From James Madison to David J. Howell, 2 July 1806

To David J. Howell

Department of State 2 July 1806

Sir

I enclose copies of several papers, received from the Consul at the Cape of Good Hope, whence it would appear that the Ship Charles and Harriot John Earl, master, Ship Swift, Capt. Maybury, Brig Israel, John Gardner, master, and the Ship Oneida, Capt. Maybury, all of Newport, Rh. Island have been concerned in carrying on the slave trade between Foreign Countries.1 You will be pleased to obtain all the evidence in your power, and according as you may find it sufficient to sustain prosecutions against all or any of these vessels and their owners, officers & crews you will enter them. I have the honor to be, Sir, with great respect, Your most obed. servt.

James Madison

RC (RPB); letterbook copy (DNA: RG 59, DL, vol. 15). RC in Wagner’s hand, signed by JM. On 2 July 1806 JM made similar requests of Massachusetts district attorney George Blake for the Juliana, Capt. Nicholls, of Boston; and New York district attorney Nathan Sanford for the Aspasia, of New York (DNA: RG 59, DL, vol. 15).

1. See John Elmslie to JM, 19 Mar. 1806, PJM-SS description begins Robert J. Brugger et al., eds., The Papers of James Madison: Secretary of State Series (12 vols. to date; Charlottesville, Va., 1986–). description ends 11:408–9 and n. 1.

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Title: From James Madison to David J. Howell, 2 July 1806
Author: Madison, James
Recipient: Howell, David J.
Date: 2 July 1806

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Cite as: “From James Madison to David J. Howell, 2 July 1806,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Madison/02-12-02-0136. [Original source: The Papers of James Madison, Secretary of State Series, vol. 12, 1 June 1806–31 October 1806, ed. Angela Kreider, J. C. A. Stagg, Mary Parke Johnson, Anne Mandeville Colony, and Katherine E. Harbury. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 2021, p. 82.]