James Madison Papers

To James Madison from Thomas Bulkeley, 5 August 1801 (Abstract)

§ From Thomas Bulkeley

5 August 1801, Lisbon. Encloses a letter received by last post from consul at Tripoli announcing pasha’s declaration of war against U.S. Letters from France, Great Britain, and Spain announce approach of general peace in Europe. Believes he has performed duties well and asks to be continued in office.

RC (DNA: RG 59, CD, Lisbon, vol. 1). 2 pp.; unsigned. Bulkeley’s 6 Aug. dispatch begins on second page. Enclosure not found.

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    To James Madison from Thomas Bulkeley, 5 August 1801 (Abstract)
    Author
    Bulkeley, Thomas
    Recipient
    Madison, James
    Date
    5 August 1801

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    “To James Madison from Thomas Bulkeley, 5 August 1801 (Abstract),” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Madison/02-02-02-0020. [Original source: The Papers of James Madison, Secretary of State Series, vol. 2, 1 August 1801 – 28 February 1802, ed. Mary A. Hackett, J. C. A. Stagg, Jeanne Kerr Cross, and Susan Holbrook Perdue. Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia, 1993, p. 19.]

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