To James Madison from Robert Smith, 8 September 1809
From Robert Smith
Sep. 8. 1809.
Sir,
The enclosed is the only Original despatch which has been received by Mr Jackson.1 Not having time to have a Copy of it I send the Original. It indicates, as far as mere Conversation with Mr Canning can indicate, something like a change of temper on the part of the British Govt.
To judge from the extent of his establishment it would seem that Mr Jackson was disposed to remain a long time among us. With real Esteem &C
R Smith
RC (DLC).
1. The new British minister to the U.S., Francis James Jackson, carried a dispatch from William Pinkney to Smith, 23 June 1809 ( , Foreign Relations, 3:303; see also JM to Jefferson, 11 Sept. 1809).