2801To James Madison from Albert Gallatin, 20 August 1801 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
20 August 1801, Treasury Department. Encloses copy of letter from collector at Boston in response to inquiries made at JM’s request concerning French armed schooner Beguine . RC and enclosures ( DNA : RG 59, ML ). RC 1 p. Enclosures (3 pp.) are copies of Benjamin Lincoln to Gallatin, 12 Aug. 1801, and appended lists (see n. 1). RC and first enclosure reproduced in Papers of Gallatin (microfilm...
2802To James Madison from Rufus King, 20 August 1801 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
20 August 1801, London. No. 30. Conveys word from Murray and Dawson that exchange of ratifications has been completed in Paris. Encloses letter from Eaton with latest information on situation at Tunis. Refers to previous statements of his reluctance to execute Eaton’s orders. RC ( DNA : RG 59, DD , Great Britain, vol. 9); letterbook copy ( NHi : Rufus King Papers, vol. 54). RC 1 p.; marked...
2803To James Madison from David Humphreys, 21 August 1801 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
21 August 1801, Madrid. No. 284. Little has changed since his last dispatch. Great Britain, alarmed at Continental military maneuvers, has stopped all traffic to and from France. Chevalier Freire has arrived from Portugal, reportedly to renew treaty negotiations with the French ambassador and to act as minister plenipotentiary ad interim to Spain. Earlier report that two Tripolitan cruisers...
2804To James Madison from Joseph Pitcairn, 21 August 1801 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
21 August 1801, Hamburg. Encloses list of American vessels in port between 1 Jan. and 30 June, which has been delayed to ascertain “the destination of the last commerce.” RC ( DNA : RG 59, CD , Hamburg, vol. 1). 1 p.; in a clerk’s hand, signed by Pitcairn; docketed by Wagner as received 27 Oct. Enclosure not found. A full transcription of this document has been added to the digital edition.
2805To James Madison from Turell Tufts, 21 August 1801 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
21 August 1801, Paramaribo. States that a newspaper extract of his last letter was sent by a British merchant to the person concerned [the port collector at Paramaribo] “in expectation that it would provoke the man to cramp our Intercourse still more.” Extract “caused great irritation [and] produced many threats,” compelling him to deny authorship, but the episode has resulted in better...
2806To James Madison from Samuel Williams, 21 August 1801 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
21 August 1801, London. Acknowledges JM’s letter of 29 June. Will close his public trusts with full statement of financial transactions and transmit accounts to secretary of treasury. Will pay Rufus King balance of public money. Hopes Erving will arrive when expected and “serve the United States & the Claimants as faithfully as I have served them.” RC ( DNA : RG 59, CD , London, vol. 8); Tr (...
2807To James Madison from Thomas Jefferson, 22 August 1801 (Madison Papers)
Your’s of the 18th. is recieved, and I now return all the papers which accompanied it, (except those in Bingham’s case) and also the papers inclosed in that of the 16th. The case of the British Snow Windsor taken by the prisoners she was carrying & brought into Boston is new in some circumstances. Yet I think she must fairly be considered as a prize made on Great Britain, to which no shelter...
2808To James Madison from Stephen Cathalan, Jr., 22 August 1801 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
22 August 1801, Marseilles . Announces that Captain Bainbridge in the Essex arrived on 29 July. Since the ship had been at Gibraltar and had met vessels at sea, it would have been quarantined for fifteen days; consequently, Bainbridge left immediately for Barcelona, taking with him the Martha , the only vessel ready to sail under his convoy. They arrived at Barcelona on 1 Aug. and departed on...
2809To James Madison from William Jarvis, 22 August 1801 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
22 August 1801, London. Expresses his veneration of Jefferson’s philosophical, moral, and political character and admiration for the quality of his appointees. Desires office of Lisbon consulate if found worthy. Believes that recent political changes in Portugal will require Bulkeley, who is connected with a British merchant house, to withdraw. Offers Dearborn as a reference. RC ( DNA : RG 59,...
2810To James Madison from Rufus King, 23 August 1801 (Madison Papers)
I have duly received your Letter of June 30. inclosing one to Mr. Williams which notifies him of his removal from Office. He assures me that his Accounts shall in a day or two be forwarded to the Department of the Treasury, and that the Balance of public money in his hands shall immediately be paid over agreeably to my directions to Messrs. Bird Savage & Bird. Should this Balance exceed the...