41To James Madison from George W. Erving, 3 August 1807 (Madison Papers)
I had the honor to write to you on the 13t. & on the 26th. Ulto. communicating the intelligence received here, of an Armistrice & subsequent peace concluded between France & Russia. In the same manner, to take the chance which there may be of this reaching you sooner than information from any other quarter, I now inclose an extraordinary gazette of Madrid published yesterday, in Consequence of...
42To James Madison from George W. Erving, 26 July 1807 (Madison Papers)
I had the honor to write you on the 13th. Inst, & inclosed with my letter an extraordinary gazette of that da te announcing the conclusion of an Armistrice between the Em perors of France & Russia, made at Tilsit on the 1st. June. Last night a special Courier arrived with in telligence that peace between these two Powers was determ ined on the 8th. Presuming that this important ne ws may...
43To James Madison from George W. Erving, 17 July 1807 (Madison Papers)
My last unofficial letter was of June 22d. My last publick dispatch (of the 14th. Inst.) by original & duplicate, inclosed Copy of an Extraordinary gazette announcing the conclusion of an Armistice between Russia & France, a triplicate of which is herewith transmitted: The News of the ratification immediately followed, & to day we hear that the peace is Signed at Tilsit, & that the two...
44To James Madison from George W. Erving, 13 July 1807 (Madison Papers)
I had the honor to write you last on June 20th.; since then a Mr. Hollins of Baltimore has arrived at Barcelona & writes word that he has in his charge dispatches from you; but as he is in quarantine & Mr. Cevallos has therefore refused to grant him a passport; I do not expect to receive those dispatches till five or six weeks from this time. I cannot at present add to what is said in my last...
45To James Madison from George W. Erving, 22 June 1807 (Madison Papers)
My last unofficial letter was of March 24th. and is the only one of which I have preserved a copy of the Cypher used; as to the others, I have not a trace left which will Enable me to ascertain even where the Cypher has been used. Thus it is impossible for me to remedy the difficulty which appears to have arisen in the department in decyphering my letters, which however I still hope may be a...
46To James Madison from George W. Erving, 20 June 1807 (Madison Papers)
I had the honor to write to you on the 8th. & 21st. April: th e 8th. upon the subject of the late Spanish decree, transmitting copy of my note to Mr. Cevallos March 19th., his answer of the 27th., the note to the Minister of April 2nd. & the reply of the Prince Adm iral to my note of 13th. March; and on the 21st. upon cases of condemnation in the inferior prize Courts. Since then I have...
47To James Madison from George W. Erving, 21 April 1807 (Madison Papers)
By my letter of March 17 (No. 25) I had the honor to submit to you copies of certain correspondence with the Spanish Minister of State, upon some late cases of condemnation by the inferior prize courts; and upon the general conduct of these tribunals. The notes of 4th. & 13th. March therewith transmitted, produced from Mr. Cevallos one, (dated 15 of the same) in which he has attempted to...
48To James Madison from George W. Erving, 8 April 1807 (Madison Papers)
With my last dispatch, dated March 17th. I had the honor to submit to you copy of a note to the Prince of Peace upon the subject of his late Ordinance, issued under the sanction of the King, & professing to adopt the Law declared by the French Emperor in his decree of November 21st. 1806: the purpose of which note was to obtain from the Prince, who in his capacity of High Admiral directs by...
49To James Madison from George W. Erving, 31 October 1806 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
§ From George W. Erving. 31 October 1806. No. 17. “By a special Courier who arrived here last night from Paris, news has been receivd of a very important victory obtained by the French on the 14th Inst: The particulars are not correctly known; but a letter from Mr Beauharnais to the French charge d’affaires here, brought by the same courier, says that the Prussian Army was surrounded ; 24,000...
50To James Madison from George W. Erving, 14 October 1806 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
§ From George W. Erving. 14 October 1806, Madrid. No. 16. “I had the honor to write to you last by original & duplicate on the 6th Inst. In that letter I mentioned the departure of Lord St Vincents from Lisbon in consequence of an arrangement made at Paris between the Portuguese & French governments; I mentioned also that this arrangemt had not appeared to have relaxed the military...