31To 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...
32To 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...
33To 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...
34To 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...
35To James Madison from Anthony Merry (Abstract), 8 February 1805 (Madison Papers)
8 February 1805, Washington . “Lord Harrowby, His Majesty’s Principal Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, having signified to me that the King has been pleased to appoint James Wallace Esqr. to be His Majesty’s Vice-Consul at Savannah in the State of Georgia, and having instructed me to communicate Mr. Wallace’s Appointment to the Government of the United States, and to procure for him the...
36To James Madison from Anthony Merry, 23 February 1805 (Madison Papers)
The British Ship British Queen arrived at Charleston, South Carolina, in the Month of August last with Two Hundred and Fifty French Soldiers and Passengers on board. It appears that this Vessel had been captured by a French Privateer on her Voyage from Jamaica to Liverpool and had been carried to the Havana, where the Cargo was landed and sold, and that she was sent straight from thence to...
37To James Madison from Anthony Merry, 27 February 1805 (Madison Papers)
Mr Merry presents his respectful Compliments to Mr Madison, and, in consequence of the Wish which Mr Madison has expressed to him verbally, has the Honor to transmit to him inclosed a Copy of the Bill filed in the District Court of South Carolina in the Year 1799 by the Spanish Consul, to prevent the Sale of a Vessel of his Nation which had been captured by a British Cruizer and Sent into...
38To 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...
39To James Madison from Anthony Merry, 12 April 1805 (Madison Papers)
I have had the Honor to receive your Letter of the 9th. of this Month, together with the Documents referred to in it, respecting the Impressment, by His Majesty’s Sloop Busy, of Martin George from the American Schooner Henrietta, of Elisha Morris and Peter Douglass from the Brig Traveller, and of several other Seamen from the Ship Manhattan, which had been detained by the same Sloop of War on...
40To James Madison from Anthony Merry, 25 April 1805 (Madison Papers)
I have received the Honor of your Letter of the 23d: Instant, with the Documents it enclosed, respecting the Impressment of Seth Marvine from the American Sloop Semiramis, when within the Jurisdiction of the United States, by His Majesty’s Schooner Fly, and respecting the Visiting, for the Object of Impressment, the Schooner Industry, when also within the same Jurisdiction, by another, or...
41To 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...
42To James Madison from Anthony Merry (Abstract), 29 April 1805 (Madison Papers)
29 April 1805, Washington . “I have the Honor to transmit to you annexed the Name and Quality of an additional Servant belonging to my Family.” RC and enclosure ( DNA : RG 59, NFL , Great Britain, vol. 3). RC 1 p.; in a clerk’s hand, signed by Merry; docketed by Wagner. The enclosure (1 p.) lists Peyton Bell, an “American free Man of Colour,” as groom to legation secretary Augustus John...
43To 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...
44To 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...
45To James Madison from Anthony Merry, 17 June 1805 (Madison Papers)
I have received the Honor of your Letter of the 14th. Instant, with the Documents which accompanied it, respecting the Impressment of sundry Seamen who belonged to the American Brig Happy Couple, and the improper Language which Captains Talbot and Beresford, commanding His Majesty’s Ships Leander and Cambrian, are stated to have held to Thomas W. Story, late Master of the Happy Couple, when he...
46To 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...
47To 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....
48To James Madison from Anthony Merry, 9 July 1805 (Madison Papers)
His Majesty’s Consul at Norfolk in Virginia has transmitted to me a Copy of a printed Notice (a Transcript of which I have the Honor to enclose) published by the Deputy Marshall of the United States for that District advertizing for Sale on the 12th. of this Month the Brigantine Transfer, which the Notice expresses to have been libelled and sold for a Breach of Blockade, informing me that he...
49To 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...
50To James Madison from Anthony Merry, 25 July 1805 (Madison Papers)
I have the Honor to transmit to you enclosed the Copy of a Protest made by Francis Blair, late Master of the British Ship Golden Grove, stating the particulars of the Capture of that Ship on the 9th. of May last by a Spanish Privateer Schooner called the Atrevido commanded by a Person of the Name of Hooper, said to be an American, that is declared to have sailed from Hampton Road, together...
51To 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...
52To 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,...
53To James Madison from Anthony Merry, 19 August 1805 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
§ From Anthony Merry. 19 August 1805, Philadelphia . “Mr Merry presents his best Respects to Mr Madison, and has the Honor to transmit to him annexed the Extract of a Letter which he has just received from Sir John Wentworth, Governor of His Majesty’s Province of Nova Scotia, on the Subject of the Effects belonging to the President and Mr Madison, together with the Bill of Loading referred to...
54To 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...
55To 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...
56To 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...
57To 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...
58To 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,...
59To James Madison from Anthony Merry, 16 December 1805 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
§ From Anthony Merry. 16 December 1805, Washington. “Having transmitted to the Commander in Chief of His Majestys Ships on the Halifax Station Copies of the Documents which accompanied your Letter to me of the 14th. October respecting the Impressment of Daniel Talmage, an American Citizen, who was supposed to have been impressed by His Majesty’s Ship Cleopatra, I have the Honor, Sir, to...
60To James Madison from Anthony Merry, 6 January 1806 (Madison Papers)
The British Ship Esther, George Irving Master, having sailed from Charleston, South Carolina, with a valuable Cargo of Merchandize, bound to London, and having, from Damage which she received at Sea, been obliged to return to that Port, was, when she was off the Bar, and had a Pilot on board, captured by the French Privateer the Creole, on the 4th: November last, and carried on the 11th: of...