20451Thomas Barclay to the American Commissioners, 11 August 1786 (Adams Papers)
I arrived here today, and shall Continue My Journey to Tangiers Early in the Morning,— The Plague being at Constantina occasions a Rigorous Quarranteen of 40 Days (from Barbary) in Spain— I shall therefore Endeavor to Get into Ceuta, which being in the hands of the Spaniards is an Exception to the Above remark, and I think the Quarranteen from thence is only [ ten ] Twelve Days— The Treaty...
20452To Thomas Jefferson from Thomas Barclay, 17 May 1792 (Jefferson Papers)
Gibraltar, 17 May 1792 . Since his last letter advices from Tangier and Mogadore of 13 and 23 Apr. indicate things continue quiet. Nothing of moment is expected to occur in Morocco till the fast of Ramadan is over. Then the succession struggle will be settled by battle or by division of the country. As soon as he was proclaimed Emperor in Tangier and Tetuan Solimon reduced customs duties by...
20453Thomas Barclay to John Adams, 20 May 1784 (Adams Papers)
I Shall go to Amsterdam next Week, receive all the Bills of Mess rs Fizeaux & C o and Send them to you by Express, by whom I pray you to send me my Trunk and all my Effects. The Express will not Sett off, under ten days. You need not mention at present that I have Sent for my Effects. The Coach you may keep a little longer, if it is not inconvenient to you. if it is, as it is the Property of...
20454Thomas Barclay to John Adams, 26 April 1784 (Adams Papers)
Inclosed is a letter which I received by the last packet from New york, and which I sincerely hope will bring you agreeable Intelligence from your family— I shall move from hence in a few days, and will be glad to know in what manner you will have your Coach disposed of, I Beg leave to Trouble you with two Inclosed letters, one for Mess: Hope & C o. the other for Mess. John De Neufville & son,...
20455To Thomas Jefferson from Thomas Barclay, 7 May 1792 (Jefferson Papers)
Gibraltar, 7 May 1792 . He sends this letter and those of 31 Mch. and 10 and 15 Apr. by a vessel bound for New York.—There is no foundation to the report that Muley Hussein was proclaimed Emperor in the province of Rif. Muley Slema renewed his request for a loan from the consuls in Tangier and hinted that in the event of noncompliance he would resort to naval warfare and expel them from the...
20456To Benjamin Franklin from Thomas Barclay, 15 November 1781 (Franklin Papers)
ALS : American Philosophical Society I have the honour to inclose five letters which I brought with me for your Excellency from Philadelphia, together with two letters for Mr. Franklin and one for Doctor Bancroft; they Came by the Ship St. James in which vessell I arrived last night after a passage of 34 days. I also take the liberty of sending you a rough draught of the situation of the...
20457To Thomas Jefferson from Thomas Barclay, 5 April 1786 (Jefferson Papers)
I had the pleasure of writing to you the 31st. of last Month by a gentleman going to Paris and of sending you a Copy of what I wrote Mr. Adams the 27th. I now, by the Spanish Courier, send you Copies of both those Letters. This day the Spanish dispatches arrived from Algiers by which Mr. Carmichael, who writes you by this Opportunity, received a Letter from Mr. Lamb , with another from Mr....
20458To Thomas Jefferson from Thomas Barclay, 19 December 1792 (Jefferson Papers)
Cadiz, 19 Dec. 1792 . Intelligence from Rabat and Tangier confirms the account in his last of the “Revolt in Abda and Duquda.” He hopes soon to be able to inform TJ that Suliman has taken the field and is “Master of the Empire,” but he would not be surprised if some unforeseen event occurred instead. Having been refused asylum in Algiers, Muley Slema fled from thence across the mountains....
20459To Thomas Jefferson from Thomas Barclay, 12 June 1787 (Jefferson Papers)
After you left this place My Fever Encreased upon me and Confined me two Days to my Bed. I am Now pretty well and I think I shall proceed home tomorrow, But I have Not given Mrs. Barclay any hopes of seeing me soon lest I shou’d Disapoint her. I Never stood so much in Need of your advice as I Do at this Moment. The House of French & Nephew have Refused Every accommodation that I have had in My...
20460To Thomas Jefferson from Thomas Barclay, 26 May 1786 (Jefferson Papers)
Inclosed you have an account of the Cost of some Spanish Books which were not to be procured at Madrid and which Mr. Carmichael orderd to be purchased here for you. I have paid 127 Dollars and 18 Ryals for them and placed them in the hands of Messieurs Lyonnis & Belleu to be shipd on a vessel bound to Rouen to the Care of Mr. Anthy. Garvey of that place who will send them Forward to you at...
20461To Thomas Jefferson from Thomas Barclay, 16 January 1792 (Jefferson Papers)
Gibraltar, 16 Jan. 1792 . Muley Ischem was again proclaimed Emperor in the city of Morocco on 5 Dec. 1791 and he has also been proclaimed head of Ben Assar’s army of 30,000 men, part of which is stationed by the sea coast to protect the landing of supplies from Spain. Muley Yezid, who was at Rabat with 10,000 regular troops to whom he had distributed money, announced that he would begin a...
20462Thomas Barclay to John Adams, 22 May 1784 (Adams Papers)
I am favor’d with your letter Covering one from Mess: Hope & C o. relative to the Draughts on M r. Jay which were twice paid. and I am much obliged to you for the Trouble you have had— The Trunk which you Mention was left by M r. Ridley, but No Key that I Can hear of, there is another Trunk of yours here, Exclusive of a very small one, and a quantity of Cloaths— I Do not beleive I Can Engage a...
20463To Thomas Jefferson from Thomas Barclay, 24 February 1786 (Jefferson Papers)
I had the pleasure of receiving your note addressed to me at Bordeaux and delivered your Inclosure agreeable to your directions. Tomorrow we shall set forward, and I expect in about Twelve days to get to Madrid from whence I shall write to you, as at present there is nothing better to offer than a Detail of Bad roads and Interruptions. I Received a letter yesterday from Mr. Carmichael who...
20464Thomas Barclay to the American Commissioners, 18 September 1786 (Jefferson Papers)
As you will probably wish to know the particulars of the Negotiations of the Treaty with the Emperor, and as the perusal will not take up a great deal of time, I shall lay them before you. After the first Audience was over Mr. Taher Fennish, in whose Hands the Negotiation was placed, came from the Emperor and informed me that His Majesty had read the Translation of the Letters, That he had...
20465To Thomas Jefferson from Thomas Barclay, 1 October 1792 (Jefferson Papers)
Gibraltar, 1 Oct. 1792. Having nothing worth communicating from Barbary, he sends copies of his letters of this date to Geronimo and Joseph Chiappe. He wrote to the former at Tangier because Muley Suliman will probably arrive soon in Tetuán, where he will meet the consuls and make inquiries about the United States. It would be unwise to offend Suliman because his three or four galleys at...
20466To Thomas Jefferson from Thomas Barclay, 18 December 1791 (Jefferson Papers)
Gibraltar, 18 Dec. 1791 . He wrote to TJ on the 12th [i.e., 13th] and expected to reach Tangier on the 12th but was unable to sail because of unfavorable weather conditions. Several letters from Morocco arrived three days ago that enable him to give an accurate account of recent events in that land. Sometime before the late Emperor’s death on 11 Apr. 1790 he ordered Muley Slema, a younger son,...
20467To Benjamin Franklin from Thomas Barclay, 29 April 1782 (Franklin Papers)
ALS : American Philosophical Society Since I had the honour of addressing Your Excellency last post I heard from Mr. Adams that a Cartel is settled for the Exchange of Seamen between America and Great Britain, and that some ships are getting ready in England to Transport the prisoners that are Now there. As we shall be in great want of some to Man the Ship that is going out, I wish it were...
20468To Thomas Jefferson from Thomas Barclay, 13 July 1792 (Jefferson Papers)
Gibraltar, 13 July 1792. Nothing of consequence has occurred in Morocco since his letter of 13 June. A force of 1,500 soldiers commanded by Abdalmeluk Ben Idris, a branch of the family of the Sharifs, appeared at Tetuán, reportedly to rendezvous with an army supporting the claims of Muley Suliman. Ben Idris pursued a group of mountaineers, who had attacked a caravan, and camped near Tangier,...
20469To Benjamin Franklin from Thomas Barclay, 17 July 1782 (Franklin Papers)
ALS : American Philosophical Society I had the honour of receiving your Excellencys of the 5th which I shoud have acknowledged by return of post, but I defer’d doing it for some days, in order to examine my situation and to endeavour to fill in some method of getting away the remainder of the public goods without being further troublesome to your Excellency. I have not hitherto made great...
20470To James Madison from Thomas Barclay, 20 October 1803 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
20 October 1803, New York . “I have the honour to enclose you the copy of a letter which I yesterday received from Commodore Hood, Commander in Chief of His Majesty’s Ships of war on the Windward Station, notifying the Blockade of the Islands of Martinique and Guadeloupe by the Squadron under his command.” Tr and Tr of enclosure ( PRO : Foreign Office, ser. 5, 38:316–18). Tr 1 p. Printed in...
20471To John Adams from Thomas Barclay, 27 September 1782 (Adams Papers)
I wrote you from Paris inclosing you a packet of great Consequence which I received from Mr Livingston, but for want of a Conveyance to please me, I put it into the hands of Mr. Jay who will take proper Care of it. I wish you had it, and if Mr. Jay had, when I was at Paris, any thing of much Consequence that he wou’d put on paper, I wou’d have sent the whole by Express. I am anxious about it,...
20472To Thomas Jefferson from Thomas Barclay, 31 July 1792 (Jefferson Papers)
Gibraltar, 31 July 1792 . He has received TJ’s letter of 9 Apr. with the newspapers, which latter enabled him to make agreeable communications to others who are highly interested in the prosperity of the United States. He hopes he will shortly be able to settle the business committed to him. The situation in Morocco must change after the celebration of Mahomet’s birth. Since the harvest Muley...
20473To Thomas Jefferson from Thomas Barclay, 1 March 1792 (Jefferson Papers)
Gibraltar, 1 Mch. 1792 . He has learned of important developments in Morocco since his letters of 23 and 24 Feb.—Muley Yezid eluded Ben Assar’s army and arrived at the city of Morocco on 2 Feb. Four days later he captured and pillaged the city. The “devoted Jews” were given up to plunder, friends and enemies alike suffered at the hands of his army, and even Francis Chiappe’s property was...
20474To John Adams from Thomas Barclay, 18 July 1782 (Adams Papers)
I had a letter some days ago from Doctor Franklin desiring me not to draw on him for any more money, to which yesterday I wrote a reply, a Copy of which I send inclosed to your Excellency. If you shou’d ask why I trouble you with it, my answer is, that it is for the reason I have given Doctor Franklin for writing so long a letter to him, “because I wish you to know minutely my situation.” I...
20475To Benjamin Franklin from Thomas Barclay, 23 March 1782 (Franklin Papers)
ALS : American Philosophical Society I left Amsterdam the 10th. and have been here ten days; I Came on the incouragement given me by a Merchant of this City, that he wou’d exchange the products of the Netherlands, for such British Manufactures as wou’d suit him, chosen from those in my hands belonging to the United States, and which I Cou’d not ship to America unless I did it in Contradiction...
20476To Benjamin Franklin from Thomas Barclay, 3 February 1782 (Franklin Papers)
ALS : American Philosophical Society I had the honour of receiving your Excellency letter of the 15th. of last Month with the Invoices and papers Mentiond in it— The Goods Purchased by Mess: De Neufville & son for the United states are in my Possession, but the rest that Mr Gillon left behind are in the Stores of Mess: Van Arps— Mess: De Neufville want to hold them as a security and say their...
20477Thomas Barclay to the American Commissioners, 13 September 1786 (Adams Papers)
Though, in a letter written at this place—dated the 10 th. instant, I gave you a long answer to the questions with which you charged me, I will now add some farther particulars on the Subject of this Country, which you will possibly be inclined to know.— The Emperor is on the most cordial and friendly footing with Spain, the presents, made him from that Court, have been uncommonly great, and...
20478To Thomas Jefferson from Thomas Barclay, 8 September 1792 (Jefferson Papers)
Gibraltar, 8 Sep. 1792. The unexpected delay of this vessel enables him to convey the following intelligence from Francisco Chiappe, who has just left here after a short visit. The outcome of the succession struggle in Morocco is still in doubt. Both Suliman and Ischem are poor, and Spain, content with the death of Muley Yezid, is disinclined to support either. It would be unwise of the United...
20479Thomas Barclay to the American Commissioners, 10 April 1786 (Adams Papers)
The Day before yesterday m r. Carmichael received Letters from Algiers from m r. Lamb, dated the 29 th. of last Month, and from m r. Randal the 26 th. (which I think a wrong Date) with a Postscript from on board a Vessel in the Bay of Alicant of the 1 st. Inst. after a Passage of 26. Hours. He cannot come on Shore without a Permission from Court to shorten his Quarantine, which m r. Carmichael...
20480To Benjamin Franklin from Thomas Barclay, 10 December 1784 (Franklin Papers)
ALS : American Philosophical Society I had the pleasure of addressing a letter to you the 8th. of October since which I remain without any of your Commands. I purpose leaving this on Monday and passing to Bordeaux where I shall remain a few days, and return to Paris. Shou’d you have occasion for wine or any other articles from the places through which I am to pass, it will make me happy to be...
20481To Thomas Jefferson from Thomas Barclay, 20 November 1791 (Jefferson Papers)
Lisbon, 20 Nov. 1791 . He has hired a vessel to take him to Tangier and expects to leave in five or six days. The Portuguese government first ordered passage for him on one of their vessels and then inexplicably rescinded the order.—He has written to the Basha of Tangier, the Emperor’s secretary [Francisco] Chiappe, and the Venetian consul at Tangier. He is anxious to leave Lisbon because of...
20482To Benjamin Franklin from Thomas Barclay, 17 February 1784 (Franklin Papers)
LS : American Philosophical Society In pursuance of your Excellencys desire a search has been made by Mr. Hodgson, for a precident relative to the Capture of Vessels situated in the same manner with that of Mr. Nesbitts; but none can be found— A Tryal however is soon expected to come on in the Courts here which will determine the point in England, and Mr. Hodgson promises to furnish you with...
20483Thomas Barclay to the American Commissioners, 10 June 1786 (Jefferson Papers)
I arrived here after an agreeable Passage of Five days and was very well received by the Governor and by the People, who seemed pleased to see Persons from a Country at so great a distance come to compliment their Sovereign. As the Governor had no Orders concerning our going forward, I was obliged to send a Courier to Morocco to demand that Permission and at the same time wrote to Mr. Chiappi...
20484Thomas Barclay to John Adams, 5 July 1784 (Adams Papers)
I intended to have written to you some posts ago, But I found that a few of your things had been lock’d up in a Chamber at Auteuil, and left there with some matters belonging to M rs. Barclay, and that they had Escaped her Memory and My knowledge. There are Two Coat’s and 2 laced hats belonging to your servants—1 lamp to write by with 2 Ink stands, a Coat of Arms in a Frame, 2 wooden stands...
20485Thomas Barclay to the American Commissioners, 18 September 1786 (Adams Papers)
As you will probably wish to know the particulars of the Negotiations of the Treaty with the Emperor, and as the perusal will not take up a great deal of time, I shall lay them before you— After the first Audience was over M r. Taher Fennish, in whose Hands the Negotiation was placed, came from the Emperor and informed me that His Majesty had read the Translation of the Letters—That he had...
20486To Thomas Jefferson from Thomas Barclay, 6 July 1787 (Jefferson Papers)
L’Orient, 6 July 1787 . Encloses a letter written since his arrival there. “It relates intirely to my affair with French & Nephew, and Do’s not Call on you for any Immediate attention. I trouble you with it to shew you that I Did all that I thought my Duty towards these Men.” Lynch, whom TJ saw at Bordeaux, called on Barclay, and they parted “on such terms as made me Expect an accommodation...
20487To Benjamin Franklin from Thomas Barclay, 6 January 1782 (Franklin Papers)
ALS : American Philosophical Society Since I had the honour of addressing your Excellency the 24th. of last month I have received 333 Packages of Cloathing, and 130 of Tin, from the warehouses of Mess: Van Arp & Co. and there are ready for delivery in Mess: De Neufvilles stores 42 packages, which I am told Compleat the whole of the supplies left here by Mr. Gillan. Those that I have in...
20488To Benjamin Franklin from Thomas Barclay, 25 February 1782 (Franklin Papers)
ALS : American Philosophical Society I have the honour to acknowledge the receipt of your Excellencys letter of the 12th. by Major Porter. It Came in time to give me an Opportunity of stopping the purchase of the ship Callone, which I mentiond to you in My last, but I had engaged for half of another of about 250 Ton Burthen, she was the General Sulivan an American built Privateer, and has been...
20489To Thomas Jefferson from Thomas Barclay, 15 April 1792 (Jefferson Papers)
Gibraltar, 15 Apr. 1792. The vessel headed for Boston with his 31 Mch. and 10 Apr. letters is still here.—Muley Hussein, mistakenly referred to as Muley Ousine in his 16 Mch. letter, has been proclaimed Emperor in the province of Rife according to letters from Tangier, but his prospects are not considered promising. Muley Slema remains in the sanctuary at Wazan and Muley Suliman at Mequinez,...
20490Thomas Barclay to the American Commissioners, 13 July 1787 (Adams Papers)
I Do my self the honor to Inclose you the Books of 82 pages Containing All my Accounts respecting my Missions to Morocco, by which you will see that the amount of the Expences attending the Negociation Including the Presents and all the Travelling Charges of Mr. Franks and my self amount to Livres 95179:10.— which sum I shall place to the Debts of the United states. The Particulars of the...
20491From Thomas Barclay to the American Commissioners, 10 February 1787 (Adams Papers)
Since I wrote to you from hence the 6 th. of last month I have been much aflicted with the Rheumatism in my Loins, which confin’d me to my bed with pains great beyond Description. I am now free of them, and Shall leave this place in a few Days. Upon further reflection, I thought it best not to abandon the Idea of meeting M r. Lamb, and therefore I wrote to him, at Port Mahon, that I woud go to...
20492To Benjamin Franklin from Thomas Barclay, 30 September 1782 (Franklin Papers)
LS : American Philosophical Society Upon my arrival here I waited on the Count De Hector and delivered him a letter which the Marquis de Castres gave me, in which he requested that I might receive all the assistance necessary to enable me to pursue Such Measures as I Should think proper in Expditing the American Supplies from hence, and on this Occasion I received every assurance on the part...
20493Thomas Barclay to John Adams, 6 May 1784 (Adams Papers)
I had the pleasure of receiving your letter relative to the House at Auteuil, since which several Messages pass’d between the Count de Rouault and Me, and all have Ended in an appointment to Meet Tomorrow on the spot, where I shall make known my demands for Repairs, and more than probably I will Inform you by next post that the House is taken for you The Furniture must absolutely be alterd,...
20494Thomas Barclay to the American Commissioners, 15 November 1786 (Jefferson Papers)
I came here a few days ago to deliver a letter from the Emperor of Morocco to the King, which I put into the hands of the Count de Florida Blanca, acknowleging the Sense I had of his Attentions and thanking him with great sincerity on the Part he had taken in our business at Morocco. He seemed very much pleased with our success and smiling replied “Now that we have happily finished this...
20495To Benjamin Franklin from Thomas Barclay, 7 May 1784 (Franklin Papers)
LS : American Philosophical Society The Gentleman who will have the Honor to deliver this Letter to you is Mr. Morel du faux of Dunkirk, who has been several Years settled in that place with great reputation, and who when I was at Amsterdam, was recommended to me so warmly by a number of persons for whom I have the greatest respect, that I promis’d to Interest myself in procuring for him the...
20496To Thomas Jefferson from Thomas Barclay, 12 June 1786 (Jefferson Papers)
I wrote you and Mr. Adams the 10th Informing you of my Intentions to set out for Morocco this day but it is not Convenient for the Governor of that place to go before Tomorrow or perhaps the Day following. I was Obliged this day to begin the Business by making a Number of presents here, from the Governor down to the wife of a Jew who lives at Morocco including in the whole Twelve or Fifteen...
20497Thomas Barclay to John Adams, 9 July 1784 (Adams Papers)
I wrote you last post since which I was Informed your things were stop’d at Brussells, This must have been Intirely through the Ignorence of the person who had them under his Care He had nothing to do but to Open the Trunks, shew there was nothing Contraband in them and so pass on— and this Idea I impressd as much on him by means of a person who spoke Dutch, as was in my power— But He to avoid...
20498To Thomas Jefferson from Thomas Barclay, 31 December 1791 (Jefferson Papers)
Gibraltar, 31 Dec. 1791 . He encloses three letters from the American prisoners at Algiers received by [James] Simpson, the Russian consul here, who has established a correspondence with them. These letters reveal two facts of importance. “One is that Mr. Lamb in the Name of the United States made an absolute agreement for the Ransom of these people, the other that liberty has been offered to...
20499[To Thomas Jefferson from Thomas Barclay, 30 November 1787] (Jefferson Papers)
[ New York, 30 Nov. 1787 . A letter from Barclay of this date is recorded in SJL Index, which letter was enclosed in the Commissioners of the Treasury to TJ, 5 Dec.1787 , received 26 Jan. 1788, and enclosed in TJ to William F. Ast, 9 Feb. 1788 , q.v.; see also TJ to Ast, 19 June 1788 . Not found.]
20500To Benjamin Franklin from Thomas Barclay, 27 June 1782 (Franklin Papers)
LS : American Philosophical Society Since my last Covering Messrs. De Neufvilles accounts I have not had the honour of a Letter from your Excellency; Captain Smedley has I expect this day got his Vessell over the Sand Banks that interupt the Navigation of the River Y and will in a few days be able to put to Sea he is tolerably well Man’d and with the assistance of a few more people who I...