James Madison Papers

Sylvanus Bourne to James Madison, 10 March 1801 (Abstract)

§ From Sylvanus Bourne

10 March 1801, Amsterdam. Transmits copies of Leiden Gazette. Reports that weight Great Britain will have in European balance of power is still undecided. France and Russia have important plans to be developed in a short time. Requests information on congressional action on memorial of consuls. In postscript, mentions Cathcart’s circular letter of 3 Jan.

RC (DNA: RG 59, CD, Amsterdam, vol. 1). 2 pp. Bourne’s September 1800 memorial to Congress requested compensation for the services of consuls and indemnification for their losses in wartime (DNA: RG 233, 6A-F2.4).

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    Sylvanus Bourne to James Madison, 10 March 1801 (Abstract)
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    Bourne, Sylvanus
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    Madison, James
    Date
    10 March 1801

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    “Sylvanus Bourne to James Madison, 10 March 1801 (Abstract),” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Madison/02-01-02-0015. [Original source: The Papers of James Madison, Secretary of State Series, vol. 1, 4 March–31 July 1801, ed. Robert J. Brugger, Robert A. Rutland, Robert Rhodes Crout, Jeanne K. Sisson, and Dru Dowdy. Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia, 1986, p. 10.]

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