From James Madison to Abraham Van Bibber, 26 December 1804 (Abstract)
§ To Abraham Van Bibber
26 December 1804, Department of State. “I have recd. your letter of the 22d. inst. [not found] respecting the Brigantine Neptune and her Cargo.1 The enclosures to which you refer as having been sent to this Department, have been received, if you allude to a power of Attorney, a copy of the decree of restitution of the Brig by the District Court of Pennsylvania and a letter from Mr. Wharton of Philadelphia to Mr. Jolly of Baltimore, which were left at the Office by Mr. Stoddert: but as these papers do no[t] materially affect the case from what it appeared to be at the date of my letter of the 2 last, I have nothing to add to my remarks then made.”
Letterbook copy (DNA: RG 59, DL, vol. 14). 1 p.
1. Under the claims convention of 1831 with France, John Jolley was awarded $2,752.25 for his claim for the Neptune (Statement Showing the Payments of Awards of the Commissioners Appointed under the Conventions between the United States and France … [Washington, 1886], 90).
2. Left blank in letterbook. For JM’s letter to John Jolley and Company, 26 Apr. 1804, see , 7:112–13.