James Madison Papers

William Jarvis to James Madison, 7 February 1803 (Abstract)

§ From William Jarvis

7 February 1803, Lisbon. “I have just time to communicate the inclosed1 which I this moment Rec’d.”

RC and enclosure (DNA: RG 59, CD, Lisbon, vol. 2). 1 p. Docketed by Wagner. For enclosure, see n. 1.

1Jarvis enclosed a copy of a 7 Feb. 1803 letter from Almeida (1 p.; in Portuguese, with translation; printed in the National Intelligencer, 21 Mar. 1803) stating that after reviewing Jarvis’s last note the prince regent had decided to allow the importation of American flour.

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