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...
51To 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...
52To 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...
53To 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...
54To 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...
55To 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...
56To 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...
57To 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...
58To 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,...
59To 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...
60To 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...