1To James Madison from James Maury, 22 February 1809 (Madison Papers)
I had the honor of writing to you on the 6th. instant, and am truly mortified to inform you that Embargo breakers have continued to arrive. I now count within my district, in the whole, from the commencement of this business by the James, twenty two. Inclosed you have Copies of the reports at this Customhouse of fourteen of them as pr List annexed. As soon as I can obtain the same particulars...
2To James Madison from James Maury, 6 February 1809 (Madison Papers)
Yesterday four Embargo breakers, said to be from New York & American Vessels, arrived here, principally with Cotton Cargo’s. As soon as I can, I will give you further particulars. I have the honor to be with perfect Respect Your mo: obt. Servt. DNA : RG 59—CD—Consular Despatches, Liverpool.
3To James Madison from James Maury, 4 February 1809 (Madison Papers)
I had the honor of writing to you on the 28th. Ultimo. The Vessel under the name of Sally with a Cargo of Tobacco, mentioned in my letter of the 25th., has arrived here, proves British, & has been admitted to Entry at this Custom house as such; but under t he name of Eliza Farquhar Capt: Mc.Adam. Her Cargo 330 Hhds of Tobacco. ’Tis said this Vessel was originally American, (whether sailing u...
4To James Madison from James Maury, 28 January 1809 (Madison Papers)
A Little Schooner under the name of Juliet Capt. Bowen is also arrived from New York with Cotton & Naval Stores. They say she sailed on the 14th. Ulto. I am &c DNA : RG 59—CD—Consular Despatches, Liverpool.
5To James Madison from James Maury, 25 January 1809 (Madison Papers)
A Vessel under the name of Sally from Virginia for this place with more than 300 Hhds of Tobacco has put into Kinsale. I have the honor to be with perfect respect Your most obedient Servant DNA : RG 59—CD—Consular Despatches, Liverpool.
6To James Madison from James Maury, 17 January 1809 (Madison Papers)
I had the honor of writing to you on the 13h. ulto. pr Jamaica for Norfolk, sailed the 27th., a copy of which is inclosed. On the 10th. Instant I received your letters of the 25h. & 26th. Nov:; with the Documents you have been so good as to send me, for which I am much obliged to you. I also received the Packets for Mr. Pinkney, which were forwarded to him & of which he acknowledges the...
7To James Madison from James Maury, 13 December 1808 (Madison Papers)
I had the honor of writing to you on the 5h. instant, since which I am enabled to give you some particulars as annexed, taken from the report of the runaway schooner, as made at this custom house by the master of her. In conformity to the law of 1803 I demanded of Capt Danels his register, sea letter & Mediterranean Pass. He informed me he had neither. The vessel and cargo was admitted to...
8To James Madison from James Maury, 8 December 1808 (Madison Papers)
The Jamaica still being here enables me to inclose a Copy of Capt. Odiorne’s Declaration with my contradiction thereof, supported by the testimony of all my Clerks, which, for my own justification, I pray you will be so good as have inserted in the National Gazette of the United States. I have the honor to be with perfect respect Your most obdt. Servt. DNA : RG 59—CD—Consular Despatches,...
9To James Madison from James Maury, 5 December 1808 (Madison Papers)
I had this honor on the 27th. Ulto. a Copy of which is inclosed. I cannot as yet give you any further information of the Schooner. This going by a British Vessel (The Jamaica Capt. Richardson) I have at the suggestion of Mr. Pinkney, inclosed his dispatch in my own which is under cover to Messrs. Campbell & Wheeler of Norfolk, the Consignees of the Vessel. There having lately appeared in the...
10To James Madison from James Maury, 27 November 1808 (Madison Papers)
Yesterday evening a Schooner (which they call Jane and say is an American) arrived here with a Cargo of Cotton and Turpentine; but, having no Papers, has been ordered to perform Quarantine. This circumstance has prevented my having any c ommunication with the Master. I understand she has run from New York, leaving all her Papers behind. I cannot as yet learn the Master’s name. Nor indeed can...
11To James Madison from James Maury, 5 November 1808 (Madison Papers)
I had the honor of writing to you on the 1st. in stant. I now have great pleasure in announcing the ar rival of the Union off Penzance, where she landed Lieutenant G ibbon and then proceeded for France. I have the honor to be with perfect respect Your mo: obt. Servt. DNA : RG 59—CD—Consular Despatches, Liverpool.
12To James Madison from James Maury, 1 November 1808 (Madison Papers)
I had the honor to write to you on the 17th. September. A while past it was generally expected Cotton would have been much higher by this time and I cannot well account for its being as i t is: however the stocks in this Country now are so much reduced that the Consumers soon must either purchase or greatly curtail this branch o f Manufacture. I have the honor to be with perfect respect Your...
13To James Madison from James Maury, 17 September 1808 (Madison Papers)
I had the honor of writing to you on the 8th. instant. The advices P the New York Packet (just arrived) being the same as heretofore on the subject of the Embargo has occasioned a farther rise in Cotton as annexed. Upland Cotton has already reached a price unprecedented. By this morning’s Post we hear General Junot’s Army at Lisbon, and the Russian Fleet in that Port have surrendered. The...
14To James Madison from James Maury, 8 September 1808 (Madison Papers)
I have the honor to inclose you the Act of Parliament, under which the duty on Cotton is changed as pr my Letter of 6th. Ulto. The United States having furnished last year to this Country Cotton amounting to five eighths of her intire consumption and none coming since the operation of the Embargo, accounts for the progressive advance in price. The Crop of Wheat some weeks ago was unusually...
15To James Madison from James Maury, 23 August 1808 (Madison Papers)
By desire of Mr. Pinkney I have the honor to present you a paper relative to the orders in council. I have the pleasure to inform you that the Hope came to off Falmouth last week. I understand she did not even come to anchor, but, immediately after delivering her dispatches, proceeded to France. The exports of British manufactures this season have been much more considerable than calculated...
16To James Madison from James Maury, 6 August 1808 (Madison Papers)
I had the honor of writing to you on the 2d. Ulto: & now present you a Price Current, by which you will observe an additional Duty on Cotton, amounting to a penny & a fraction pr lb more in American Vessels than in British. Inclosed you have the Table of Imports & Exports for the first six months of the present year. I have the honor to be with perfect respect, Your Most Obedt. Servt. DNA : RG...
17To James Madison from James Maury, 2 July 1808 (Madison Papers)
I have the honor to annex a triplicate of what I wrote to you on the 11th. Ulto. The information I then gave you about the Saint Michaels, I believe, is correct, but I have nothing farther on the subject. The riots of the Labouring manufacturers at Manchester & some other adjacent places, which had given considerable alarm some time ago, have ceased. Within the space of three days Tobaccoes...
18To James Madison from James Maury, 11 June 1808 (Madison Papers)
I had this honor on the 28th. Ulto. By the London news papers, received this day, we learn that, on the 31st. Ulto., the St. Michaels, with two Messengers on board, from the United States, had been spoken off L’Orient by one of his B. Majestys ships of war. I have no information more authentic than this: nevertheless I rather consider it correct. I have the honor to be with great respect your...
19To James Madison from James Maury, 28 May 1808 (Madison Papers)
I had the honor of writing to you on the th Instant. I now present you a Price Current for this Port. The Osage sailed from Falmouth on the 18th. Instant with Lieutenant Lewis & a Son of Mr. Pinkney on board. I have the honor to be with perfect respect Dear Sir Your Most Obedt. Servt. DNA : RG 59—CD—Consular Despatches, Liverpool.
20To James Madison from James Maury, 4 May 1808 (Madison Papers)
I had the honor of writing to you on the 25th. Ulto. By this mornings post I have information, which I consider correct that Mr. You ng e reached London the 2d instant. I present you a price current & have the honor to be with perfect respect. Your most obedient servant James Maury DNA : RG 59—CD—Consular Despatches, Liverpool.
21To James Madison from James Maury, 25 April 1808 (Madison Papers)
I had this Honor on the 20th. instant. The present is merely for the purpose of informing you of the arrival of Mr. Rose at the Metropolis on Friday last. I have the honor to be with perfect respect, your Most Obedt. Servt. DNA : RG 59—CD—Consular Despatches, Liverpool.
22To James Madison from James Maury, 20 April 1808 (Madison Papers)
I had the honor of writing to you on the 24th Ulto: As to the state of our produce in this market, I can only make the same observation I made on the 12th Ulto: & beg leave to refer to the inclosed price current. We have information within these few days (which the Mercantile houses here consider correct) that, about the latter end of February, four American vessels bound hence to various...
23To James Madison from James Maury, 24 March 1808 (Madison Papers)
I have the honor to inclose you a Copy of the Protest of Charles Remington, late Master of the American Brigantine Vesta & of William Phillips & Edward Munro, Mariners, stating the capture of this Vessel by the British Privateer Lancashire Witch & the names of the Crew taken out of the Vesta & put on board the said Privateer. I have the honor to be With perfect respect Your Mo Ob Servt. DNA :...
24To James Madison from James Maury, 18 December 1807 (Madison Papers)
From time to time I lately have had the honor of transmitting you the orders in Council relative to Neutrals. In this you have a price Current with the remark that the apprehension of a rupture with the U: S: A: appears rather increasing and has occasioned some advances in several articles of American produce, tho’ none in Cotton. I have the honor to be with perfect respect your Most Servant...
25To James Madison from James Maury, 19 November 1807 (Madison Papers)
I have the honor to inclose you the late orders in council which so materially concern our ship-owners, also a price-current. Trade is very dull indeed. I have a letter from Mr. Monroe dated Portsmouth 13th. instant, when he informed me he was embarked and on the point of sailing for the U. S. A. Mr. Rose, the new Envoy from this country, sailed on the 12th. in the Statira frigate. I have the...
26To James Madison from James Maury, 25 August 1807 (Madison Papers)
It hath lately been notified that, after the 31st of October next, Vessels, being American property, but not the built of America or condemned as prize within the United States, sailing under Sea-letters, shall not be permitted to land cargoes in this C ountry: and I am farther informed, this determination will be invariably adhered to. I have the honor to be With perfect respect Your most ob...
27To James Madison from James Maury, 11 August 1807 (Madison Papers)
I had the honor of writing to you the 23rd. Ultimo & now inclose the table of the Imports and Exports in our vessels to and from this place for the first six months of this year. Yesterday I received a dispatch from Mr. Monroe for you, which I committed to the special care of Isaac Waite Master of the American Ship Robert Burns, sailed for New York. Being rather pressed for time, very anxious...
28To James Madison from James Maury, 5 August 1807 (Madison Papers)
I inclose in this this invoice, bill of parcels & bill of lading of your cheese, which I hope will prove as I wish. I recollect your father used sometimes to order his cheese to be inclosed in lead & as this mode of packing them secures better than any other against the effects of heat on the passage & the package is almost always worth its first cost, I have taken the liberty to put them up...
29To James Madison from James Maury, 23 July 1807 (Madison Papers)
I have received your letters of 6 th & 8th ulto, e ach containing a dispatch for our Commissioners a t London, which I should have forwarded by e xpress, but for my being apprized of the arrival of the Wasp. I have sent them thro’ a private channel. I am much obliged to you for the Newspapers you have done me the honor to enclose. The Crops of Grain in this country a ppear well so far. Such...
30To James Madison from James Maury, 11 October 1806 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
§ From James Maury. 11 October 1806, Liverpool. “Herewith I have the honor to inclose you the duplicate of my last letter in which was the document alluded to, forwarded %P% the Orozimbo, Gardner. “At length we have the important intelligence of the negotiations at Paris being broken off, and that Lord Lauderdale is on his way home. The communication reached this place yesterday & is confirm’d...