49161To James Madison from James Monroe, 18 March 1804 (Madison Papers)
My publick letter and the papers will give you every thing wh. is not communicated in my letter to the President. What has become of the convention formed by Mr. King just before he sailed from this country? You have not mentioned it in any communication of late. Mr. Baring tells me it was rejected, wh. is the only intelligence I have on the subject. In commencing a negotiation it is probable...
49162To James Madison from Charles Pinckney, 18 March 1804 (Madison Papers)
I Will now have the honour to inclose you Duplicates of the two last Quarter’s accounts originally sent Via Lisbon—these amount to more than the last for these reasons—that since the War & owing to the necessities & changes produced by it & the very great scarcity of Grain in Spain amounting to an almost total Want of Bread in Madrid every thing is now double price so that the hire of Mules...
49163To James Madison from James Leander Cathcart, 18 March 1804 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
18 March 1804, Leghorn. No. 4. “By the arrival of the Imperial Polacca La Benevolenza Captn: Luca Lucovich in eight days from Tripoli I am enabled to give you the intelligence contain’d in the enclosed extract of a letter from Monsr: Antoine Zuchette Batavian chargé des affaires at Tripoli to Diederick Kerfsbyll Esqr: Batavian Consul at Leghorn , the latter gave me the extract in confidence &...
49164From Thomas Jefferson to William C. C. Claiborne, 18 March 1804 (Jefferson Papers)
It is understood that under the former government of Louisiana there was an appeal in judiciary matters from the Governor to the Governor genl. at Cuba. the writer of the inclosed probably presumed that this was now to the President of the US. this is an error. no authority has as yet been constituted paramount that of the Governor. while such is the situation I have thought it best in such...
49165To Thomas Jefferson from Richard Farquhar, 18 March 1804 (Jefferson Papers)
I have the Honor to inform your Excellency that theer is every appearance of bringing the Bashaw of Tripoli to moderate terms this Summer but should the United States think of sending three or four Frigates and three Small Brigs or Schooner with six feild Peaces and Artillery men &c Tripoli can be taken with the Assistance by Land of His Excellency Side Hamet Caromanli, Brother to the Present...
49166From Thomas Jefferson to George Jefferson, 18 March 1804 (Jefferson Papers)
I recieved last night & now inclose to you the Manifests for the 2. hhds of tobo. No. 867. & 907. compleating my former list . mr Griffin assures me you will have recieved the tobo. by the time I recieved the manifests. I have just heard of the arrival of the coal here. I sent yesterday to Alexandria about 15. packages to which some will be added there, making in all upwards of 20. which...
49167To Thomas Jefferson from Charles Willson Peale, 18 March 1804 (Jefferson Papers)
A french-man; an Indian trader from new Orleans, brought here in the sickly season last summer a Grisley- bear to exhibit. enclosed is one of his Bills—he expected to make a fortune by the Animal, but he was disappointed, altho’ it differed considerably from the common, yet nevertheless it was a Bear, & as such did not excite much curiosity. I bought his Bear, and intended keeping him untill...
49168To James Madison from Isaac Robertson, 17 March 1804 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
17 March 1804, Jefferson County, Kentucky. “Having it in contemplation to become a resident of Orleans and knowing that a law has or will soon pass establishing a Territorial government,” desires to enlist JM’s influence with the president to obtain an appointment there. “Being personally acquainted with no one I deemed influential with the Executive I am obliged to have recourse to those who...
49169To James Madison from Joseph Sands, 17 March 1804 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
17 March 1804, New York. Wrote on 9 Nov. 1803 [not found] enclosing six deeds to be recorded according to the law of 3 Mar. 1803. “Circumstances have rendered it impossible to attend at Washington as I then expected.” Requests that the deeds be delivered to Samuel Latham Mitchill, who “will call for them … and pay the expence of Enregistering.” RC ( DNA : RG 59, ML ). 1 p. Sands presumably...
49170To James Madison from Frederick Jacob Wichelhausen, 17 March 1804 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
17 March 1804, Bremen. Refers JM to his 7 Feb. 1804 report on the conduct of the Bremen Senate toward foreign consuls. “Having since more maturely reflected on this subject with myself, I find, that perhaps you might not view this affair in the same light, the European courts and especially those of Germany have done. In your Eyes probably the whole event might appear too insignificant as to...