1To James Madison from Levett Harris, 15 June 1820 (Madison Papers)
After having spent fourteen years of my life in the Service of my Country, and having had so distinguished a Share in the establishment of our Relations with the Emperor of Russia, I returned to the US under a full conviction of enjoying, as I felt I deserved, the countenance & Confidence of my Government at home, as I had done abroad. But I had not been long here, before I was apprized by Mr....
2To James Madison from Levett Harris, 27 October 1812 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
27 October 1812, St. Petersburg. “The present will be handed You by my nephew, Mr John L. Harris, who returns home the bearer of dispatches from Mr Adams from Count Romanzoff & from me. He will have the honor of paying his respects in person to your Excellency. I take the liberty of thus introducing him to you & of recommending him to your protection & notice.” RC ( NN ). 1 p.; dated “15/27...
3To James Madison from Levett Harris, 13 June 1808 (Madison Papers)
My last letters were of the 4th. March 1 & 24 April via Holland & Sweden p. triplicate. Tho they were sent through very uncertain channels, I trust one Set will have found its way to you. The latter covered Copy of a Note from the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Stating the determination of this Court respecting a trade between this Country and England by means of neutral Vessels; I inclose a...
4To James Madison from Levett Harris, 15 September 1806 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
§ From Levett Harris. 15 September 1806, St. Petersburg. “By the circular letter from the Department of State of the 1st. July 1805, which only came to hand the 15 ult., and which Shall receive my particular attention, I perceive a renewal of the consular bonds is required. In conformity thereto, I have transmitted one to my correspondent at Philadelphia, with directions to have the Signature...
5To James Madison from Levett Harris, 25 April 1803 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
25 April 1803, Philadelphia. Acknowledges receipt of the commission appointing him consul to St. Petersburg, accompanied by JM’s 9 Apr. circular and the transcript of laws relative to consuls passed at the last session of Congress. Returns the commission first sent to him. “I Shall now prepare myself, with all expedition, to proceed to Russia, and I hope in one month from this, to be on my...
6To James Madison from Levett Harris, 24 August 1815 (Madison Papers)
I take the liberty of recommending to the notice of Your Excellency the application I have made in my dispatch of this date, to the Secretary of State, in behalf of my nephew, John Levett Harris. My nephew will have the honor of presenting this letter personally to your Excellency, and Should it not interfere with your other arrangements and dispositions, I persuade myself that the office I...
7To James Madison from Levett Harris, 29 April 1806 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
§ From Levett Harris. 29 April 1806, St. Petersburg. “I had last the honor of writing to you under date of 1/13. novr. 1805. I avail myself of the opening of the navigation of the Baltick to renew my communications. “The late extraordinary turn of affairs on the Continent which has taken place since the date of my last, of which you are fully apprised, ’tis apprehended, in addition to the...
8To James Madison from Levett Harris, 29 June 1820 (Madison Papers)
I return You my acknowledgments for Your very kind Reply of the 21st inst to the Letter I had the honor to address You on the 15th. I purpose leaving here in All next Week for Monticello, on a Visit to Mr Jefferson, whose Stay there, he writes me is limited to about two Weeks, and I shall thence Repair to pay my Respects at Montpellier. I beg You to Accept in Advance the Renewed Assurances of...
9To James Madison from Levett Harris, 4 March 1808 (Madison Papers)
I have the honor to transmit You the herewith inclosed Copy of a declaration of this Court explaining the present state of its relations with that of Sweden, which was communicated to me by the Imperial Ministry the 13 Ult. As our intercourse with England through Sweden is now at an end, I have no means of writing You but by way of France or Holland, from whence opportunities to the United...
10To James Madison from Levett Harris, 22 October 1805 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
§ From Levett Harris. 22 October 1805, St. Petersburg. “Since I had the honor to address you under date of 23 Aug. 4. September Ship Severn via Baltimore Copy via Amsterdam: I have received a letter, of which the inclosed A is Copy, from Commodore Rogers, advising that a peace had been concluded with the Tripolitans, and that the Russian Vessel St. Michael, which had been captured by a part of...
11To James Madison from Levett Harris, 30 August 1805 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
§ From Levett Harris. 30 August 1805, St. Petersburg . “The letter you did me the honor to write to me of the 13. May came to hand the 10. inst. which mine to you of the 25. of same month has in some measure anticipated. “The importance of the subject you have treated Sir, rendered a special communication of it on my part to the Minister of foreign Affairs adviseable, altho.’ my frequent...
12To James Madison from Levett Harris, 8 November 1807 (Madison Papers)
I have this moment received the inclosed most important declaration of this Government, which I hasten to transmit to Cronstadt to be forwarded by the only American Vessel remaining, & which is on the moment of departure. I shall write particularly by next post via Holland when a duplicate will be forwarded. His Excellency Count Romanzoff has communicated the same in a note to me by order of...
13To James Madison from Levett Harris, 10 August 1806 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
§ From Levett Harris. 10 August 1806, St. Petersburg. “Since my last letters of the 9/21. & 18/30. July Conveyed to you by direct opportunities, from this to the United States, I have been honored by receipt of a letter from the President, inclosing one for the Emperor, which the President informs me has some relation to a Subject which the Secretary of State will explain to me: those promised...
14To James Madison from Levett Harris, 31 October 1826 (Madison Papers)
After the several explanations furnished you in regard to Mr. Todd’s money transactions with me, I have delayed pressing upon him a final issue of it, in the hope (as he had left this City & repaired to New York for the express purpose of raising funds to satisfy it) that I should finally hear from him. Nearly a year has now elapsed since you were made acquainted with the merits of a claim,...
15To James Madison from Levett Harris, 21 March 1826 (Madison Papers)
A passage in your letter of the 24. Ultimo, received in due time, pained me as I read it, and seems, upon reflection, to impose upon me the duty of sending to you a more full development of the circumstances out of which has arisen my present disagreeable attitude towards Mr. Todd. You observe “It is his (Mr Todd’s) wish, I trust, to give to the transaction, so unfortunate in its origin , and,...
16To James Madison from Levett Harris, 2 July 1807 (Madison Papers)
I had the honor to address You last the 1/ 13 June. The delay in the departure of the Ship by which the same is conveyed, enables me to transmit You, with the public journals up to this date, intelligence of a Battle fought between the Russian & French Army near Konigsberg on the 2/ 14 June, & which, from all the information I have been able to obtain, has not resulted favorably to the former;...
17To James Madison from Levett Harris, 17 November 1803 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
17 November 1803, St. Petersburg. Encloses his letter to JM of 27 Oct. , which “reached Cronstadt too late for the occasion by which it was intended to be conveyed.” Not having heard from Count Vorontsov since their last meeting, waited on 16 Nov. on Prince Czartoryski, “who officiates for the prime minister,” and was told that “my Crendentials [ sic ] had been laid before the Emperor, who...
18To James Madison from Levett Harris, 22 September 1808 (Madison Papers)
I refer you to my letter of this date, via Sweden. You will receive this from the hands of Mr. de Daschkoff Chargé d’affaires of His Majesty the Emperor of Russia to the United States of America. This Gentleman proceeds to Paris and will embark at one of the ports of France by one of the earliest occasions for America, as none Suitable is likely to offer from hence. Mr Daschkoff decends from...
19To James Madison from Levett Harris, 19 August 1807 (Madison Papers)
I have the honor to hand you herewith inclosed, a copy of the Treaty of Peace concluded between this Country & France at Tilsit the 25 June/ 7 July last, which was communicated yesterday to the Corps Diplomatique by the Minister of Foreign Affairs General de Budberg, And remain, with great respect Sir, Your most Obedient Servant DNA : RG 59—CD—Consular Despatches, St. Petersburg.
20To James Madison from Levett Harris, 26 January 1808 (Madison Papers)
As no opportunity for conveying You the inclosed, since it was written, has offered which promised its safely reaching a port of departure I have determined to send it by a special messenger to England, & for this purpose have given a Couriers pass to a young Gentleman in my confidence. Since my last I have received a Copy of the Presidents Message to Congress of the 27 Oct. but as it was...
21To James Madison from Levett Harris, 30 November 1804 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
30 November 1804, St. Petersburg. “I have the honor herewith to transmit my report of the trade of the United states to St. Petersburg the present Year [not found], and in conformity to your circular of the 9. April last year, I alike annex you Sir, a Statement of charges imposed on Vessels arriving at the several ports of this Empire, except that of Odessa for which there are Special...
22To James Madison from Levett Harris, 24 July 1807 (Madison Papers)
Since my letter of 20 June/ 2 July Peace has actually been concluded between Russia & France, news of which will doubtless reach you before this. It has been announced by the Emperor to the Governor General here, after the form of the inclosed note. The Emperor arrived on the 4/16 inst. and we are anxiously awaiting the official communication from the minister of Foreign affairs which will...
23To James Madison from Levett Harris, 19 September 1804 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
19 September 1804, St. Petersburg. “My last respects were paid You the 1st. instant ⅌ this conveyance. I yesterday received the inclosed Letter and communication from the Prince de Czartoryski, to whom I addressed the reply, copy, as inclosed, all which, I hasten to transmit to You.” RC , two copies, and enclosures ( DNA : RG 59, CD , St. Petersburg, vol. 1). First RC 1 p.; dated “7/19...
24To James Madison from Levett Harris, 23 July 1806 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
§ From Levett Harris. 23 July 1806, St. Petersburg. “I have the pleasure to introduce to Your Acquaintance Mr Joseph Allen Smith of South Carolina, of whom I have made particular mention in my dispatch of the 9.th. instant. “As Mr. Smith proceeds hence to England, my letter referred to will doubtless reach you previous to Mr. Smith’s arrival in America, and will therefore render my saying...
25To James Madison from Levett Harris, 24 June 1804 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
24 June 1804, St. Petersburg. “My last respects were paid you the 7. Feby ⅌ quadruplicate. Since my arrival here, I have not been honored by any of your communications. “As new regulations are now making for charges in the different ports of the Empire, I shall delay til toward the close of the summer, transmitting you the required statements upon these points. “I have received no advice from...
26To James Madison from Levett Harris, 25 May 1805 (Madison Papers)
The foregoing are Copies of what I had the honor last to address you. The Originals were sent to Amsterdam under cover to Mr. Bourn our Consul, to whose particular attention I recomended them, and requested he would take an acknowledgement on delivering the latter letter in charge of some attentive American Captain; he has advised me their receipt and mentioned he would conform to my...
27To James Madison from Levett Harris, 4 September 1805 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
§ From Levett Harris. 4 September 1805, St. Petersburg . “Since my letter to you of the 18/30 Augst. transmitted by the Vessels hereunder named, I have been invited to an interview of the Minister of foreign affairs. The Prince de Czartoryski in acknowledgeing receipt of my note, informed me that Russia had judged it prudent to conform to those measures which Denmark had deemed adviseable to...
28To James Madison from Levett Harris, 13 June 1807 (Madison Papers)
I was honored on the 20 March, 1 April by receipt of Your letter of the 20 Nov. inclosing triplicate of your dispatches of the 15 Apl. & Copy of your letter to Genl. Armstrong of the 14 Novr. Those are the only copies of those communications that have reached me. The former, I persceive, were conveyed by the same channel through England, & have I apprehend remained in that Country. The Emperor...
29To James Madison from Levett Harris, 13 September 1804 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
13 September 1804, St. Petersburg. “I was honored on the 27th. ulto. by receipt of your dispatch under date of the 26 June, (transmitted by Mr Erving from London) accompanied by a letter from the President to the Emperor, and one for the Grand Chancellor from the honble. Secretary of State; both of which, I presented in person to the Prince de Czartoryski: he mentioned it was usual on such...
30To James Madison from Levett Harris, 31 December 1807 (Madison Papers)
The inclosed is a Copy of my last sent via Amsterdam. I have now the honor to wait on You with a report of our trade here the present Year. The number of our Ships amounts to 88, Eighty of which have taken cargoes direct for America. Three beside these have arrived at other ports of the Empire, viz two at Archangel & one at Narva, but they were chartered in England & loaded on English account...