To James Madison from Philip DePeyster, 15 January 1806 (Abstract)
From Philip DePeyster, 15 January 1806 (Abstract)
§ From Philip DePeyster. 15 January 1806, New York. “The Petition of Philip DePeyster Respectfully Sheweth that he is a Native & Resident of the City of New York and about to Establish himself in the Mercantile line at Curacao and understanding that the Commercial Interests of the United States have Suffered in Some degree for want of an Agent there.
“Your Petitioner therefore Requests to be Appointed Consul for the United States for that Island in which Situation he will Endeavour to render his services Acceptable to the Government & Honorable to himself.”1
RC (DNA: RG 59, LAR, 1801–9, filed under “DePeyster”). 1 p.; docketed by Jefferson.
1. Beneath DePeyster’s signature is the following certification in his hand, signed by Henry Rutgers, DeWitt Clinton, Nicholas DePeyster, and Gurdon S. Mumford: “The undersigned know Mr. Philip DePeyster to be a Native & Resident of the City of New York & Believe that Should it please the Executive to Confer on him the Office he Solicits he will discharge the dutys of it with Propriety & Zeal.” DePeyster (ca. 1771–1846) was nominated consul at Curaçao on 17 Mar. 1806 and approved by the Senate on 21 Mar. He left Curaçao the following year after its capture by the British; by 1819 he was serving as consul at Guadeloupe (, 2:30; DePeyster to JM, 1 May 1807 [DNA: RG 59, CD, Curaçao]; Boston Intelligencer & Evening Gazette, 10 Apr. 1819; New York Evening Post, 19 Feb. 1846).