1From James Madison to Anthony Merry, 16 July 1805 (Madison Papers)
¶ To Anthony Merry. Letter not found. 16 July 1805. Described in the index to Notes to Foreign Ministers and Consuls as “relative to the French privateer Les Amies” ( DNA : RG 59, Notes to Foreign Ministers and Consuls, vol. 1). For Les Amies, see Merry to JM , 9 July 1805 (second letter), and nn.
2From James Madison to Anthony Merry, 14 June 1805 (Madison Papers)
Letter not found. 14 June 1805 . Calendared in the index to the State Department notes to foreign legations as “relative to sundry impressments &c &c” ( DNA : RG 59, Notes to Foreign Ministers and Consuls, vol. 1); described in Merry’s 17 June 1805 reply as referring to the brig Happy Couple .
3From James Madison to Anthony Merry, 27 January 1806 [letter not found] (Madison Papers)
¶ To Anthony Merry. Letter not found. 27 January 1806. Mentioned in Anthony Merry to JM , 29 Jan. 1806 , as dealing with the impressment of Nathaniel Small and John Hines.
4From James Madison to Anthony Merry, 21 December 1803 (Madison Papers)
Letter not found. 21 December 1803. Mentioned in Merry to Hawkesbury, 31 Dec. 1803 (PRO: Foreign Office, ser. 5, 41:60–61), as a request “to have a Conversation with me at his Office on the following Day.” For Merry’s report on the meeting, see JM to Merry, 24 Dec. 1803, n. 4 and JM to Monroe, 26 Dec. 1803, n. 4 .
5From James Madison to Anthony Merry, 2 November 1804 (Madison Papers)
Letter not found. 2 November 1804. Calendared in the index to the State Department notes to foreign legations as “enclosing certain documents relative to Mr. Wallace’s apt. as British Consul at Savannah” (DNA: RG 59, Notes to Foreign Ministers and Consuls, vol. 1).
6From James Madison to Anthony Merry, 23 April 1805 (Madison Papers)
Letter not found. 23 April 1805 . Calendared in the index to the State Department notes to foreign legations as “relative to further impressments” ( DNA : RG 59, Notes to Foreign Ministers and Consuls, vol. 1), and described in Merry to JM, 25 Apr. 1805 , as respecting the impressment of a seaman from the American sloop Semiramis, and the “Visiting, for the Object of Impressment,” of the...
¶ To Anthony Merry. Letter not found. 22 September 1806. Acknowledged in Merry to JM , 28 Sept. 1806 , as concerning the impressment of three American seamen and enclosing relevant documents.
8From James Madison to Anthony Merry, 5 June 1804 (Madison Papers)
Letter not found. 5 June 1804. Described as “enclosing a copy of a letter from Mr. ⟨Tuhel?⟩” (DNA: RG 59, Notes to Foreign Ministers and Consuls, vol. 1, index). Acknowledged in Merry to JM, 6 June 1804 .
9From James Madison to Anthony Merry, [10] January 1806 (Madison Papers)
I have recd. the letter in which you have done me the honor to communicate for the information of this Govt that his Britannic Majesty has directed a discontinuance of the Blockade at the entrance of the rivers Elbe & Weser. Considering communications from your Govt. on such occasions, as made with a view to relieve our merchants from the uncertainty they might otherwise be under, whether on...
10From James Madison to Anthony Merry, 28 August 1806 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
§ To Anthony Merry. 28 August 1806, Department of State. “You will receive herewith Duplicate Copies of a Protection, proving the Citizenship and describing the person of Robt Smith , which was granted to the said Smith by the Collector of the Customs at Philadelphia on the l9th May 1797. From a late Communication to this office, it appears that this man had been recently impressed into the...