1To James Madison from Carlos Martínez de Yrujo, 17 June 1801 (Madison Papers)
The Chevalier d’Yrujo has the honor of presenting his respects to the Secretary of State and acknowledges the receipt of the Exequaturs sent for don Thomas Stoughton and Don Felipe Fatio, and returns thanks for the promptitude with which they were forwarded. RC ( DNA : RG 59, NFL , Spain, vol. 2). Docketed by Wagner as received 20 June.
5 February 1803, Washington. Understands that the inflammatory articles that have been published in the newspapers regarding the action of the intendant at New Orleans have created ferment in western Pennsylvania and that a certain Wilson has made efforts to collect volunteers who will assemble in Kentucky and Tennessee to attack Louisiana. Suggests that enemies of both the U.S. and Spain...
3To James Madison from Carlos Martínez de Yrujo, [14 May] 1801 (Madison Papers)
Mui Señor mio: Me hallo informado haber nombrado Mr. Adams en los ultimos meses de su administración un Consul Americano en Manila, Capital de las Islas Philipinas, y como esta disposición es contraria ã la voluntad de S. M. Catholica por las razones que expuse en mis cartas ũ oficios de 4 de Enero de 1798 a dn Timoteo Pickering sobre el nombramto. de un Consul para resider en la Havana, 6, y...
4To James Madison from Carlos Martínez de Yrujo (Abstract), 23 June 1805 (Madison Papers)
23 June 1805, Philadelphia. Has just received JM’s letter of the 20th inst. with a copy of the deposition given by Captain Kennedy relative to the seizure of the Huntress accompanied by the letter of Robert Young of Alexandria on the same subject. In view of this, has written this very day to the governor of Puerto Rico what is suitable for the liberation of the Huntress should its seizure by...
5To James Madison from Carlos Martínez de Yrujo, [3 August] 1801 (Madison Papers)
I have received your letter of the 24 July last in which you enclose me an extract of a letter of Josiah Blakeley, Agent of the united States at the Port of Santiago in Cuba and I shall with pleasure take the step you request in favor of the American seamen captured on board of English vessels. The repeated acts of violence, on the part of the naval commanders of that nation, towards American...
25 January 1803, Washington. Has examined the documents enclosed in JM’s letter of 20 Jan. concerning Pollock’s claim for $150 owed to him by the royal treasury at Havana. It appears that some years ago an embargo was laid on Pollock’s assets to ensure his paying certain debts. Although credits amounted to $9,574.02, no more than $150 was paid into the treasury and the money was there at...
7To James Madison from Carlos Martínez de Yrujo (Abstract), 12 March 1805 (Madison Papers)
12 March 1805 , Washington . Has received JM’s letter of 28 Feb. informing him that Spanish officers have lately fortified and increased their military posts relative to the limits of Louisiana and that they intend to carry into effect other measures of the same kind. Although he is not informed officially of the said military movements (which undoubtedly occurred within the possessions of the...
23 September 1802, Mount Pleasant. Announces the double marriage of the prince of Asturias to the princess of Naples and the Spanish infanta to the prince of Naples. RC ( DNA : RG 59, NFL , Spain, vol. 2). 1 p.; in Spanish; in a clerk’s hand, except for Yrujo’s complimentary close and signature.
26 January 1803, Washington. Presents the enclosed letter from Charles IV announcing the marriage of Fernando, prince of Asturias, to María Antonia, princess of Naples, on 25 Aug. 1802. RC and enclosure ( DNA : RG 59, NFL , Spain, vol. 2). RC 1 p.; in Spanish. In a clerk’s hand, except for Yrujo’s complimentary close and signature. Enclosure (1 p.; in Spanish; translated interlinearly by...
10To James Madison from Carlos Martínez de Yrujo, 27 January 1803 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
27 January 1803, Washington. At the beginning of January the Spanish consul at Baltimore [Juan Bautista Bernabeu] suspected that a ship entering port as the American brigantine Augusta was really the Spanish ship St. Peter , which had cleared from Havana declaring Spain as its destination. The consul investigated the fraud and began legal action “against those who had committed the crime of...