61To James Madison from George W. Erving, 15 August 1806 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
§ From George W. Erring. 15 August 1806, Madrid, “12 o clock P.M. ” No. 13. “I have to add to what is contained in my letter of the 13th (sent by quadruplicate) that a courier has arrived this Evening from Paris who brings letters to the 9th Inst. That which I have seen is to mr V. the French charge d’affaires, but not from his government. Lord Lauderdale has arrived at Paris; the letter...
62To James Madison from George W. Erving, 13 August 1806 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
§ From George W. Erving. 13 August 1806, Madrid. No. 12. “A Courier arrived here last night to the French charge d’affaires who brings news to the 5th Inst: Contrary to all reasonable Expectation the peace between England & France is arranged. Telegraphick news had reached Paris from Calais that Lord Lauderdale had landed who is sent on the part of Great Britain to sign the preliminaries.”...
63To James Madison from George W. Erving, 9 August 1806 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
§ From George W Erving. 9 August 1806, Madrid. No. 11. “Since my last unofficial letter (dated 28. Ulto) the Expectations of peace between England & France have been renewed, & now prevail in a much stronger degree than before. A few days since it was believed that the preliminaries had been signed by Lord Yarmouth; that report proves to have been premature, but no doubt is entertained that he...
64To James Madison from George W. Erving, 9 August 1806 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
§ From George W. Erving. 9 August 1806, Madrid. No. 10. “I had the honor to address you last on the 25th. of July. In that letter I mentioned that no complaints had reached me from the Ports, but what related to Quarantine; but it was scarcely dispatched when I was informed through Mr. Young of these recent captures & Condemnations at Algeciras. These are: “The Felicity, Wm. Boyd, Master “The...
65To James Madison from George W. Erving, 28 July 1806 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
§ From George W. Erving. 28 July 1806, Madrid. No. 10. “Tho I do not generally receive private information without some distrust, yet when I have it thro channels which I cannot suspect of any sinister view in giving it, & it appears to be of any importance, or to have any bearing upon our affairs; I deem it my duty to communicate it. What I have said respecting the war with Portugal in the...
66To James Madison from George W. Erving, 25 July 1806 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
§ From George W Erving. 25 July 1806, Madrid. No. 9. “I wrote you last on the 13th. Inst. & on the 22 nd. had the honor to receive your letter of May 1st. “Pursuant to your instructions of November 1st. 1805, I have scrupulously avoided conferring with the Members of this Government upon any of the subjects of the late negotiation, & when I left Madrid in February, gave conformable...
67To James Madison from George W. Erving, 13 July 1806 (Madison Papers)
As your instructions were that the correspondence respecting D’Yrujo shoud be laid before this government without comment, I was a little doubtful whether or not you woud approve of any answer being given to such observations as it might Excite on the part of Mr Cevallos; but under the impressions mentioned in my public letter, it seemed upon the whole that some reply shoud be made; this I...
68To James Madison from George W. Erving, 13 July 1806 (Madison Papers)
The last letter which I had the honor to write to you was dated 17th June, and inclosed copies of Don Pedro Cevallos’s note of the 2d & my reply of the 15th: He has thought proper to retouch the subjects of that note in another of the 24th June, a copy of which & my answer of the 1st Instt are herewith transmitted. As Mr Cevallos in his last note has not attempted by any argument to contest...
69To 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...
70To James Madison from George W. Erving, 17 April 1806 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
§ From George W. Erving. 17 April 1806, London. No. 6. “I wrote to you last on the 24th of Feby from Madrid to inform you of the afflicting event which had made it necessary for me to visit this country on my private affairs; a measure which under the circumstances of my situation I persuaded myself that the President woud not disapprove. I arrived here on the 22d of last Month, & having...
71To James Madison from George W. Erving, 24 February 1806 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
§ From George W. Erving. 24 February 1806, Madrid. No. 5. “I wrote to you on the 21st. Inst. to mention that the very severe calamity which has befallen me, the death of my Father, has rendered my presence in England for a time necessary. As you will have observed from my former letters that I have already used every proper means of obtaining some concessions from this Government which might...
72To 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...
73To James Madison from George W. Erving, 21 January 1806 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
§ From George W. Erving. 21 January 1806, Madrid. No. 4. “I had the honor to receive on the 14th, Inst. your letter of November 1st., 1805, in which you are pleased to instruct me as to the line of conduct to be observed with this Court, & find with great satisfaction that the language which I have held here upon all occasions, as well to individuals as in my public communications with the...
74To James Madison from George W. Erving, 14 December 1805 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
§ From George W. Erving. 14 December 1805, Madrid. “Private No 6. ” “I wrote to you in great haste unofficially on the 27th. Ulto. to announce some telegraphic news which had just been Received from Paris. It did not however prove to be well founded. The annexed may be depended upon as I had it from the Prussian Minister who Received it from his Court yesterday, & by the French mail to day it...
75To James Madison from George W. Erving, 7 December 1805 (Madison Papers)
I had the honor to write to you (No. 2.) on the 20th. Ulto. by way of Bordeaux, and to inclose copies of my notes to Dn. Pedro Cevallos on the case of the “Recovery, Adams,” the cargo of which vessel was condemned at Algesiras as being English property, and on that of the “Hudson, Bailey,” condemned at Cadiz for want of papers, which as it appears, were taken from her by the Commander of a...
76To 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...
77To James Madison from George W. Erving, 29 November 1805 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
§ From George W. Erving. 29 November 1805, Madrid, “At Night.” “Private No. 4.” “I have a moment before the post goes out to communicate to you the very important telegraphick news which has just been received here in private letters from Paris.” [Below Erving’s signature is a note:] “Blle Generale. au 16 & 17 devant Vienne les françois [ sic ] victorieux le 18 & 19 les franç⟨a⟩;is entrerent...
78To James Madison from George W. Erving, 21 November 1805 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
§ From George W. Erving. 21 November 1805, Madrid. “ Private No. 2.” “Having heard thro a variety of channels, (not officially) that the British still continue their depredations, & as it is to be apprehended that their late successes will neither add to the wisdom of their policy, or to their love of justice, presuming therefore that Mr. Monroe will find it necessary to continue amongst them,...
79To James Madison from George W. Erving, 20 November 1805 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
§ From George W. Erving. 20 November 1805, Madrid. No. 2. “I had the honor to write you on the 25th. Ulto. from the Escurial, by Mr. Pinckney who proceeded to Lisbon on the 26th. “Mr. Pinckney will have informed you particularly of the state in which he left our affairs here, of the means which he took, (but without success,) towards the close of his Mission, to obtain a Ratification of the...
80To James Madison from George W. Erving, 28 October 1805 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
§ From George W. Erving. 28 October 1805, Madrid. “ Private No 1. ” “I wrote to you officially from the Escurial on the 25th Inst by Mr Pinckney, who left that place on his way home on the 26th., merely to inform you of my arrival & introduction; Mr Pinckney had Expected me, but a ship being at Lisbon on the point of departure, he feared that if he delayed his journey thither he might lose his...
81To James Madison from George W. Erving, 25 October 1805 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
§ From George W. Erving. 25 October 1805, “Escurial.” “I have the honor to inform you that I arrived at Madrid on the 23d Instt: finding that Mr. Pinckney had left it on the 22d with an intention of returning to the United States by way of Lisbon & that he woud stop at the Escurial to take an audience of leave, I proceeded immediately to this place: Mr Pinckney had expected to meet me here on...
82To James Madison from George W. Erving, 4 October 1805 (Madison Papers)
Pursuant to the determination which I mentioned in my last official letter to you from London, to have been taken in concert with Mr Monroe & Mr Bowdoin, I left that place on the 5th of Septr. for Paris, where I arrived on the 14th. We supposed that some sensations might have manifested themselves on the part of the French government since the departure of Mr Monroe from Paris, favorable to...
83To James Madison from George W. Erving, 24 August 1805 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
§ From George W. Erving. 24 August 1805, London . No. 64. “Immediately after Mr Monroes return to this place on the 23d. July I was preparing to depart for Madrid when Mr Bowdoin arrived from St Andero. You are already fully acquainted with the motives which induced him to quit Spain; I doubt not but that the measure will produce a good effect upon the disposition of the Spanish government, &...
84To James Madison from George W. Erving, 25 July 1805 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
§ From George W. Erving. 25 July 1805, London. No. 35. “Mr Monroe arrived here yesterday, & I have this day a letter from Mr Bowdoin dated Southampton at which place it appears he has just landed from St. Andero; Mr Bowdoin has not quitted Spain on account of any political circumstances, but as I learn by his letter, the ill State of his health has made it necessary for him to come hither for...
85To James Madison from George W. Erving, 19 July 1805 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
§ From George W. Erving. 19 July 1805. No. 34. “In my of the 16th I mentioned that Mr Monroe had quitted Madrid on the 26th May; this upon the authority of what he wrote to me on the 25th, Mr Pinkney on the 26th of the same & Mr Jarvis of Lisbon on the 28th of June. I have just now received a letter from Mr Sullivan the private Secretary of Mr Bowdoin, dated St Andero 20 June, where they...
86To James Madison from George W. Erving, 16 July 1805 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
§ From George W. Erving. 16 July 1805. No. 33. “Since I wrote to you last the differences which have for a long time Existed between Mr Pitt & Lord Sid-mouth, more especially in relation to the proceedings against Lord Melville, have produced a seperation. Lord Sidmouth & his friends have resigned. Immediately after this Event the parliament was prorogued; which measure, as Mr Pitt has no...
87To James Madison from George W. Erving, 16 July 1805 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
§ From George W. Erving. 16 July 1805, London. No. 63. “As Lord Mulgrave had not notified to me previous to the 11th Inst, the appointment of any person to receive the 200,000 £ becoming due from the United States to the British government, & agreed by him to be received in London, I thought it proper to write to his Lordship on the subject; & having received his answer & communicated it to...
88To James Madison from George W. Erving, 10 July 1805 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
§ From George W. Erving. 10 July 1805, London. No. 62. “My letter No 59 (May 18th.) transmitted by original & duplicate, acknowledged the receipt of yours dated March 19th. addressed to Mr. Purviance, and directing him to make a proposition to this government for paying in London, instead of at Washington, the third instalment becoming due to it from the United States, under the late...
89To James Madison from George W. Erving (Abstract), 21 June 1805 (Madison Papers)
21 June 1805, London . No. 32. “I have lately heard of the unfortunate loss of the ‘Jupiter’ Captn R. Law which sailed from hence in Febuary bound to New York: by that vessel I sent as usual a large number of letters & my half yearly Accounts &c &c up to Decr 31st. My official letters to you were Nos 47, 48, 49, 50 & private 27—28—29; of the former I send duplicates herewith 47, 48, 49: No 50...
90To James Madison from George W. Erving (Abstract), 10 June 1805 (Madison Papers)
10 June 1805, London . No. 61. “I have the honor herewith to transmit a Statement of my transactions as Agent for the relief & protection of Seamen from the 31st. of August 1804 the date of the last Statement, up to the 18th. of May when this Trust was transferred to my successor William Lyman. “The List now sent contains 762 Applications, 262 of which are duplicate: It appears that 133 Men...