James Madison Papers

To James Madison from William Kirkpatrick, 22 April 1801 (Abstract)

§ From William Kirkpatrick

22 April 1801, Málaga. Encloses copy of O’Brien’s circular letter of 5 Apr. Fears for American vessels in Mediterranean. Hopes small force is on the way to block Tripolitan cruisers in their ports; some frigates should be permanently stationed to protect Mediterranean navigation. Has forwarded copies of enclosure to Gibraltar, Cádiz, Corunna, Santander, France, Hamburg, and London.

RC (DNA: RG 59, CD, Málaga, vol. 1). 2 pp.; marked “Copy.” Printed in Knox, Naval Documents, Barbary Wars description begins Dudley W. Knox, ed., Naval Documents Related to the United States Wars with the Barbary Powers (6 vols.; Washington, 1939–44). description ends , 1:438. A copy of O’Brien’s 5 Apr. circular letter, addressed to Kirkpatrick and endorsed by him on 22 Apr., is docketed by Wagner as received in Mountflorence’s 17 May 1801 dispatch (DNA: RG 59, CD, Paris, vol. 1).

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    To James Madison from William Kirkpatrick, 22 April 1801 (Abstract)
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    Kirkpatrick, William
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    Madison, James
    Date
    22 April 1801

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    “To James Madison from William Kirkpatrick, 22 April 1801 (Abstract),” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Madison/02-01-02-0157. [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. 112.]

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