To James Madison from Anthony Terry, 22 February 1806 (Abstract)
From Anthony Terry, 22 February 1806 (Abstract)
§ From Anthony Terry. 22 February 1806, Cádiz. “I had the honor of writing you the 24th. ulto. ⅌ Triplicate concerning a Publication that had appeared in One of the Philadelphia Papers against Mr. J. Yznardy Consul for the United States of America.
“As a further proof of the unjustness of the said publication, I have the honor to inclose you a Declaration signed by the different Consuls residing in this Port, as also by the most Respectable Merchants in the American line, which I hope will fully convince you Sir that the publication against Mr. Yznardy was done by a malicious hand & with a malicious intention.1
“I am sorry to trouble you Sir on matters so very unpleasant.”
Adds in a 28 Mar. postscript: “A number of Letters from Madrid this Post mentions that on the 13th. instant, Bonaparte has decreed 50000. Men for the Conquist of Portugal, and that on the 3d. April the first Division of said Troops are to March through Spain for said purpose; it is not Known as yet if this Government will permit it.” He added: “Governmt. Notes 48½ a 49% loss.”
RC and enclosure (DNA: RG 59, CD, Cádiz, vol. 2). RC 3 pp.; marked “Duplicate”; in a clerk’s hand, signed by Terry; docketed by Wagner. For enclosure, see n. 1.
1. The enclosure (1 p.; docketed by Wagner; printed in the Philadelphia Morning Chronicle, 12 June 1806) is a 7 Feb. 1806 letter signed by the foreign consuls at Cádiz, as well as over two dozen merchants, refuting an attack on Yznardy that had appeared in a Philadelphia newspaper; stating that the accusations were “in Toto Unfounded, false, and Malicious”; that the American consular office and had been “attended with the utmost care”; and that they had never “heard of the least irregularity in the management of it.” The letter further stated that while Yznardy was at Madrid, he had personally obtained a reduction of the quarantine from forty to ten days and that he had persuaded the authorities to permit vessels from U.S. ports without certificates from Spanish consuls at those ports to be admitted equally with those that had such certificates.