1To James Madison from Rufus King, 11 October 1803 (Madison Papers)
Francisco de Miranda (1756–1816) was a South American-born soldier who served as a brigadier general in the French revolutionary army and fought in the period from the battle of Valmy (1792) to that of Neerwinden (1793). Miranda...
2To James Madison from Jacob Wagner, 23 August 1804 (Madison Papers)
of 20 Aug. 1804. The article provided a number of reasons why Great Britain would declare war on Spain, including its desire for the Spanish colonies of South America, and gave a short history of Francisco de Miranda’s role in rallying European support for South American independence. The article is now in JM’s portfolio of newspaper clippings (
3To James Madison from Albert Gallatin, [13 May 1805] (Madison Papers)
...and the cabinet agreed to remove Swartwout as marshal because he had summoned a jury panel sympathetic to the defendants in the trial of Samuel G. Ogden and William Steuben Smith for aiding Francisco de Miranda in his attempt earlier that year to overthrow Spanish rule in South America. Peter Curtenius was named marshal on 13 Dec. 1806. New York Republican merchant Peter A. Schenck (d. 1824)...
4To James Madison from Rufus King, 15 October 1805 (Madison Papers)
, 11 Oct. 1803, which contained an extract from Francisco de Miranda’s 23 Aug. 1803 letter to King, see
5To James Madison from Rufus King, 25 November 1805 (Madison Papers)
The enclosure (11 pp.; docketed by King as received from Francisco de Miranda on 10 Nov. 1805 and returned from
6To James Madison from Francisco de Miranda, 10 December 1805 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
From Francisco de Miranda.
7To James Madison from Francisco de Miranda, 22 January 1806 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
§ From Francisco de Miranda.
For Francisco de Miranda’s 1806 expedition against the coast of Venezuela, see Karen Racine, Francisco de Miranda: A Transatlantic Life in the Age of Revolution
9To James Madison from John Armstrong, 1 June 1806 (Madison Papers)
...and Armstrong’s defense of his conduct. The crux of the exchange was Bowdoin’s assertion and Armstrong’s denial that the former should be included in discussions with the French government and the Spanish ambassador in Paris regarding Francisco de Miranda’s expedition against Venezuela in the
10To James Madison from James Monroe, 9 June 1806 (Madison Papers)
In early May 1806 U.S. newspapers were rife with reports and speculations that Francisco de Miranda’s expedition, perhaps with British support, had sailed for Venezuela, landed there, and engaged in hostilities; see, for example, the