51To James Madison from George W. Erving, 20 September 1808 (Madison Papers)
I have the honor to inclose a very interesting memoir which Mr. Cevallos has ju st published, relating to the transactions at B ayonne; & which he has communicated to me wi th a view to its being transmitted to our Go vernment. This memoir avoids detail eve n on the most important transactions to which it refers, & leaves the curiosity wholly unsatisfied on other occurrences well deserving...
52To James Madison from George W. Erving, 1 November 1801 (Madison Papers)
I hope that the papers which I have forwarded by Mr. Dawson may furnish the kind of information wh ich the President desired to have; they shew what has been received under the commission, & the actual ances of government; & afford data upon which to Estimate the remaining costs of prosecuting the cla ims: there are no documents belonging to the ag ency from which it is possible to collect an...
53To James Madison from George W. Erving, 11 June 1804 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
11 June 1804, London. No. 36. “In the Case of Lewis Le Couteulx.” “Since I had the honor to address you last on the subject of this Case I have done every thing possible to procure a satisfactory result to my Application on Mr. Le Couteulx’s behalf. Finding that the consideration of that Gentleman’s claim was delayed, I thought proper on the 23rd. of March to address the Note to the Clerk of...
54To James Madison from George W. Erving, 13 July 1807 (Madison Papers)
I had the honor to write you last on June 20th.; since then a Mr. Hollins of Baltimore has arrived at Barcelona & writes word that he has in his charge dispatches from you; but as he is in quarantine & Mr. Cevallos has therefore refused to grant him a passport; I do not expect to receive those dispatches till five or six weeks from this time. I cannot at present add to what is said in my last...
55To James Madison from George W. Erving, 20 November 1807 (Madison Papers)
I had the honor to write to you on the 29th. October by original & duplicates via Barcelona. In that letter I mentioned rather particularly the state of affairs between France & Portugal, concluding that there existed very little probability of an amicable adjustment of them: All the subsequent proceedings have tended to confirm that belief; yet it would appear that the Court of Lisbon still...
56To James Madison from George W. Erving, 31 December 1808 (Madison Papers)
The very rapid advances of the french armies towards Madrid, & other points of the interior, in consequence of the most Extraordinary & unlooked for successes, having determined the supreme Junta on the 1st. Inst. immediately to transfer the seat of government to Badajos in Estremadura; which determination was on the same day communicated to the foreign ministers; I had not time to conclude my...
57To James Madison from George W. Erving, 6 March 1802 (Madison Papers)
I think it my duty to make you particularly acquainted with the proceedings of the Commissioners under the 7th. Article of the British Treaty respecting one of the appointments in connection with the Board, with which the President has been pleased to honor me, & that the business may be more fully before you, I have annexed to this the several letters & extracts from No. 1 to 6 inclusive. By...
58To James Madison from George W. Erving, 13 July 1806 (Madison Papers)
As your instructions were that the correspondence respecting D’Yrujo shoud be laid before this government without comment, I was a little doubtful whether or not you woud approve of any answer being given to such observations as it might Excite on the part of Mr Cevallos; but under the impressions mentioned in my public letter, it seemed upon the whole that some reply shoud be made; this I...
59To James Madison from George W. Erving, 6 October 1814 (Madison Papers)
On the 23d of September I received a despatch from the secretary of State inclosing the commission to Madrid with which you have been pleased to honor me. I am extremely sensible Sir to this new proof of your confidence, & shall use every effort to render myself worthy of it. I took the liberty of submitting to you on the 11th July some speculations respecting the then state of affairs in...
60To James Madison from George W. Erving, 21 January 1806 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
§ From George W. Erving. 21 January 1806, Madrid. No. 4. “I had the honor to receive on the 14th, Inst. your letter of November 1st., 1805, in which you are pleased to instruct me as to the line of conduct to be observed with this Court, & find with great satisfaction that the language which I have held here upon all occasions, as well to individuals as in my public communications with the...