141To James Madison from George W. Erving, 27 September 1806 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
§ From George W. Erving. 27 September 1806, Madrid. No. 14. “I wrote to you last unofficially on the 9t of this month. In the present very critical posture of European affairs the attention of all political Speculators is turned towards the king of Prussia. I have within these few days obtained a sight of several letters from him to his chargé d affaires here the contents of which are...
142To James Madison from George W. Erving, 12 June 1802 (Madison Papers)
My last unofficial letter was dated March 6th; not having had the pleasure of hearing from you, & always supposing that my communications may have been found deficient in interest, it is not without apprehension that I again address you: To write too much however is an Error on the right side as long as our correspondent has the priviledge of burning; I conclude too that this may find you at...
143To James Madison from George W. Erving, 21 January 1806 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
§ From George W. Erving. 21 January 1806, Madrid. No 7. “I have had the pleasure to receive your letter of Novr. 21st. but not delivered by the Mr. Smith therein referred to; & the newspapers which you have been so good as to send have not yet reached me. I do not know that I have any particular reason to complain of the stoppage or violation of my letters, but it is generally understood here...
144To James Madison from George W. Erving, 29 October 1803 (Madison Papers)
I duly received from Mr: Le Couteulx the papers respecting his Claim on this Government, referred to in your letter to our Minister Resident here of May 16th. Upon this subject, I as the Agent of Mr: Le Couteulx, drew a memorial (of which I have the honor herewith to inclose a Copy) to the King in Council, & submitted it to the Minister for his approbation. This appeared to be the most...
145To James Madison from George W. Erving, 17 June 1806 (Madison Papers)
I had the honor to write to you on the 17th. April from England, ⟨m⟩entioning my intention of returning immediately to Madrid by way ⟨o⟩f Lisbon; pursuant to which I left London on the 5th. May, ⟨ar⟩rived here on the 2nd. Inst., and on the 6th. proceeded to Aranjuez, where the Court now is, & from whence I returned to this place on the 14th. In my first interview with Dn. Pedro Cevallos, which...
146To James Madison from George W. Erving, 28 August 1806 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
§ From George W. Erving. 28 August 1806, San Ildefonso. No. 12. “We have not received here certain intelligence that Lord Lauderdale has actually quitted Paris; but by all that we have received it is to be presumed that he must have gone; & we know that he had demanded his passports. The french government attributes this rupture to the ill state of Mr Fox’s health; this appears to be absurd,...
147To James Madison from George W. Erving, 11 August 1808 (Madison Papers)
My last unofficial letter to you was of May 17th.; I have nothing at present of a private nature connected with the matter of the accompanying dispatch, which is of sufficient importance to be communicated to you: indeed whatever information of any consequence that contains, I presume will reach you before this. The past transactions, & the actual state of affairs here, certainly merit the...
148To James Madison from George W. Erving, 29 November 1805 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
§ From George W. Erving. 29 November 1805, Madrid. “Private No. 3.” “In my last unofficial letter dated Novr. 20 which was sent by way of Bourdeaux with the original of my official letter No. 2 I intimated an apprehension that the Cypher of this legation had been lost; but having today received a letter from Mr. Jarvis by ⟨w⟩;hich I find that Mr. Pinckney has carried it to Lisbon, & has now...
149To James Madison from George W. Erving, 19 March 1803 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
19 March 1803, London. No. 16. “I have the honor to inclose Copy of a Letter which I yesterday received from our Consul at Lisbon.” RC and enclosure ( DNA : RG 59, CD , London, vol. 8). RC 1 p. In a clerk’s hand, signed by Erving. Docketed by Wagner. For enclosure, see n. 1. The enclosure, Jarvis to Erving, 10 Feb. 1803 (1 p.; docketed by Wagner), reported that the prince regent had lifted...
150To James Madison from George W. Erving (Abstract), 20 April 1805 (Madison Papers)
20 April 1805, London . No. 53. “I have the honor herewith to inclose a protest made at Lisbon by Lemuel Bruce Master, and Charles A. Coffin mate of the Vessel Venus belonging to New York; stating the very unjustifiable conduct of the officers of his Britanneck Majesty’s Ship ‘Wolfe’ in procuring two men Bailey & Knight part of the crew of the Venus, to enter on board the ‘Wolfe,’ and in...