James Madison Papers

Thomas Barclay to James Madison, 20 October 1803 (Abstract)

§ From Thomas Barclay

20 October 1803, New York. “I have the honour to enclose you the copy of a letter which I yesterday received from Commodore Hood, Commander in Chief of His Majesty’s Ships of war on the Windward Station, notifying the Blockade of the Islands of Martinique and Guadeloupe by the Squadron under his command.”

Tr and Tr of enclosure (PRO: Foreign Office, ser. 5, 38:316–18). Tr 1 p. Printed in ASP: Foreign Relations, 2:595. Enclosure (1 p.; printed ibid.) is a copy of Samuel Hood to Barclay, 25 July 1803.

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    Thomas Barclay to James Madison, 20 October 1803 (Abstract)
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    Barclay, Thomas
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    Madison, James
    Date
    20 October 1803

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    “Thomas Barclay to James Madison, 20 October 1803 (Abstract),” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Madison/02-05-02-0559. [Original source: The Papers of James Madison, Secretary of State Series, vol. 5, 16 May–31 October 1803, ed. David B. Mattern, J. C. A. Stagg, Ellen J. Barber, Anne Mandeville Colony, and Bradley J. Daigle. Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia, 2000, p. 557.]

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