I inform you that our trade hither the present year promises to equal that of the last: Fiftyfour Ships of our flag have already arrived, fifty of which have been loaded for the United States, and,...
37To James Madison from Levett Harris, 25 October 1803 (Madison Papers)
I have the honor to Announce to You my arrival at this place, which, from a Succession of adverse winds encountered on my passage from England here, has been retarded to the 19. inst. During a Short Stay I made in London I had the honor, through the polite attention of his Excellency Mr Monroe, to make the Acquaintance of the Russian Ambassador at that Court. The Ambassador had no doubt...
38To James Madison from Levett Harris, 30 March 1803 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
30 March 1803, Philadelphia. Received his commission as consul to Rotterdam with documents pertaining to the appointment by the last mail. Replied on 25 Mar. [not found] to JM’s letter of 14 Mar. [not found] requesting him to decide between Rotterdam and St. Petersburg so that when the president returned from Virginia no delay would arise if the president saw fit to change the appointment. “As...
39To James Madison from Levett Harris, 29 June 1804 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
29 June 1804, St. Petersburg. “My last respects were paid You the 12/24 instant . I this morning received a note from the Prince de Czartoryski, desiring to see me at one oClock. I accordingly waited on him. The Prince after communicating to me the particulars of the instructions, transmitted by order of the Emperor, to the Russian Ambassador at Constantinople, informed me in reply to the...
40To James Madison from Levett Harris, 22 December 1806 (Madison Papers)
I have the honor to transmit You, herewith inclosed, a report of the trade of the United States to Russia the present year. Our tonage, as will be seen, approaches to sixteen thousand, exceeding that of 1805 by near fifteen hundred tons; though the exports do not equal the last year’s. Our commerce continues to be confined to St. Petersburg: four expeditions for America, have however been made...
41To James Madison from Levett Harris, 1 January 1805 (Madison Papers)
My last respects were paid You 7 December, via Amsterdam accompanied by my report of the Trade of the last year. I this day was invited to an interview of the Prince de Czartoryski, when his Excelly handed me the inclosed two letters, one to the President from the Emperor the other from the Chancellor to the Secretary of State; he mentioned at same time that there were two formes of letters,...
42To James Madison from Levett Harris, 14 November 1807 (Madison Papers)
I had the honor to write You the 27 Oct./ 8 inst. and inclosed a Copy of a most important declaration of this Court which was communicated to me by the Imperial Ministry. I have now that of transmitting a duplicate thereof. By my letter of the 19/ 30. Sep. sent by different Vessels to New York, You will perceive Sir that I anticipated this state of things, and such appears to have been the...
43To James Madison from Levett Harris, 25 April 1803 (Madison Papers)
By the mail of Saturday last, a Commission appointing me Consul to St. Petersburg, accompanied by Your circular Letter of the 9th inst., and transcript of Laws relative to Consuls &c., passed the last Session of Congress, came to hand. I consequently return You, herewith, the Commission which was first sent to me. I Shall now prepare myself, with all expedition, to proceed to Russia, and I...
44To James Madison from Levett Harris, 13 November 1805 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
§ From Levett Harris. 13 November 1805, St. Petersburg. “A copy of what I had the honor to address you the 10/22 Ulto. p. the Hermoine via New York I now inclose You, & transmit you at same time a report of our trade here this season; by which there will be perceived an increase of some consequence over that of last year. “I Am very happy to be able to contradict the Account stated in my last,...
45To James Madison from Levett Harris, 19 July 1808 (Madison Papers)
No opportunity has offered for the conveyance of the inclosed Since the date thereof; this delay has enabled me to transmit you Copy of a note which has been written me by the minister of foreign affairs announcing the appointment of Mr. de Daschkoff in quality of Chargé d’affaires & Consul General to the united States. The minister, in a particular conference I had with him assured me of the...
46To James Madison from Levett Harris, 27 October 1803 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
27 October 1803, St. Petersburg . Refers JM to his letter of 25 Oct. by “this Conveyance, the delay whereof, enables me to acquaint You of the particulars of my last interview with the minister of foreign affairs.” Presented his commission along with a translation. Count Vorontsov “observed it would have been in form for the first minister of State in America to have addressed a letter to him...
47To James Madison from Levett Harris, 30 July 1806 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
§ From Levett Harris. 30 July 1806, St. Petersburg. “Some days Since, two Italians, representing themselves to be priests of the Roman Catholick religion, called upon me, and made particular inquiries respecting America, whither they proposed going, and residing in their clerical capacities. They further requested my interference in their behalf for passage, in one of our Ships then in port,...