11From James Madison to Anthony Merry, 7 July 1804 (Madison Papers)
I have just received the report made by the Marshal of the District of New York, who was charged with a warrant from the Judge of that District to arrest Lt. Pigott an Officer belonging to the Frigate of His Britannic Majesty in the harbour of New York, commanded by Capt Bradley. The connection which the subject has with the contents of my letter of the 3d inst, makes it proper that it should...
12From James Madison to Anthony Merry, 23 July 1804 (Madison Papers)
I have the Honor to inclose the Deposition of Benjamin Glover, Master of the American Ship Diana, whence it will appear that at two and a half Leagues from the Light House at Sandy Hook, the British Frigate Cambrian impressed from on board her Six Passengers, who had been taken on board at Liverpool. As these Persons embarked on board of the Diana with the Permission of the Custom House at...
13From James Madison to Anthony Merry, 3 September 1804 (Madison Papers)
I had the honor to receive on the 25th of August your letter with its enclosures of the 15th. of that month; which has been laid before the President. The several communications & representations to which it is a reply, had for their object to obtain your interposition towards repairing and controuling the irregularities practised by British ships of war in the Harbour of N: York and on the...
14From James Madison to Anthony Merry, 5 September 1804 (Madison Papers)
I have had the Honor to receive your Letter of the 24th. Ult: representing that the American Ship Eugenia, having been detained by the British Ship of War Leander, was rescued on her Passage to Halifax, whether [ sic ] she had been ordered for Adjudication, out of the Hands of the Captors, and carried to New York, and expressing your Expectation that the necessary Steps will be pursued by the...
15From 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).
16From James Madison to Anthony Merry, 22 November 1804 (Madison Papers)
I have the Honor to inclose 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 Captain Timothy Clinch of the British public armed Brig Busy . By that Deposition, as well as a Certificate of the Collector of New-Haven, a Copy of which is inclosed, no Room is left to doubt that Mr....
17From James Madison to Anthony Merry, 26 February 1805 (Madison Papers)
I have had the Honor to receive your letter of the 23d instant stating that you have been informed that the Ship British Queen having been captured from British Subjects and carried to Charleston (S.C.) Measures have been taken to sell her there by the French Persons who have charge of her. The Collector of the Customs of that port has in Consequence been directed to ascertain whether she be a...
18From James Madison to Anthony Merry, 26 February 1805 (Madison Papers)
Letter not found. 26 February 1805 . Calendared in the index to the State Department notes to foreign legations as “relative to the Brig Active” ( DNA : RG 59, Notes to Foreign Ministers and Consuls, vol. 1). For the Active, see Anthony Merry to JM, 12 Oct. 1804 , and Claiborne to JM, 26 Nov. 1804 ( PJM-SS, Robert J. Brugger et al., eds., The Papers of James Madison: Secretary of State Series...
19From James Madison to Anthony Merry, 28 March 1805 (Madison Papers)
In Proportion to the Frequency of Outrages committed since the Commencement of the present War by British armed Vessels upon the Vessels of the United States, they have in few Instances only been presented to your Attention. The Representations which have been so repeatedly addressed to your Government with a View to a general Remedy, and the Use we have made of Agents, employed in some of the...
20From James Madison to Anthony Merry, 9 April 1805 (Madison Papers)
I have the Honor to enclose Copies of the respective Depositions of John Gilpin and Benjamin M. Smith, concerning the Impressment of Martin George from the Schooner Henrietta of Alexandria, and of Elisha Morris and Peter Douglass from the Brig Traveller of Providence, by the British Sloop of War Busy, Captain Byam; both cases being attended with Circumstances of high Aggravation. The Busy, as...