1To 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...
2To James Madison from Levett Harris, 17 April 1803 (Madison Papers)
Being scrupulous of troubling you farther on the subject of my late letters, I requested a friend I had at Washington to enquire of the practicability of the change, in relation to which, I have had the honour to address you: And I learn that some doubts have arisen in the department of State, of a Consul from this Country being received at St. Petersburg. (I have the authority of an...
3To James Madison from Levett Harris, 25 April 1803 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
25 April 1803, Philadelphia. Acknowledges receipt of the commission appointing him consul to St. Petersburg, accompanied by JM’s 9 Apr. circular and the transcript of laws relative to consuls passed at the last session of Congress. Returns the commission first sent to him. “I Shall now prepare myself, with all expedition, to proceed to Russia, and I hope in one month from this, to be on my...
4To 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...
5To 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...
6To 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...
7To 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...
8To James Madison from Levett Harris, 17 November 1803 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
17 November 1803, St. Petersburg. Encloses his letter to JM of 27 Oct. , which “reached Cronstadt too late for the occasion by which it was intended to be conveyed.” Not having heard from Count Vorontsov since their last meeting, waited on 16 Nov. on Prince Czartoryski, “who officiates for the prime minister,” and was told that “my Crendentials [ sic ] had been laid before the Emperor, who...
9To 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...
10To James Madison from Levett Harris, 24 June 1804 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
24 June 1804, St. Petersburg. “My last respects were paid you the 7. Feby ⅌ quadruplicate. Since my arrival here, I have not been honored by any of your communications. “As new regulations are now making for charges in the different ports of the Empire, I shall delay til toward the close of the summer, transmitting you the required statements upon these points. “I have received no advice from...
11To 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...
12To James Madison from Levett Harris, 13 September 1804 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
13 September 1804, St. Petersburg. “I was honored on the 27th. ulto. by receipt of your dispatch under date of the 26 June, (transmitted by Mr Erving from London) accompanied by a letter from the President to the Emperor, and one for the Grand Chancellor from the honble. Secretary of State; both of which, I presented in person to the Prince de Czartoryski: he mentioned it was usual on such...
13To James Madison from Levett Harris, 19 September 1804 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
19 September 1804, St. Petersburg. “My last respects were paid You the 1st. instant ⅌ this conveyance. I yesterday received the inclosed Letter and communication from the Prince de Czartoryski, to whom I addressed the reply, copy, as inclosed, all which, I hasten to transmit to You.” RC , two copies, and enclosures ( DNA : RG 59, CD , St. Petersburg, vol. 1). First RC 1 p.; dated “7/19...
14To James Madison from Levett Harris, 30 November 1804 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
30 November 1804, St. Petersburg. “I have the honor herewith to transmit my report of the trade of the United states to St. Petersburg the present Year [not found], and in conformity to your circular of the 9. April last year, I alike annex you Sir, a Statement of charges imposed on Vessels arriving at the several ports of this Empire, except that of Odessa for which there are Special...
15To James Madison from Levett Harris, 7 December 1804 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
7 December 1804, St. Petersburg. “My last respects of the 18/30 Novr. accompany this. I have the honor to inform You, that being yesterday invited with the Corps Diplomatique at Court, the Emperor addressed me by mentioning the receipt of the Presidents letter, to which His Majesty observed, he had replied, & inquired whether I had received it. I answered that I had not been honored by any...
16To 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,...
17To James Madison from Levett Harris, 25 May 1805 (Madison Papers)
The foregoing are Copies of what I had the honor last to address you. The Originals were sent to Amsterdam under cover to Mr. Bourn our Consul, to whose particular attention I recomended them, and requested he would take an acknowledgement on delivering the latter letter in charge of some attentive American Captain; he has advised me their receipt and mentioned he would conform to my...
18To James Madison from Levett Harris, 30 August 1805 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
§ From Levett Harris. 30 August 1805, St. Petersburg . “The letter you did me the honor to write to me of the 13. May came to hand the 10. inst. which mine to you of the 25. of same month has in some measure anticipated. “The importance of the subject you have treated Sir, rendered a special communication of it on my part to the Minister of foreign Affairs adviseable, altho.’ my frequent...
19To James Madison from Levett Harris, 4 September 1805 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
§ From Levett Harris. 4 September 1805, St. Petersburg . “Since my letter to you of the 18/30 Augst. transmitted by the Vessels hereunder named, I have been invited to an interview of the Minister of foreign affairs. The Prince de Czartoryski in acknowledgeing receipt of my note, informed me that Russia had judged it prudent to conform to those measures which Denmark had deemed adviseable to...
20To James Madison from Levett Harris, 22 October 1805 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
§ From Levett Harris. 22 October 1805, St. Petersburg. “Since I had the honor to address you under date of 23 Aug. 4. September Ship Severn via Baltimore Copy via Amsterdam: I have received a letter, of which the inclosed A is Copy, from Commodore Rogers, advising that a peace had been concluded with the Tripolitans, and that the Russian Vessel St. Michael, which had been captured by a part of...
21To 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,...
22To James Madison from Levett Harris, 29 April 1806 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
§ From Levett Harris. 29 April 1806, St. Petersburg. “I had last the honor of writing to you under date of 1/13. novr. 1805. I avail myself of the opening of the navigation of the Baltick to renew my communications. “The late extraordinary turn of affairs on the Continent which has taken place since the date of my last, of which you are fully apprised, ’tis apprehended, in addition to the...
23To 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,...
24To James Madison from Levett Harris, 23 July 1806 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
§ From Levett Harris. 23 July 1806, St. Petersburg. “I have the pleasure to introduce to Your Acquaintance Mr Joseph Allen Smith of South Carolina, of whom I have made particular mention in my dispatch of the 9.th. instant. “As Mr. Smith proceeds hence to England, my letter referred to will doubtless reach you previous to Mr. Smith’s arrival in America, and will therefore render my saying...
25To 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,...
26To James Madison from Levett Harris, 10 August 1806 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
§ From Levett Harris. 10 August 1806, St. Petersburg. “Since my last letters of the 9/21. & 18/30. July Conveyed to you by direct opportunities, from this to the United States, I have been honored by receipt of a letter from the President, inclosing one for the Emperor, which the President informs me has some relation to a Subject which the Secretary of State will explain to me: those promised...
27To James Madison from Levett Harris, 10 August 1806 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
§ From Levett Harris. 10 August 1806, St. Petersburg. “Permit this to Serve as an introduction of my friend mr Alexander J. Smith to the acquaintance of the Honorable Secretary of State. Mr. Smith is bearer of my dispatches to Government of this date he is a merchant resident in this City and partner in the first Establishment for transacting the commercial concerns of the United states to...
28To James Madison from Levett Harris, 15 September 1806 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
§ From Levett Harris. 15 September 1806, St. Petersburg. “I herewith inclose the Copy of a Manifest of the Emperor lately published with a reply of the Senate thereto: I deem it my duty to transmit it to You Sir; it is of a nature to be read with interest. “The answer to the ultimatum given by this Court to France, is not yet received; it may be perhaps Known to You before my communication of...
29To James Madison from Levett Harris, 15 September 1806 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
§ From Levett Harris. 15 September 1806, St. Petersburg. “By the circular letter from the Department of State of the 1st. July 1805, which only came to hand the 15 ult., and which Shall receive my particular attention, I perceive a renewal of the consular bonds is required. In conformity thereto, I have transmitted one to my correspondent at Philadelphia, with directions to have the Signature...
30To 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...
31To James Madison from Levett Harris, 13 June 1807 (Madison Papers)
I was honored on the 20 March, 1 April by receipt of Your letter of the 20 Nov. inclosing triplicate of your dispatches of the 15 Apl. & Copy of your letter to Genl. Armstrong of the 14 Novr. Those are the only copies of those communications that have reached me. The former, I persceive, were conveyed by the same channel through England, & have I apprehend remained in that Country. The Emperor...
32To James Madison from Levett Harris, 2 July 1807 (Madison Papers)
I had the honor to address You last the 1/ 13 June. The delay in the departure of the Ship by which the same is conveyed, enables me to transmit You, with the public journals up to this date, intelligence of a Battle fought between the Russian & French Army near Konigsberg on the 2/ 14 June, & which, from all the information I have been able to obtain, has not resulted favorably to the former;...
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, 24 July 1807 (Madison Papers)
Since my letter of 20 June/ 2 July Peace has actually been concluded between Russia & France, news of which will doubtless reach you before this. It has been announced by the Emperor to the Governor General here, after the form of the inclosed note. The Emperor arrived on the 4/16 inst. and we are anxiously awaiting the official communication from the minister of Foreign affairs which will...
35To James Madison from Levett Harris, 19 August 1807 (Madison Papers)
I have the honor to hand you herewith inclosed, a copy of the Treaty of Peace concluded between this Country & France at Tilsit the 25 June/ 7 July last, which was communicated yesterday to the Corps Diplomatique by the Minister of Foreign Affairs General de Budberg, And remain, with great respect Sir, Your most Obedient Servant DNA : RG 59—CD—Consular Despatches, St. Petersburg.
36To 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...
37To James Madison from Levett Harris, 8 November 1807 (Madison Papers)
I have this moment received the inclosed most important declaration of this Government, which I hasten to transmit to Cronstadt to be forwarded by the only American Vessel remaining, & which is on the moment of departure. I shall write particularly by next post via Holland when a duplicate will be forwarded. His Excellency Count Romanzoff has communicated the same in a note to me by order of...
38To 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...
39To James Madison from Levett Harris, 31 December 1807 (Madison Papers)
The inclosed is a Copy of my last sent via Amsterdam. I have now the honor to wait on You with a report of our trade here the present Year. The number of our Ships amounts to 88, Eighty of which have taken cargoes direct for America. Three beside these have arrived at other ports of the Empire, viz two at Archangel & one at Narva, but they were chartered in England & loaded on English account...
40To James Madison from Levett Harris, 26 January 1808 (Madison Papers)
As no opportunity for conveying You the inclosed, since it was written, has offered which promised its safely reaching a port of departure I have determined to send it by a special messenger to England, & for this purpose have given a Couriers pass to a young Gentleman in my confidence. Since my last I have received a Copy of the Presidents Message to Congress of the 27 Oct. but as it was...
41To James Madison from Levett Harris, 4 March 1808 (Madison Papers)
I have the honor to transmit You the herewith inclosed Copy of a declaration of this Court explaining the present state of its relations with that of Sweden, which was communicated to me by the Imperial Ministry the 13 Ult. As our intercourse with England through Sweden is now at an end, I have no means of writing You but by way of France or Holland, from whence opportunities to the United...
42To 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...
43To James Madison from Levett Harris, 24 April 1808 (Madison Papers)
I refer you to the inclosed Copies of my last. I have now the honor to transmit You the annexed Copy of a Note I yesterday received from the Minister of Foreign Affairs, by which it will be Seen, that Similar measures to those taken by France with respect to Neutral Vessels trading to British Ports, have been adopted here. The entire uncertainty of any of my letters now reaching You, & the...
44To James Madison from Levett Harris, 13 June 1808 (Madison Papers)
I have the honor to transmit You, herewith inclosed, copy of a note I have received from the Minister of Foreign Affairs & of Commerce Count Romanzoff, to which I add that of the reply I made to it. The Minister, in addition to his official communication, mentioned to me personally the wish of the Emperor that I would call the early attention of my Government to the object to which it refers,...
45To James Madison from Levett Harris, 13 June 1808 (Madison Papers)
My last letters were of the 4th. March 1 & 24 April via Holland & Sweden p. triplicate. Tho they were sent through very uncertain channels, I trust one Set will have found its way to you. The latter covered Copy of a Note from the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Stating the determination of this Court respecting a trade between this Country and England by means of neutral Vessels; I inclose a...
46To 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...
47To James Madison from Levett Harris, 22 September 1808 (Madison Papers)
I refer you to my letter of this date, via Sweden. You will receive this from the hands of Mr. de Daschkoff Chargé d’affaires of His Majesty the Emperor of Russia to the United States of America. This Gentleman proceeds to Paris and will embark at one of the ports of France by one of the earliest occasions for America, as none Suitable is likely to offer from hence. Mr Daschkoff decends from...