James Madison Papers

George W. Erving to James Madison, 19 March 1803 (Abstract)

§ From George W. Erving

19 March 1803, London. No. 16. “I have the honor to inclose Copy of a Letter which I yesterday received from our Consul at Lisbon.”1

RC and enclosure (DNA: RG 59, CD, London, vol. 8). RC 1 p. In a clerk’s hand, signed by Erving. Docketed by Wagner. For enclosure, see n. 1.

1The enclosure, Jarvis to Erving, 10 Feb. 1803 (1 p.; docketed by Wagner), reported that the prince regent had lifted both the ban on the importation of foreign flour and the quarantine on vessels carrying clean bills of health.

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