1To 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
2To James Madison from James Monroe, 13 February 1818 (Madison Papers)
: Adams Papers [microfilm ed.], reel 6). Francisco de Miranda’s unsuccessful expedition to liberate Venezuela in 1806 was launched from the United States with the help of sympathetic Americans, among them Thornton. Miranda had claimed that he acted with the silent consent of the Jefferson administration, an......de Miranda (1750–1816) was a Venezuelan-born soldier who fought in the French...